Episode 52: “Your Inner Child is Not a Problem to Fix”

We’ve been taught to silence our feelings, push past our pain, and “grow up” like that’s supposed to mean abandoning the softest parts of ourselves. But your inner child was never the problem. The problem was the world that told you tenderness was weakness and survival meant self-betrayal.In this powerful episode, Darnell dives into the shame loop many of us got stuck in: the belief that our needs were too much, our feelings too loud, and our existence too inconvenient. He opens up about his own story of abandonment, hyper-independence, and how the fear of being a burden shaped everything—from the way he loved to the way he lived.This episode is your reminder:You are not broken.You were never too much.You were just a child—doing their best to survive.Let’s begin the healing.