When you heal your Inner Child, not only do you find peace, balance, and self-love, you break the generational cycle of passing trauma, toxicity, and harmful beliefs onto future generations.

When you heal your Inner Child, the gifts that unfold are transformative...

...Breaking cycles of behavior you’re tired of
...Learning what brings you joy and pleasure
...Reclaiming a sense of inner peace
...Healthier, more stable relationships
...Ability to cope with uncertainty
...Self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-worth
...Compassion for humanity and empathy for all beings
...Strength in decision-making and finishing projects
...Presence in life, enjoying the moment, remembering experiences
...Broader and more holistic perspective on self and others
...Ability to share your gifts and purpose with the world

You deserve a life of peace, confidence, and joy.

You have every right to experience healthy, loving relationships, to lean into love instead of fearing it, and to trust that life and people are good.

Safety + Security

Knowing we are safe and that we are welcomed on this earth is how we know it’s ok to be who we are, to explore, and to simply be present and enjoy life. This is our primary task as infants, and determines whether we move through life with deep anxiety or unwavering faith. To re-learn we are safe and secure is the foundation of Inner Child healing.

Autonomy + Agency

To be free also means we have choice: we have agency. We are individual containers with our own internal worlds, and we have the right to live independently and autonomously. This includes our right to privacy, our right to say “no,” and our right to make decisions based on our needs and intuition.

Do this work for yourself first.

And then do it so that you can make waves of defiance in a capitalist society where rest, play, and community have been shoved deep into the background.

Meet the Author | Rachel Havekost

When I first started doing Inner Child work, I didn’t think it would do much to heal my decade-long patterns of self-betrayal, enmeshment, and obsessive attachment.

I was certain that my eating disorder, anxiety, depression, low self-worth, and constant insecurity about love were solvable with medication and weekly therapy. But after 10+ years in therapy and countless trials with medication, I was still stuck in the same cyclical patterns. 

Inner Child healing pulled me out of these patterns, embracing me with a warm and sensational courage that fueled a sense of relief I had never encountered.

This work is transformative. In a matter of months, I discovered truths about my eating disorder, depression, anxiety, and self-worth that I had never tapped into during years of therapy and study. My healing practice was no longer about building bandaids for the wounds I kept re-opening: it was about honoring these wounds as real parts of my past, and reclaiming pride and acceptance for the scars I now bear.

What I have learned since doing Inner Child work is that my cyclical patterns, relationship tumbles and scrapes, and reactions to my failures or setbacks are entrenched in wounds sustained in childhood. They are not representations of my brokenness or disease. They are reasonable adaptations to making sense of what it means to be in and of this world.

I no longer shame or ridicule myself for failure or setback. I no longer live in a constant state of self-deprication or self-hatred. I have learned to re-teach my Inner Child the skills and wisdom from my adult self how she deserves to be in the world.

This is the very act and practice of healing our Inner Child.

Inner Child Healing is a reckoning with the ways our childhood selves adapted to the adult world with the best tools they had, and loving them enough to show them new ways.

It is my hope that you too will meet this reckoning in the pages of this journal. 

Will you join me?

XO -Rachel

A 90 Day Printed Journal

There is nothing like the nostalgia of opening up a crisp new journal and writing in its pages. The act of writing by hand solidifies the practice, and when you’re done you have a tangible piece of your healing history.

A 90 Day Fillable E-Book

If you already have your favorite journal, this is a perfect option! You’ll get access to everything in the printed version, but at a lower price since. Or, if you’re more of an e-journaler, you can fill this out directly on your device.