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Your Inner Child is Running Your Business More Than You Think

If you've ever found yourself overgiving, hesitating to raise your prices, procrastinating on launching an offer, or feeling paralysed by self-doubt, there’s a deeper reason why.

And it’s not because you need another business strategy.

It’s because your inner child is still running parts of your business.

Many of the patterns keeping you stuck—overworking, avoiding visibility, undercharging, burnout—aren’t just business challenges. They are deeply ingrained survival patterns that were formed in childhood to keep you safe.

In this episode, we’re diving deep into:

• How your inner child is running your business without you realising it

• How childhood wounds manifest in pricing, visibility, and burnout

• How to start reparenting yourself so your healed self—not your wounded self—leads your business

What Is Your Inner Child, and Why Does It Matter in Business?

Psychologically, your inner child is the part of you that carries the emotional imprints, unmet needs, and protective strategies you developed as a child.

By the age of seven, your subconscious mind has already decided:

✔️ What is safe

✔️ How to receive love

✔️ What it takes to belong

Your brain, operating in a highly suggestible theta state, absorbs everything like a sponge. The conclusions you formed in childhood were emotionally driven—not logical.

For example:

• If your parents worked long hours and were emotionally unavailable, you may have learned, I have to work hard to be loved.

• If you were often praised for being the “good child,” you may have internalised, I have to be perfect to be accepted.

• If money caused stress in your household, you may have developed, Money is stressful and unsafe.

These early beliefs don’t just stay in childhood—they silently pull the strings in your business today.

How Childhood Wounds Secretly Show Up in Business

Let’s look at how these hidden patterns impact your business.

1. Fear of Visibility → Rooted in Fear of Judgment

How It Shows Up:

• Avoiding showing your face or speaking on video

• Editing and re-editing content excessively before posting

• Delaying launches because the idea of being seen feels unsafe

🔥 The Inner Child Belief: “If I stand out, I’ll be criticised or rejected.”

2. Perfectionism in Business → Rooted in Fear of Not Being Enough

How It Shows Up:

• Holding back offers until they feel “perfect”

• Spending weeks tweaking minor details no one else notices

• Feeling like you must prove yourself with flawless execution

🔥 The Inner Child Belief: “I have to be perfect to be loved.”

3. Overgiving in Business → Rooted in Seeking Approval

How It Shows Up:

• Overdelivering in programs to the point of depletion

• Fearing clients will be dissatisfied unless you do more

• Struggling to hold boundaries with clients

🔥 The Inner Child Belief: “If I give enough, I’ll be loved.”

4. Fear of Charging Higher Prices → Rooted in Worthiness Wounds

How It Shows Up:

• Underpricing your offers

• Feeling guilty about raising your rates

• Discounting before anyone even asks

🔥 The Inner Child Belief: “I’m not worthy of receiving more.”

5. Burnout & Overworking → Rooted in Hyper-Independence

How It Shows Up:

• Doing everything yourself instead of delegating

• Resisting support because you feel you should handle it alone

• Believing you can only rest after you’ve “earned” it

🔥 The Inner Child Belief: “I have to take care of everything myself.”

Healing Your Inner Child: Where to Begin

1. Identify the Patterns

Ask yourself:

• Where do I feel stuck in my business?

• What emotions come up when I think about pricing, visibility, or boundaries?

• What’s the earliest memory I have of feeling this way?

2. Reparent Your Inner Child

Instead of shaming yourself for these patterns, imagine your inner child standing before you.

What would you say to comfort her?

💬 “You are safe.”

💬 “You don’t have to prove yourself to be loved.”

💬 “Your voice deserves to be heard.”

Begin rewriting the beliefs that are holding you back:

❌ “I have to earn love” → ✅ “My presence is enough.”

❌ “I must be perfect” → ✅ “I am allowed to be imperfect and still succeed.”

❌ “I have to do it alone” → ✅ “I am supported in every way.”

Reflection Questions to Begin Your Healing

1️⃣ Where is my business being run by an old story from my childhood?

2️⃣ What part of me is craving safety, not strategy?

3️⃣ How would my business change if my healed self led instead of my wounded self?

Ready to Heal Your Inner Child & Unlock Your Business Growth?

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Your business doesn’t have to be run by your wounded inner child. Let’s create a business that is led by your healed, sovereign self. 💫