An Inside Look into The One At The Sea-Cliffs
What began as a day to catch up with a friend and decompress from all the insanity that the year 2020 had wrought by exploring a new part of Barbados, turned into an opportunity for me to reconnect with my Inner Child.
Just as Barbados lifted the heavy restrictions of the ‘lockdown’, I was basically bursting at the seams to just get away and have an adventure!
For the past year I had been terrified of the pandemic, while also dealing with the abrupt passing of my Dad and learning how to build a business through it all.
I wanted to go exploring a new environment, I needed a fresh perspective, different company and a break from all the things I was failing at- and that is exactly what my decade long friend was proposing.
We travelled to a wonderful area where the land transformed from grassy to rocky and then sloped into a cliff with the sea raging just below.
It was perfect.
As I stood drinking in the warm, fresh sunshine, surrounded by the relentless rhythm of the sea crashing against the shore, all of my worries just melted away-,but what they left behind was clarity.
This allowed for me to bravely check in with my Inner Child- not because it hurt, or because I was forced to, but because when she finally raised her head and asked to play, I realised I wanted to say yes.
I didn’t want to push her needs and desires down anymore…I wanted to play, I wanted to heal and I wanted to truly live!
So I gave in and I’m never going back.
“Breathing in the clean, crisp air as it whips at me, I jump from one ledge to a closer one with him, not daring to actually go too far over or down the crevices cracked into the cliff.
If it had been any other day, I’d probably second guess acting so childishly, but today I’ve decided to just go for it, to immerse myself in that flowing, euphoric feeling of being playful and spending face-to face time with a long-time friend.
For the first time in a very long time, I encourage my inner child to come out and play, feeling how beyond excited she is to do just that now that she’s finally been giving permission.
My inner child has been cooped up for too long, struggling under the pressures and frustrations of me trying to ‘adult’, but today, in this open space, with this feeling of freedom and playfulness, it’s the best time and ideal location to let her out to have as much fun as she wants.
It’s time to play!”- excerpt taken from
The One At The Sea-Cliffs.
This is one of the reasons I documented the entire adventure and my epiphanies into The Ashlee Chronicles: The One At The Sea-Cliffs.
This story, which is the second installment of The Ashlee Chronicles series explores what reconnecting with your Inner Child actually means and why it is so important for your relationships, health and even ability to receive wealth.
It is my hope that you will also join me in discovering what could happen if you allowed that childish, fun loving side of you to simplify and bring even more joy to your life.
As an ardent reader and prolific writer, I believe strongly that lived experiences when told in a storied way allows the reader to join you on the journey without them having to stumble over the same pitfalls you did.
In this story, I detail how I finally allowed myself to enjoy nature, companionship, and taking a break from work stress, but most of all, how I allowed myself to reconnect with my Inner Child.
“I know my inner child is really my spirit, and therefore the manifestation of my psyche.”- excerpt taken from The One At The Sea-Cliffs.
On that day, I felt the warm glow, happiness and brightness of my Inner Child in a way I had not felt in years, but after feeling caged myself for mere months, I was beyond ready to welcome her happiness to me.
I was finally ready to listen, apologise and reconnect on a much deeper level, because as I discovered, my inner child is not just a being holding all my traumas, rather, she is the purest form of me.
And when she is happy, I am also happy. When she is in pain and feeling unloved, unsupported and uncared for, then that is how I feel too.
“I hadn’t noticed just how much I had been struggling mentally and emotionally until I was free from my stressors for those few hours, or understood just how stressed out I really was with everything that had happened, until I saw a space that literally embodied freedom.
In this space my inner child, that little girl who no-one ever had time for while they were rushing off to make money, fix other problems or simply didn’t want to play with, has been suffering so much under my own neglect and mistreatment.
Today however, she was heard, she was finally allowed to be herself and give in to her childish curiosity and silliness.
She was finally seen, heard and appreciated in that time, free from all the burdens and slights she has been enduring up to now.
I had no idea saying ‘Yes’ to her could cause such a powerful shift in me, but here I am, living proof that I need to let her live while I provide for her needs and desires much more frequently.
Her happiness is a priority and one I need to make much more important, moving her up the list to second position.
I feel as if I’ve once again been schooled on what is really important and significant to living a rich and successful life,- the life I know in my heart I want to live.” - excerpt taken from
The One At The Sea-Cliffs.
In this story, I chronicle our journey to each other and how I basically got my creative groove back, all because I went to the sea cliffs, allowed myself to play and now feel beyond energized to create more awesomeness from a place of true creativity, rather than forced mainstream commercialism.
“I recognize now that real success can only come to me through ease, such as simple actions born from my intuition and creativity, rather than from the forced hustle-struggle of complex and lengthy strategies that frustrate me and if I’m honest have not been working no matter how I double and triple down on them.”- excerpt from
The One At The Sea-Cliffs
When you’re ready for a day of shenanigans, some lurking danger and a wealth of inner child reconnecting insights,
The Ashlee Chronicles’ The One At The Sea Cliffs is only a click away!
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