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Healing Your Inner Child So You Don’t F*ck Up Your Next Relationship - Terry Real

The Mindvalley Podcast with Vishen

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Is the Adaptive Child Similar to the Inner Child?

There are two inner children. There's the adaptive child, which is the you that you created. And then there's the wounded child,. The creative, playful view that got squashed by all this trauma and adaptation. In your book, Terry says maturity comes when we tend to our inner children. You form a relationship with these immature states of being; you love them, and demote them.

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