Episode Details

Why is your inner critic so much harsher than anybody else's? Because it has inside information. It knows what you actually think, and it uses all of it.

If a child came to me talking that way about themselves I would not stand for a second of it. Self love is not standing in front of a mirror saying you are great. It is being less harsh. It is opening your heart to the fact that you are human, with crazy thoughts and fluctuating energy. I am not the most amazing human in the world. I am here and I am doing my best.

One thing to try: Say the next critical thought out loud, then ask whether you would say it to a child.

In this episode

• (0:02) The inner critic having a go, and what self love even means
• (4:49) It has inside information. It knows what you really think
• (7:05) If a child said that about themselves I would not stand for it
• (8:41) Self love is just being kind about being human
• (10:58) I am not the most amazing human. But I am showing up
• (13:28) Giving yourself space to be yourself without the criticism
• (15:28) Maybe I am projecting. Maybe others are not worried at all

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