The Inner Child & The Shadow Side of Love: Unveiling The Goddess Within
I write this one from a place of heaviness, but ironically, I also feel light. Recently, I had to be completely honest with myself about how I feel. The truth is, deep down, I am scared of love. Scared to show my hand. To unveil my cards. To allow someone to see the parts of me that I have spent years protecting. Because beneath all of this is an entrenched fear of being hurt. And I never truly realised how much this fear was connected to my inner child. As I reflect, I recognise that there were many times in my childhood when I did not feel safe. Emotionally. Physically. And I have not quite confronted all of that. I have grown. I have evolved. I have done the inner work, challenged my beliefs, and confronted parts of myself that once felt too uncomfortable to acknowledge. But healing has a way of revealing itself in layers. Sometimes, you think you have healed something until life presents you with an opportunity to experience it differently. And suddenly, the very thing you have bee...