Allie Beth Stuckey

And it was this viral TikTok of a woman

speaking to her inner child before going into an interview.

And in the video, the woman has her eyes closed.

She's kind of cradling her body.

She's rocking back and forth.

She's speaking in a baby voice.

She's affirming the fears of awkwardness, acknowledging her nervousness.

Now, some of you might be thinking, does this person have special needs?

No, this is not what that's about.

Certainly we wouldn't be highlighting something like that.

This is a person whose caption says that she is speaking to her inner child.

And in my response to this, because I thought it was an important concept to respond to, it was not mocking this woman who filmed and posted this at all.

I simply made this statement.

Are you ready?

This has caused a lot of shockwaves that I did not realize it was going to cause.

There's no such thing as an inner child.

In the Christian worldview, childhood memories, in some cases, traumatic memories, yes.

Childhood experiences that shaped us into who we are, yes.

Childhood pain that we still carry with us, possibly.

That's very true for a lot of people.