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A Science-Backed Method to Silence Your Inner Critic
Your brief beginner’s guide to self-compassion.
In case you haven’t noticed, you have an inner voice that is talking endlessly.
And if you’re like most people, that inner voice can be incredibly mean.
It can routinely tell you things like:
“You’re so lazy. You’re so bad at this. You’re such a failure.”
It can be like having a bully inside your head who constantly harasses you.
And if left unchecked, that bully can start to really bring you down.
Self-Criticism Isn’t Helpful
We understand that heavy criticism doesn’t work when it comes to motivating other people.
But when it comes to motivating ourselves, our intuition is different.
For whatever reason, we tend to think we have to be hard on ourselves to get things done.
And that’s a big problem, not only because it can make us feel terrible but also because it makes us way less likely to achieve our goals.
It’s simply not helpful to stack insults, shame, and guilt on top of a setback.
