Understanding Addiction and Childhood Trauma: The Addicted Inner Child

Discover how childhood trauma can lead to addictions and unhealthy lifestyle habits in adulthood, and how to heal your addicted inner child.

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If you or someone you know is suffering from addiction to an unhealthy lifestyle habit, such as overeating, drug-taking, alcohol abuse, or gambling, this teaching is for you.

We dig deep to uncover the origin of these addictions (often found in childhood), and you’ll learn how your mind and inner child is involved in keeping these addictions alive today.

In this episode, with your hosts, husband and wife team, David James Lees (ordained Taoist monk, emotional and spiritual health teacher and therapist) and Alexandra Lees (wellbeing coach and feng shui consultant), you’ll gain a deeper understanding of what drives your behaviour so you can break your addiction cycle and patterns of self-destructive behaviour once and for all.

Episode highlights

• The origin of addictive behaviours: addiction as a result of childhood trauma and coping mechanisms
• Why the inner child can be responsible for addictive behaviour in adulthood.
• How to overcome addictive behaviour through inner child work. 

Other related episodes on our YouTube channel that will help you:

• How to Understand Your Emotions 
• Childhood Trauma Recovery Using Inner Child Healing 
• Abandonment Issues and Inner Child Healing 
• Inner Child Healing For Love Addiction, Codependency and Codependent Relationships 
• How to Control Emotional Eating Using Inner Child Work 
• Reparenting Your Inner Child (Part 1)  (Part 2)  

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Disclaimer: This podcast and any associated teaching and comments shared are not a substitute for professional therapy, mental health care, crisis support, medical advice, doctor diagnosis, or professional healthcare treatment. Our show episodes provide general information for educational purposes only and are offered as suggestions for you and your professional therapist or healthcare advisor to consider and research.

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