Your Inner Dialogue

Find a way to honor your inner child consistently by offering what it might need.

• Structure: Create structure in your day through routine, scheduling, or having a set bedtime or wake up time.
• Play and Freedom: Add moments of safe play in you...

Observe the thoughts that come up and do not judge yourself for having them. If you have unkind thoughts, ask yourself if you would speak to any other human being the same way you speak to yourself.

You deserve to be spoken to kindly, just like you would speak to a friend.

James Joyce's classic novel Ulysses depicts the stream of consciousness moving through the mind of Leopold Bloom and others during a 24 hours period. Joyce's work makes poignantly clear that even when we are not talking to others, we are always carrying on a conversation with ourselves. If I ...