Rattibha

Dr. Nicole LePera

11 Tweets 35 reads Feb 17, 2023

Yesterday I had an emotional breakdown:
Here's how I practice inner child work:

This past week, my dad was in town from Philly visiting me in Arizona.
He's 85 years old.
I took him to the Superbowl and spent some time exploring.
My mom passed away 2 years ago and he's been struggling.

I loved spending time with him, and it was also hard. He's struggling to get around. He apologized over and over again about it.
There's a lot of shame there for him.

It was also the first time that he was out and about with me, and saw people recognizing me. Asking to take photos, and thanking me for my work.
He broke down in tears watching it a couple of times. I've rarely seen him cry.

After I dropped him off at the airport, I made lunch.
When I opened the container of eggs to make an omelet I realized and realized there was only one egg left.
I broke down in tears.
It wasn't about the omelet.

So many emotions came up. From losing my mom, to the grief of knowing my dad's age, to my own mortality.
A sadness swept over me that he may not be able to travel across the country to visit again.

The tears kept coming. My partner gave me a huge hug and offered to make me something else for lunch.

My inner child just wanted a space to cry, to talk about how hard it is to see my dad aging, and to just let out the emotions after 5 days of having him in my home.

So, I let it happen.
I walked over to my couch. I let my partner make lunch. I wrapped myself in a blanket.

All our inner child really wants is to be seen and acknowledged. And in the moments when we do this, when we're kind with ourselves, when we allow ourselves to "just be" without trying to change it...
We heal that part of us.

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