SShh!<\/i><\/p>\n
It\u2019s the inner critic piping up again.\u00a0It always tries to get involved in our lives.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not helpful or constructive, it causes chaos and wrecks havoc on our spirit.<\/p>\n
It tells us we\u2019re not good enough, not smart enough, not attractive,\u00a0have dumb ideas and are too old. We’re\u00a0fat, lazy, fearful, disorganized, stupid….you know the one.<\/p>\n
If we listen to the\u00a0inner critic it stops us from pursuing dreams and leaves us stuck in places we don\u2019t want to be. It makes us a victim of ourselves.<\/p>\n
Time to take back our power and realize most of what the inner critic\u00a0says is based on things we\u00a0were told\u00a0in….are you\u00a0 ready….\u00a0childhood. Limiting messages most often delivered\u00a0in our best interests<\/em> and somehow still running our lives.\u00a0It is\u00a0not the voice of truth.<\/p>\n We also hear the \u201cwhat will people think\u201d voice. This one, which feeds the habit of avoiding embarrassment and worrying about other people\u2019s judgements, apparently is implanted in junior high school\u00a0and never leaves.\u00a0 It becomes a permanent part of us.<\/p>\n Here we are at mid life with\u00a0voices from childhood and high school\u00a0guiding our lives. Oh geez……<\/p>\n I was recently talking to a bright, articulate,\u00a0talented woman who at 52 \u00a0was getting her life on track and finding joy.\u00a0She’d been stymied by thinking she was stupid her whole life….well… not her whole<\/em> life just since grade 3. It seems she had a less than stellar grade three teacher whose negative messages had been defining her life for 44 years!<\/p>\n Deepak Chopra says, \u201cYou alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n Time to talk back to the inner critic, delete the old, no longer valid messages and replace with new ones.<\/p>\n