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Close Encounters With My Inner Child

by Judith L. Pellegrino

Mental Health Professionals and Spiritual Leaders encourage us to re-parent our Inner Child with gentleness, humor, love and respect. This podcast outlines problems in my adult life that are caused by my wounded inner child. I share insights, wisdom, and techniques that helped me reparent my wounded inner child. I articulate intimate conversations between my adult Self and wounded Inner Child to help listeners identify their own wounded inner Children. I share resources that help me reparent myself and help me to reframe traumatic childhood events to prevent recreating them in my adult life.

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Episodes

  1. Healing Defensive Judy Part 2

    In this episode I will illustrate how defensive Judy shows up in my adults daily interactions. I will share a personal experience she had with her husband of 37 years. I will describe Defensive Judy’s reaction, and how my adult tried to parent this protective part. I will share how a timely,...

  2. Healing Defensive Judy Part1

    In this episode, I will be reading multiple entries from my adults daily internal family system journal on a protector part, called, Defensive Judy

  3. HEALING DEFENSIVE JUDY

    In this episode, I will be reading entries from my adult daily internal family system journal on a protector part, called defensive Judy. It includes 9 dates only. I will illustrate how defensive Judy shows up in my adult’s interactions by sharing a personal experience she had with her husband of...

  4. The Gift

    In this episode, I will share a prayer, a major disturbance between my adult & her husband & how she worked through it. I will connect the dots between the prayer, the disturbance & healing my inner child 49 years after her wounding.

  5. Judge Judy Part 2 (Going Deeper)

    In this episode, I will expose the roots of my adult’s protector part, Judge Judy. I will do this by sharing stories from her childhood & teens years. These stories will validate what Dr Richard Schwartz wrote a book about. It’s called, “No Bad Parts”. Lastly, I will connect these stories with...

  6. Judge Judy Part 1

    This episode relates to a couple resources I shared during my last podcast, called “Dynamic Duo”. Those resources are Michael Singer, and Internal Family Systems created by Dr. Richard Schwartz. I will share what my adult learned through this process of getting to know Judge Judy.

  7. Dynamic Duo

    In this episode I will share with you a couple of healing resources my adult discovered including how she has implemented them into her healing journey. This episode is a prelude to sharing how my adult uses journaling with her own “Internal Family Systems”. We hope you will find these resources...

  8. Curses and Blessings

    In this episode I will share how my adult prepared for a difficult conversation with her youngest adult son on Mothers Day which included assistance from her supportive husband. I will share how a Disney/Pixar movie helped my adult/child to heal her perspective of her mom, herself as a teen and…

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  9. Identifying & Reframing Core Erroneous Beliefs

    In this episode I will identify core erroneous beliefs held by my wounded inner child that have been a source of pain in my adult’s life. I will share how my adult’s therapist helped her to reframe these core erroneous beliefs & taught her how to parent her wounded inner child with firm...

  10. Unblocking A Successful Career

    In this episode I will share how my inner child has been blocking me from a successful career for many years. I will share insights & resources that helped my adult parent my inner child. I will share her healing process & results.

  11. UNFINISHED

    I will share what had my adult & inner child going in separate directions. I will share a close encounter my adult had with her inner child while using the Emotional Freedom Technique. I will identify roots of her inability to finish another podcast & publish it on time. Most important, I will...

  12. It’s Not Fair

    In this episode I will share how recent political events triggered my inner child. I will share true stories from adulthood & childhood and how this impacted her adult & her husband of 36 years. I will share resources that facilitate healing.

  13. Inside Out

    I will share healing moments between my adult, inner child, inner teen & inner young adult that have occurred as a result of Pelvic Floor therapy. I will share healing resources that have helped me & give examples of how my outer world reflects my outer world.

  14. Healing Her Sexual Self

    I will reveal how my inner child was taught to feel about her genitals, how she feels about them in her adult life and how this has impacted my adult throughout her marriage to the same man for 36 years. I will also share Powerful Resources that have facilitated healing in their love making and...

  15. Overcoming Sexual Dysfunction

    I share what happened after I read an article on receiving sexual attention & pleasure, how it impacted my adult and inner child & the good that came from it in my marriage of 36 years.

  16. SEW HAPPY

    I share my adult and inner child’s interactions while trying to sew. I also identify a dysfunctional parenting style my adult adopted to raise her disabled son when he was a child & how she stopped using it with her inner child.

  17. He Loves Me Not. He Loves me!

    I will share what contributed to my inner child’s belief that she was unlovable, how it impacted my adult in her marriage to the same man for 36 years, what we did to heal this erroneous belief & the positive impact this had on the quality of our marriage.

  18. The Whole Truth

    In this episode I share details from 2 childhood traumas & how my inner child recreated them in my adult work life over the past 30 years. I also share what my my inner child needs from me & how the whole Truth set us both free.

  19. Clearing Blocks To Creativity

    In this episode I share another adult challenge that is rooted in academic neglect & public humiliation in childhood. I share intimately my healing process.

  20. Me And My Shadow

    In this episode I share my resistance to healing information and practices. I combine helpful resources with intimate true stories of transformation to help listeners discover their shadow and heal the shame that may be binding them in their adult lives.

  21. “Teenager Therapy”

    In this episode we will examine the roots of my critical, judgmental thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs that came up. I will share how I identified them, worked through them and offer resources and practices that help me so you can explore them & shift negativity.

  22. “Teenager Therapy”

    In this episode we will look at the roots of my critical, judgmental thoughts, attitudes and beliefs that came up. I will share how I identified them and worked through them, and share the benefits of this revealing, healing process. I will also share resources and practices that help me that you...

  23. She Believes She’s Selfish

    In this episode I connect current events to unresolved childhood issues that stem from being raised in an alcoholic, workaholic, food addicted home where adults resorted to violence at times. I articulate self awareness and reveal core beliefs to allow the listener to actually witness my healing...

  24. Identify * Reframe *Integrate

    In these podcasts I illustrate how my adult and child communicate. I use true stories to connect the dots between my wounded inner child’s past traumatic experiences and how they manifest in my adult’s life. I share holistic healing resources and practices that helped generate self-awareness and...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Mental Health Professionals and Spiritual Leaders encourage us to re-parent our Inner Child with gentleness, humor, love and respect. This podcast outlines problems in my adult life that are caused by my wounded inner child. I share insights, wisdom, and techniques that helped me reparent my wounded inner child. I articulate intimate conversations between my adult Self and wounded Inner Child to help listeners identify their own wounded inner Children. I share resources that help me reparent myself and help me to reframe traumatic childhood events to prevent recreating them in my adult life.

HOSTED BY

Judith L. Pellegrino

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Mental Health Professionals and Spiritual Leaders encourage us to re-parent our Inner Child with gentleness, humor, love and respect. This podcast outlines problems in my adult life that are caused by my wounded inner child. I share insights, wisdom, and techniques that helped me reparent my...

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