5 Ways to Connect to your Inner Child Think of your inner child as a little you, full of curiosity and excitement, ready to take on the world, and love everything and everyone around them. Experiences in your early childhood shape the beliefs of safety, protection, and love and can be dictating the way you give and receive these things in your adult life. If you are disconnected from your inner child, your child can feel wounded, abandoned, and unloved. You could feel lost in the world; unaware