The breakthrough million-copy international bestseller about how to befriend your inner child to find happiness
"Compassionate, clear-eyed, and insightful . . . The Child in You is like your own personal therapist that you can carry around with you." -Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
We all want to be loved and to feel safe to express who we really are. But over time we grow estranged from what brings us our purest happiness-because everyday traumas, unyielding societal expectations, and the judgment of our parents and peers submerge our true self beneath layers of behaviors rooted in fear and shame and mistrust. In The Child in You, psychologist Stefanie Stahl guides you, step-by-step, through her therapeutic method that has helped millions to peel away these layers and reconnect with their inner child-both the shadow child, representing our deepest insecurities and the part of our...