24 Inner Child Journaling Prompts To Make You Love Yourself

These 24 inner child journaling prompts serve as a way to become acquainted with your emotions, understand yourself better, and find out what your little one needs from you the most. 

You will work with questions to help evoke insights or go through different exercises to express your feelings while creating a loving bond between yourself and your inner child.  

When you work with your inner child, you take on the role of a child and a parent. It means you are in control of what takes place. Think of it as reparenting. 

These inner child journaling prompts will guide you to understand your wounds and pains, accept your feelings without judgment, and take steps to heal yourself. 

It is often our denial of what we feel that prevents us from taking an active role in healing it. Although our inner child constantly sends us messages to get our attention, it is not until she screams that we choose to listen. 

Inner child journaling prompts are a powerful tool to develop a more intimate and loving relationship with your little one while allowing her to express herself. 

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you work through your inner child journaling prompts:

• What you feel matters. Get curious and explore your emotions as you work through these exercises. When you find yourself pulling away or wanting to skip the exercises, that’s often the one you need to work through
• Accept what you discover. Don’t deny or ridicule what your inner child says. Listen attentively. 
• Forgive yourself and ask for forgiveness. If you notice you judge yourself, pause and say, “I forgive myself for judging what I feel or see.”  If you see yourself skipping or ignoring certain emotions or exercises, turn to your little girl and ask her for forgiveness for wanting to run away or deny her. (something we all do quite often)

24 Inner child journaling prompts 

1. Imagine you are sitting in front of your child-self right now. What would you say? 

2. What are some areas of your life you want to improve? Can you see how your inner child impacts these areas of your life? 

3. What hurts you the most? Could you look into your childhood and find an example of when your emotions weren’t heard or validated? 

4. What emotion do you shy away from the most? What is the reason for it? 

5. What does your inner child mean to you? 

6. What is your relationship with her? 

7. Write about a situation when you neglected your inner child. Then ask for forgiveness. You can say, “I am sorry, my sweet child, for [fill in the blank]. Please forgive me.” 

Then imagine your inner child forgiving you. Repeat with as many situations as needed. 

8. What do you need the most right now? 

9. Describe your inner child in detail. What is she wearing? How does she act? What is her personality like? What is unique about her? How does she see the world? 

10. Write down 3 main things you want to heal with your inner child. 

11. How can you support her?

12. How can she support you? 

13. What is the best thing about your inner child? 

14. What’s one way you can make yourself feel cared for, nurtured, and loved? What would that look like? 

15. What blessings did you have in your childhood that you weren’t conscious of? 

16. If you could write a letter to your younger self, what would you say? 

17. How do you deal with emotional discomfort?

18. What is the most empowering thing about your inner child, and how can you use it?

19. What is the first quality or personality trait that comes to mind when you think of your inner child? 

20. If there is one thing you would want your inner child to tell you, what would that be? 

21. What is the most loving thing you could do for your inner child this week? 

22.Understanding that your inner child needs love and care, how can you approach her going forward to make her feel safer and more accepted? 

23. What does loving yourself mean to you? 

24. What are 4 loving and empowering statements/affirmations you could tell your inner child regularly? 

Which one of these inner child journaling prompts evoked the most insights or touched you deeply? I’d love to know. Feel free to share it in the comment section below.