Quieting Your Inner Critic
“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay We’ve all been in this same boat before , and we’ll all be in it again, at one point or another. Sometimes it feels like no matter what you say, no matter what you do, and no matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to get anything right. So, you beat yourself up over it: You agonize over how incompetent you are, how silly you look, or all the other ways you failed to meet your expectations. Whether in work, school, or personal life, everyone suffers from negative self-talk. At times, it can be crippling. But it helps to know that with practice, negative self-talk is something anyone can overcome. You can learn to take the negativity you throw at yourself, and turn it into a tool to make yourself more confident. In this post, we’ll cover a few techniques to get you on the right track toward talking to yourself in a positive way....