<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The inner child is not a magical authority; it is... > The inner child is not a magical authority; it is a name for capacities that may have survived beneath adaptation—play, curiosity, emotional honesty, experimentation, and the ability to imagine without immediate permission. **Source:** [[livestreams/Imagination, Possibility, and the Refusal to Give Up - Workbook|Imagination, Possibility, and the Refusal to Give Up]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The inner child is not a magical authority; it is a name for capacities that may have survived beneath adaptation—play, curiosity, emotional honesty, experimentation, and the ability to imagine without immediate permission.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-inner-child-magical-without-immediate-permission ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->