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Journal 52 week 17 PAUSE with Effy Wild

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Journal 52  week 17  PAUSE  with Effy Wild

Journal 52 Week 16 SENSUAL with Effy Wild

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Journal 52 Week 16  SENSUAL  with Effy Wild

The Inner Child Project: The Toddler Self- Part 1

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 The Inner Child Project:   The Toddler Self 18 months-3 years Part 1  The Toddler is mobile enough to walk away from the caregiver and verbal enough to refuse and protest.  They are learning how to establish and maintain personal boundaries- emotional and physical separations from the caretakers.  This teaches you how to be independent.   Testing how much you  can participate in the outside world and still come back to your caretaker and  be loved is a dynamic you will carry into every relationship.   In The Inner Child Workbook , under the section for the Toddler Self, exercise #1 asks 5 questions  which deal with saying and being told no as well as honoring boundaries.  These question are meant to make you think about your ideas and behaviors now and how they effect your relationships.  Exercise #2 is an extension of thinking about how we carry these issues into our lives today.  This ...

Journal 2 Weeks 13, 14, 15 with Effy Wild

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 Journal 52:  Playing Catch Up Week 15- Clarity Week 14- Storm Week 13- Embodied Go to this blog post in order to see all three art journal spreads :-)

The Inner Child Project- The Infant Self

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The Inner Child Project- The Infant Self The first part of the infant self can be found in my previous blog post  https://messyjessycreates.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-inner-child-project-infant-self_28.html This painting is of me as an infant.  After working through the exercises for this developmental stage of my inner child, I could paint myself as a happy infant. According to Cathryn Taylor in The Inner Child Workbook, There are several steps involved in dealing with childhood pain which are used at each level of child development AKA with each of your inner children. Identify the pain Researching your pain Regressing to the feelings of your self at that level of child inner self Objectifying your pain Grieving your inner child's pain Healing your pain and reclaiming your joy Each of these steps is accompanied by numerous exercises to help you through this journey.  If you are really interested in healing, many of our adult issues come from n...

2018 Moonshine with Effy Wild Art Journal Spread for March 31 Blue Moon in Libra

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2018 Moonshine  with Effy Wild  Art Journal Spread  for March 31  Blue Moon in Libra Tree Sign Alder My personal Oracle Card from my Tarot Deck:  Justice