Dear Dave:

You are very welcome and I do have the time and space to read from you and reply to you, so please do post anytime you would like to.

I am glad that you benefited from our communication as well as from speaking with the counsellor you spoke to, and hope you continue your mindfulness practices and nurturing the child in you, helping him when he is scared. One exercise you can do for your inner child is to let him write or type away his thoughts using his words, that is, using the words of a five year old, or a nine year old- raw, organic, unaffected by adult-reading and education. Let him express himself when he is scared or happy.. or angry. You can do this in an Inner Child Journal/ Diary where he can draw and color as well, if he so chooses- something you can do at home, in private.

anita