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Understanding and Overcoming Relationship Anxiety

…ult relationships. She will further explain the influence of the “critical inner voice,” a negative thought process we internalize early in life based on hurtful attitudes and experiences. This critical inner voice goes on to perpetuate our anxiety by filling our heads with critical, shaming thoughts about ourselves, and even our romantic partner or potential partners. Dr. Firestone will introduce methods that can help individuals overcome their r…

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Nourishing Your Resilience in Hard Times

…ill make us “feel better.” Part of this is because we all have a “critical inner voice” that doesn’t have our best interest at heart. This “voice” is often at the root of our self-critical thinking as well as our self-limiting or self-destructive behavior. Its commentary can undermine our wants, needs, and personal goals. It can cloud our thinking, even as we try to seek out the things that matter to us and give our days meaning. For example, it m…

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Why It’s Okay to Feel Bad About Certain Things

…ered my research and practice on understanding and challenging a “critical inner voice” we all possess that is way too hard on us. While acting on this “voice” is something we should always strive to avoid, there are times when it’s okay to feel bad about our actions. We are all human, and we are all flawed, but the way we grow emotionally and as a human being is, in part, through recognizing when we have acted badly and feeling the accompanying f…

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6 Tips For Dealing With Your Anger

…needs more directly with their partner. 5. Pay attention to your critical inner voice. When exploring our anger, one thing to be mindful of are any excessively critical thoughts that are coming up around that anger. Every one of us has an inner critic that is shaped by our early experiences, which can feed us destructive thoughts that turn us against ourselves and others. This critic may inspire paranoia, assume others are against us, or simply m…

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5 Most Important Relationship Resolutions

…whose sole purpose seems to be to undermine our happiness. This “critical inner voice” can even sabotage our relationships. It’s there to warn us not to trust or to remind us to be jealous and suspicious. It can put us down, letting us know that we are too fat, thin, ugly, boring or unsuccessful to find and maintain a loving relationship. Our critical inner voice feeds on all of our negative life experiences from the day we are born to form a des…

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Forgiveness: The Secret to a Healthy Relationship

…, compassionate attitude toward our partner. Don’t listen to your critical inner voice – We all have cruel, coaching thoughts inside our head that get especially loud when it comes to our relationships. This “critical inner voice” is full of bad advice that interferes with our happiness and tends to criticize us (or our partner) at every turn. It may tell us not to invest in or trust our partner. It may advise us to protect ourselves by not gettin…

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How to be Happy in Hard Times

…rits and give you a new perspective on life. 1. Be aware of your “critical inner voice” Your critical inner voice is made up of a series of self-attacking thoughts that mentally kick you when your down. These thoughts represent an attitude you’ve internalized that acts as an internal enemy, keeping you from going after goals or feeling confident in your decisions. When something goes wrong in life, it’s easy for your inner voice to take advantage…

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Free Yourself from Your Inner Critic – A Weekend Retreat in Ojai, CA

…hop Dr. Lisa Firestone and Joyce Catlett, authors of Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice, will help individuals learn how to stop self-sabotaging by countering negative thinking and live free from their imagined limitations. * Mindfulness exercises will be offered throughout. Cost: $350 per person Order now to get the early bird rate of $350 through October 31st only. * 10 CE Credits available for a fee Details: Some Meals included Accommodations no…

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Starting a Relationship 101

…tic It’s common when starting a relationship to hear all kinds of critical inner voices. The critical inner voice represents a self-destructive thought process that fuels our insecurities and hurts our self-esteem. We tend to listen to this “voice” a lot when we start dating someone. We may have thoughts toward ourselves like, “I can’t believe you just said that. You sound like an idiot!” or “She doesn’t even like you. You’re wasting your time.” T…

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5 Ways You’re Rejecting Love

…ing on any flaws he or she may have. We may begin to listen to a “critical inner voice” that attacks or belittles both us and those we’re closest to. This inner critic is like a negative filter that shades our perception, so we start to have a distorted and unfavorable picture of our partner and our relationship. We may find ourselves criticizing every little thing about our partner from the cup left on the counter to the way he or she asked for a…

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