EFR 905: How to Know You Have a Wounded Inner Child (and How to Heal It) with Olivia Amitrano
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
Release Date: 11/06/2025
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
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00:00 – Introduction & Welcome Back, Olivia
02:00 – Reflecting on Growth Since the First Interview
04:00 – “This Is Not the Last Thing You’ll Create” — Letting Go of Old Identities
06:00 – Rediscovering Self-Trust Through Solo Travel and Sobriety
10:00 – Meeting New Versions of Yourself in Change
12:00 – Building Self-Trust Through Small, Consistent Promises
14:00 – Recognizing When a Season Is Ending or Beginning
16:00 – Overcoming Fear by Doing It Anyway
18:00 – Showing Up Scared and Breaking Creative Superstitions
19:30 – The Inner Child as a Guide to Wholeness
22:00 – Understanding the Inner Child Through Internal Family Systems
28:00 – Early Childhood Wounds and How They Shape Adulthood
31:00 – The Power of Play, Curiosity, and Wonder in Healing
36:00 – Unlearning Perfectionism and the “Inner Manager”
39:00 – Reconnecting With Creativity and Letting Go of Control
42:00 – Play as Presence and the True Nature of Creativity
44:00 – Parenthood, Presence, and Play as Medicine
46:00 – Art as a Healing Practice and Path to Wholeness
50:00 – Redefining Success, Rest, and the Value of “Nothingness”
54:00 – Minimalism, Money, and the Courage to Start Over
56:00 – Honoring the Women in Her Lineage and Choosing Freedom
59:00 – Meeting Yourself Again: The Power of Stillness and Solitude
01:04:00 – Serving Others Through Your Unique Gifts
01:08:00 – Writing “All This Time” for Her Inner Child
01:12:00 – Creative Channeling, Flow, and Letting Go of Perfection
01:16:00 – Embracing Every Version of Yourself Through Music
01:18:00 – Redefining “Ever Forward”: From Growth to Presence
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- Olivia's first epsiode on Ever Forward Radio in ep 784