A Wounded Child Archetype is a set of thoughts, traits and behaviours imprinted in childhood (by unconscious parental or cultural conditioning) that falsely defined you.
False Identities to Release
I am crazy 💭
I am too intense 💭
I am too much 💭
SYMPTOMS + PERPETUATING BEHAVIORS
Do you recognize these symptoms or behaviors that perpetuate the wound?
🌀 Constantly misunderstood and told to calm down, be quiet and/or stop moving.
🌀 Others are intimidated / overwhelmed by the bigness of my ambition, energy, speed, creative pursuits, voice, etc.
🌀 Chronically repress my needs / desires, never asking for their fulfillment, fearing that they are “too much” for others.
🌀 Overstay in relationships / situations that require self-containment, thus denying my soul’s grandest and truest self-expression.
🌀 Always shrink to meet others where they’re at and/or have dramatic outbursts just to be seen, heard and/or understood.
🌀 Others feel threatened when I am fully myself and therefore ostracize / leave me.
🌀 Incapable of receiving, always the giver.
... more inside the Wounded Child Archetypes guidebook.
Unintended Impact
Unintended Impact is how others may react or project onto this Wounded Child Archetype.
⚡️ Others feel left behind because they can’t keep up with me
⚡️ Others feel intimidated by me, so they dismiss, ostracize, gaslight and/or turn people against me
⚡️ Others don’t understand me, thus rarely invest in my dreams and creative pursuits
... more inside the Wounded Child Archetypes guidebook.
Gifts of the Wound
🎁 Original thinker and seer of solutions, not limited by conformity
🎁 Extremely bright and competent, with huge range and/or depth of skills and interests
🎁 Maverick, trailblazer and/or innovator
... more inside the Wounded Child Archetypes guidebook.
Integration Practices
If you recognize this archetype in yourself, here are some practices to maturate and integrate that Wounded Child Archetype.
🌹 Practice articulating needs / desires and receiving guilt-free support from others.
🌹 Only enter into relationships that feel equal and mutually enriching (emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, and physically) and stop settling for less.
🌹 Develop decision making strategies based on clear boundaries and strong intuition.
... more inside the Wounded Child Archetypes guidebook.
Assessment + Guidebook
Identify your top Wounded Child Archetype and access the full guidebook.
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