How to Heal Your Inner Child and Be Happy

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How healing your inner child can change your life

Do you feel like true happiness isn’t for you? Most queer people carry the trauma of feeling ‘othered’ our whole lives. We focus on survival and forget to heal our inner child as adults. Let’s heal your inner child! Meanwhile, get your free copy of the 5 Building Blocks of a Happy Gay Life here.

Hear Brian’s advice on how to heal your inner child:

Finding self-acceptance and happiness

You may recognize Brian Falduto as ‘the gay kid from School of Rock.’ But today, he is The Gay Life Coach, a coaching practice and platform designed to make the inner work to heal your inner child more accessible to the LGBTQ community. Brian is also the host of The Gay Life Coach Podcast, a show that promotes mindfulness in the queer community.

On this episode of Queer Money®, Brian joins us to explain why young gay men are not having conversations about what’s going on in their heads and hearts. He weighs in on why filling your life with fun won’t make you happy if you’re carrying past trauma, sharing what he does to pass through painful moments without getting stuck in them. Listen in for insight on initiating the healing conversation in your life and learn how mindful awareness can help our community embrace radical self-acceptance!

Topics covered on healing

Brian’s journey from child actor to gay life coach
How doing his own healing inspired Brian to make that work more accessible to others in the LGBTQ community
How Brian uses mindfulness to coach himself out of feeling ‘othered’
Why young gay men are not having conversations about self-awareness, spirituality and personal development
What practices to try when you feel stuck in your thoughts (e.g.: journal, meditation or long walk)
Why filling your life with fun won’t make you happy if you can’t let go of past trauma
How Brian integrates showing up mindfully into social settings with other gay men
The common challenges Brian’s LGBTQ clients face in embracing radical self-acceptance
Brian’s challenge to sit down at the table with your Shitty Committee
Brian’s advice on navigating the cultural messaging that you’re not a good enough gay
How Brian leverages mindful awareness to pass through painful moments vs. getting stuck in them
Brian’s top resources for initiating the healing conversation in your life