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Your Smug Inner Critic and How to Shut It Down

Episode 261 Published 3 years, 2 months ago
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Silencing your inner critic might be the most important skill you never learned.

If negative self-talk is controlling your life, this episode will show you there’s a way out.

That constant critical voice in your head? It creates feelings of hopelessness and helplessness that shape every decision you make. Learning how to quiet your inner critic changes everything—your relationships, your choices, and how you see yourself.

My guest Jill knows this journey intimately.

From the outside, she had it all—husband, kids, successful career. But her inner critic was relentless, telling her she wasn’t enough, that her husband didn’t love her, that she was invisible.

Silencing your inner critic: A real-life transformation story

Drowning in negative self-talk and a high-stress lifestyle, Jill sought validation wherever she could find it.

Work made her feel successful and seen, which led her down a path she never imagined—straight into an affair that would shatter everything.

When rock bottom came, Jill faced brutal truths about her marriage, her choices, and the role alcohol played in keeping her stuck.

But she also discovered something powerful: how to silence her inner critic and rebuild from the ground up.

In this raw conversation about overcoming negative self-talk, you’ll learn:

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