Shadow Work and Our Inner Child

Our shadow side (or negative traits) comes through when our wounded inner child, that was shamed, abused or not loved, is triggered. It's painful and disheartening to experience this time and time again.  This is why it's important to let our inner child come out to play.

I like to dance and be silly, even though grown-ups can find this annoying, at times. I also like to pretend that I'm a rare breed of human that can turn lead into gold.

When I go to the casino and put $20 into a slot machine, I like to cash out with $70 or more, then leave the casino. On my multi state road trip, my cousin and I hit many casinos in Southern California and only used free play (usually $10) each taking a turn hitting the button on our shared machine.

He always wanted us to play machines with a wheel and I used my pendulum to pick the particular machine. At the end of our casino journey we each had over $300 that was won on free play. I say over, because some of our winnings was used on food and drinks.

If you don't know what free play is, it's $10 or maybe $20 that casinos give out to new players for gambling use only. Of course, you get to keep your winnings.

Now you know a couple of ways I let my inner child out to play. One of the worst things I do is occasional karaoke night. It's so bad, because I can't carry a tune. I mean it's bad. However, I love karaoke night every now and then, because there are some amazing singers out there.

I also love to play board games. They have to be simple though because my inner child doesn't like anything too complicated.

I don't know what I would do if my inner child weren't allowed to come out to play.  I guess I would just immerse myself in stand-up comedy specials that are always streaming. 

As a matter of fact, when I feel sad, I'll sometimes watch stand-up. Back in the day, when there was no streaming, I used to watch America's Funniest Home Videos, when I felt sad, because it was always on. Other than that, I'm not much of a TV or movie person. My inner child just doesn't have the attention span. -JC






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