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give away our power of choice. We look
for a “mother or father” archetype to

take care of us as a means of getting our
physical and emotional needs met.

In the light expression, our inner child
represents our playful nature. We are

curious, lighthearted and see everything
with a beginner’s mind. Children often

hold tremendous gifts, and part of the
healing journey is reclaiming these gifts.

The journey of the child archetype
begins with innocence and purity. We

are all born a unique expression of The
Divine and come into this world as pure
potential. We have not yet acquired the

programming and social conditioning
that entraps us in our ego structure.

Over time, as we adapt to our
environmental demands, we shape our

sense of self based on “who we have to
become.” We acquire core wounds and

sign archetypal contracts to protect these
wounds. We build an ego structure that
becomes our inner child’s survival team.

All other archetypes are recruited to

protect the wounds of the inner child. If we
were judged and criticized as a child, we
might recruit a “perfectionist”. If we were

abandoned as a child, we might recruit a
“people pleaser”. If we were controlled as a

child, we might recruit an “inner rebel”. All
these archetypes are there to preserve the
safety of the inner child.
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