A gentle reminder that for many ppl, Trump was triggering to their inner child -- reminding them of authoritarian adults in their past (often parents) or caregivers who denied their feelings and emotionally neglected them.

Do something good and fun for your inner child today.

"Something good for your inner child" means something you liked to do as a child. Climb a tree, color a book, sing or draw with colored pencils or crayons. Find a swing set. Let that kid breathe and play today.

Probably not for today, but if you want to know more about how authority figures - bosses, professors, executives, presidents -- affect your inner child, I keep recommending this book for a reason. Running on Empty by Jonice Webb.

When you do inner-child work (often best with a therapist who specializes in attachment theory and family therapy), you realize that even if authority figures let you down, you can still provide *to yourself* now that support and love and listening you needed then. Do that today.

And as emotions come up with Trump's departure today -- frustration, sadness, rejection (he was America's rejecting, narcissistic parent) -- remember they live in your body, not your mind.

Emotions are physical. Bring your attention to the physical places they live. Visit them.

Feel every emotion through to the end. Don't distract yourself. Don't read something. Don't turn on music. Just honor that emotion as you would honor a friend. (If a friend visited, you would not leave the room!) Emotions truly are your friends. Feel them through, and they'll go.