Official Workbook: Read People like a Book

Recognizing people's "inner child" is another way to understand their deepest motives.

According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, the shadow consists of everything in ourselves that we'd rather not look at. They are the parts of ourselves that we conceal from both others and ourselves. Humans have a hard time seeing their flaws because of emotions like fear, panic, rage, and arrogance.

you take offense instead of laughing it off when someone labels you "dumb," then there must be some secret part of you that doesn't want to feel inferior. But the truth is that they are usually projecting when they attack you. They give everyone else the same name that they give themselves.

Our Inner Child Still Lives

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Humans do things for different reasons.

You wouldn’t drink water if you weren’t thirsty,

In contrast, a person in "kid mode" may really be a child on some level, compelling you to act like a parent would—by calming, correcting, or shouldering responsibility for the individual

In contrast, a person in "kid mode" may really be a child on some level, compelling you to act like a parent would—by calming, correcting, or shouldering responsibility for the individual.

If you find yourself acting like a parent, it's likely that the other person is completely associated with their inner child.