28. How to Better Communicate with Your Partner and Heal Your Inner Child with Gloria Zhang

We all have an inner child who lives inside of us. Hopefully she was cherished and celebrated in her youth. But for those who faced any sort of misunderstanding, hurt or abandonment from a caregiver, oftentimes unintentionally, those experiences can haunt us in our most intimate relationships and lead to lots of havoc and suffering in adulthood.   In today's episode, I talk with Gloria Zhang, a relationship coach based out of Canada who is best known for her top 100 show: The Inner Child Podcast. Gloria helps high achievers permanently break patterns of toxic love and create secure, successful relationships through her unique Inner Child re-parenting methods.   In our conversation, Gloria helps us understand how unresolved inner child wounds can show up in our lives, especially with our partners. We delve into the link between our relationship with our parents and how that plays out in what we look for in a spouse later in life. Listen until the end to find out things you can do to move past your discovered behaviors and her best tips for better communicating in our relationships.   I would love to know what you connected with in today's episode. Drop us a note to let us know -  @bygloriazhang and @whitneywoman!   Here's what to look forward to in today's episode: -A deeper look at how to define the Inner Child -The big core wounds that can show up in your life and signs to look for -The link between a relationship with our parents and how that impacts a relationship with our partner -Examples of issues with your mom or dad as a child -Tips for things we can do, aside from therapy, to move past behaviors that we recognize -Advice for women who feel like they've surrendered their identity after starting a family -Rules for the road when it comes to having fair, better communication and relationships -The best time to get into the right mindset with yourself -How to build a healthy relationship -A helpful and powerful question to ask yourself   Connect with Gloria: IG: @bygloriazhang Website: https://bygloriazhang.com/soulmate Podcast: The Inner Child Podcast   Connect with Whitney:  IG: @whitneywoman