Adverse Childhood Experiences On the Seekers Path

Inner-Child
Written By NIkki Eisenhauer

Many of you have probably heard of the ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences Study.) Here, I break down the emotional and psychological effects of each adverse childhood experience, which completely muck up our natural, healthy boundaries and limits. Because of those experiences, we end up working a lifetime to re-calibrate them. This is one of the main reasons I teach the boundaries course.

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NIkki Eisenhauer

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