inner child — Blog — Rachel Havekost

Curiosity, Courage, Connection, & Thoughts on Healing Culture

After 18 years of therapy, I feel…fine. Not euphoric, perfect, or “healed” like I used to aspire towards. I feel fine. In a wonderfully simple, stable, and settled kind of way. I’m fine. I’m enough. Life still throws curveballs, I get stressed, I feel insecure and fumble in conversations and struggle to go to sleep. I wonder how I’ll pay bills and freak out about a pimple. I get overly excited about french fries and spill beer…everywhere. I panic at meals sometimes and wonder if I’ll ever really love my body.

8 Things That Are Helping My Mental Health

I’ve been in therapy for a LONG time. More than half my life.

I’m 33.
I’m divorced.
I’ve been to intensive outpatient therapy for an ED.
I’ve been hospitalized for attempts to end my life.

I’ve tried CBT, DBT, EMDR, Existential/humanistic therapy, ACT….

Depression, Anxiety, Coping Skills, Relationships, Self-EsteemRachel HavekostJuly 25, 2022tips, lessons, anxiety, depression, 1:1, work with rachel, stuck, inner childComment

How To Heal Your Inner Child

This three-step process is what I follow to do my inner child work.

Trauma, Coping Skills, Relationships, Self-EsteemRachel HavekostSeptember 28, 2021inner child, inner child healingComment

35 Affirmations for the Healing Process

These affirmations came to me one morning while doing my Morning Pages, on a day when I really needed support in slowing down and honoring my healing process. I was feeling rushed, frustrated, and overwhelmed with my progress, and these affirmations reminded me its ok to slow down, that healing isn’t linear, and that there are no such thing as setbacks.

Self-Esteem, DepressionRachel HavekostAugust 25, 2021affirmations, inner child, inner child healingComment