When childhood trauma isn’t addressed, it can resurface in new ways throughout adulthood. However, it’s never too late to work toward healing. Everyone has an inner child. You might see this inner ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’re high-functioning, self-aware, and maybe even the one everyone leans on. But underneath the calm, capable exterior, a part ...

You've tried everything... now it's time for real healing. You’ve worked hard to feel better by reading the books, listening to the podcasts, and trying to think your way through the pain, yet ...

Traditional holidays typically elicit memories of our childhoods. For some people, these are joyous moments, and for others, they might elicit turbulent ones. Although for some, the inner child might ...

In a recent Instagram reel, poet Vianney Harelly crafts a message to herself in the form of a recordatorio de amor (reminder of love) card. It’s an exercise she learned in therapy, in which she writes ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. When Ellen Line started therapy in her late 20s, she was struggling in her marriage, and with her perfectionist and people-pleasing tendencies. One day, ...

Most of the time, I feel pretty comfortable as an adult. I love having a job. I love earning a salary that I can spend however I want (after, you know, bills and stuff). I love being able to do ...

“No one’s going back for that inner child. Except you.” ~Tanya Markul Everyone has an inner child. Your inner child is You but it’s not a childlike personality you have held onto all these years. It’s ...

Have you ever struggled to set boundaries with a partner? Or needed reassurance on first dates? Thought leaders in psychology and personal development are now, after some inspection, attributing these ...

Like many trans people, I didn't experience a gender-affirming childhood. But since becoming a transmasculine adult, I've been able to recognize the "boy" within me. Self-parenting through buying ...