Journal Prompts for Inner Child Healing
Many of our patterns around food are based on our childhood experiences. Were you ever told to finish your plate before you could have dessert? Or maybe you heard your mom talk about “being bad” with certain foods. Sometimes, you might have snuck food to find comfort or you may have grown up in a home where there wasn’t enough to eat. All of this influences how you interact with food as an adult. Starting to look at your personal history can be a great way to start to understand your relationship with food and the underlying motivations behind them.
The journal prompts below start focussed on food and then branch out into more complex questions—go with what you feel comfortable with! Bookmark this blog post to come back to whenever you feel like diving into the next question.
- What were some of my favourite foods growing up? How do I label them now (ex: “bad”, “junk food”, “forbidden”, “a treat”, etc.)?
- What are some happy memories I have around food? What do these memories make me feel (ex: safe, taken care of, noticed, etc.)?
- When I think of my younger self, what do I wish I could tell them? What did I need to hear from the adults in my life?
- What did young me need that I didn’t get? How can I give myself this as an adult?
You can always end your writing by thanking younger you for making it through or visualising giving them a hug. It can feel very powerful to listen to your younger self and give them the comfort you needed, then and now.
💛 Your peace awaits.
