The Voice of Our Inner Child Vs. Our Higher Self

We aren't the voice in our head.

We are the one who NOTICES the voice in our head.

The voice is constantly chattering, criticizing, and making demands.

It has a lot to say, and most of it isn't good.

It wants its needs met, and it wants them met now.

That is the voice of our wounded inner child.

The inner child is needy, demanding, loud, emotion based, irrational, and stubborn.

There is another voice in our head that is often ignored or not recognized.

This other voice is calm, logical, intelligent, patient and kind.

This voice is known as our higher self, authentic self, or, internal guidance system.

Our higher voice is often drowned out by the noise of our inner child.

Most people live most of their lives at the mercy of the inner child's whims.

When we slow down and start cultivating silence, we can start to notice and differentiate the two voices.

We can also learn to start soothing the wounded inner child without giving in to it, in order to hear our higher self voice more clearly.

We do this because we recognize that the demands of the inner child are often counterproductive to the goals of the higher self.

Our wounded inner child values short term gratification over long term success.

Our higher self is concerned with our greater good.

Once we are aware of the voices and their MO's, we can start being mindful of what they are saying, and making conscious decisions about which we give our power in order to direct our lives.