Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We all carry parts of our childhood with us, whether it's nostalgia for Saturday morning cartoons or that weird fear of clowns.

Have you ever struggled to set boundaries with a partner? Or needed reassurance on first dates? Thought leaders in psychology and personal development are now, after some inspection, attributing these ...

I’m mindlessly scrolling on my laptop one night when I remember the blog I used to write as a nine-year-old. To my surprise, it’s still live. I spend the rest of the evening poring over my ...

For people who had a particularly difficult upbringing, acknowledging their inner child is an essential step toward healing, self-understanding and personal growth. When we experience pain, rejection, ...

Inner Child’ is Health and Me's new mental health series where we deep dive into lesser-known aspects of child psychology and how it shapes you as you grow up. Often unheard, mistaken, and ...

When someone says, “you’re too old for that,” I want to strap them on a rocket into the sun. You’re never too old for the things you love! Yet as a monster kid growing up in the 90s before horror was ...

Your inner child is the part of you that's defined by your experiences while growing up. If you've experienced trauma, your inner child may need a bit of extra attention and care. Working with a ...

Inner Child is Health and Me's new mental health series where we deep dive into lesser-known aspects of child psychology and how it shapes you as you grow up. Often unheard, mistaken, and ...

Have you ever noticed yourself overreacting to something relatively small? Or feeling anxious without a clear reason? Or suddenly experiencing a sense of powerlessness in situations where, logically, ...

Your inner child, or child within, is a popular term in the so-called "recovery field" (recovery, that is, from having grown up in a dysfunctional family). This catch-all phrase typically refers to ...