Are you aware of your inner critic?

"A critic is a legless man who teaches running."

-- Channing Pollock


Are you aware of your inner critic? We all have this
voice that tells us we are bad, stupid, clumsy,
cowardly.... Although its intent is to help us succeed,
the harsh self talk of our critic just serves to drain
our energy and lower our morale and immune system.

To defuse the inner critic, we need to recognize when
the critic is speaking. We need to know that this voice
does not necessarily speak for who we really are. This
is an old pattern that may no longer be serving us. We
want to open to the possibility that the words are not
likely true. We can ask ourselves, "Are these words
helpful?"



"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt