Very cool about your own retrieval. Did you notice any after-effects from it?
Not with that little fragment so much. She showed me how early we become self-conscious and fear embarrassment. Truthfully, though, I'd been dealing with this one well before I brought her back. I think it's fairly universal for the socialised being. We learn that such fear holds us back from possible successes through further experience. Mine was an audition for a panto. We all sang and I knew I was right there but then we had to learn a dance in two sessions. I knew I couldn't learn it in one session and I was working so I couldn't make the second. So, I didn't turn up to final audition and consequently missed out on getting the lead, which, I was told, was mine regardless of my ability to dance, if I had turned up. I was about 20, I guess, and I was sorry because it would've been fun. That memory came back after I recovered the little "me" but there was no "soul loss" over it.

As for my niece, she lives in another state. I don't get to observe her often. Sigh.

I think soul retrievals are a lot like kundalini in that there are risks (and many of them seem to be similar between the two), but rather than making information on how to avoid them widely available, the tendency has been more to emphasize the risks.
I agree with your insight, PH.