- Do you have an inner critic that negatively comments on your ideas, expression or behavior?
- Does your inner critic call you names or judge you harshly?
- Do you project your internal harsh voice onto others and make up that what you’re thinking about yourself is what others are thinking about you?
- Do you use affirmations and positive self-talk but it just doesn’t last or shift you permanently out of that critical self-talk?
Self criticism is often handed down to us through our family and cultural conditioning. Even in the best of family or cultural environments, at an early age we’ve been programmed to assume that we are the cause of the problems we perceive around us. This unresolved trauma contributes to a negative self concept that gets reinforced until consciously worked with and we recreate our identity.
In this video, you’ll hear simple examples of how our personal trauma contributes to what could be going on when we are self-critical. As we can begin to see how we were conditioned to believe things that are not true about ourselves, it gives us the impetus to challenge our inner self-criticism.
In addition, you’ll discover how parts work is the key to freeing yourself from this negative pattern so that you can own your unique self without constant self-judgment. Eventually, you’ll come to value and love your own unique expression.