Inner Child Healing Journal Prompts

Inner child healing is the process of identifying and releasing pent-up emotions by addressing past wounds you may have picked up as a child. You can use several techniques to heal your inner child, such as prioritizing self-love, visualisation meditation, setting boundaries, playing as an adult, having a photo of yourself as a child, and journaling. The benefits of journaling can reduce stress, clarify thinking, improve mindfulness, deepen self-awareness, and enhance creativity. Journaling can help in your inner child healing journey which is why I put together some journaling prompts to help get you started.

I 100% believe that my sudden fascination with Blythe dolls is a part of my younger self reaching out to me to play more and worry less, like when I was a child and played with dolls. I wrote a post on my Substack where I go into much more detail about this experience if you’re interested.

I will say that exploring my inner child has been more difficult than I thought it would be, and it’s supposed to be. Not everyone had the ideal childhood. A lot of children were forced to grow up at a young age due to situations out of their control, some children were ignored, some children were told not to behave in certain ways as not to embarrass their parents, etc. We all have some childhood scars that we’re covering up, whether you realize it or not.

Below, I’ve listed ten writing prompts that you can add to your journal and ponder on. Remember to have compassion for your past self.

1. What’s something you used to enjoy doing as a child? Do you still do this?
2. What compliment did you receive as a child that stuck out to you?
3. What moment hurt you as a child? How would adult you respond to this situation now?
4. What were some of my favorite things as a child? Toys, shows, films, meals, places, people, etc.
5. When’s the last time you played as an adult?
6. What is something that adult you would say is a waste of time? Would your younger self agree?
7. What is one of your favorite memories as a child? Describe that memory in as much detail as possible.
8. Who did you spend the most time with as a child? How is your relationship with that person today?
9. How did the adults around you treat you as a child?
10. What would you do and/or say to your younger self if they were in front of you right now?

Have you done any inner child healing work?