When Your Inner Child Meets Your Child: Healing Through Motherhood
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Most mothers don’t realize it, but becoming a mom awakens parts of us we thought we’d left behind: Our inner child. This little part of you responds to your child’s needs and behavior.
This meeting between your inner child and your child is powerful because it defines many of the challenges of motherhood, but it also creates opportunities for self-awareness, healing, and connection.
Full disclosure: It would be ideal to heal your inner child before becoming a mom, but if you’re already a mom and just uncovering the relationship between your inner child and your child, please know it’s not too late to start healing, nurturing, and strengthening this special bond.
Your inner child may get triggered by certain behaviors of your child. You may feel impatient, anxious, or sad. Your child becomes a mirror, reflecting what you didn’t receive growing up. In these moments, you can respond consciously, transforming your parenting and providing your inner child with safety and compassion.
3 ways your child heals your inner child
Rewriting old stories: Motherhood lets you test new ways of being. Responding with patience instead of criticism teaches both your child and your inner child that safety and compassion are possible.
Transforming reactions: Old triggers may appear unexpectedly. By pausing and breathing, you can turn automatic reactions into conscious choices, teaching emotional intelligence and co-regulation.
Breaking generational cycles: Every time you respond differently from how you were parented, you break generational cycles. You create a new legacy by nurturing your child and attending to your inner child.
Practical ways to integrate this healing
Pause and check in: Before reacting, ask yourself, “Is this my inner child speaking?” If yes: “What does my inner child need at this moment?”
Talk to your inner child: Comfort or guide the younger version of yourself as you care for your child. Give her what she didn’t receive growing up.
Find time and space to reflect: Write about the moments when your inner child and child mirror each other, and what emotions are coming up and where they come from.
Respond differently: As you become more aware of the story behind your reactions, choose to pause before responding to triggers. Take a couple of intentional breaths and let your heart guide you.
Motherhood becomes transformative when you embrace the meeting between your inner child and your child. Rather than repeating past patterns unconsciously, you can nurture self-awareness and create a new cycle of care and compassion, which strengthens your relationship with yourself, your children, and your family. This is how healing becomes more than an experience. It’s a frequency that shapes your daily life.
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