Disarm your inner critic

A couple days ago I posted about some questions to help you identify your limiting beliefs. Today I ran across more questions (I love questions!), this time ones designed to help you "disarm your inner critic."

• Has a general rule been made from one isolated example?
• Does it pay excessive attention to only small parts of your experience?
• Is it an exaggerated description instead of an accurate one?
• Is your critic thinking in terms of black and white? E.g. does it insist that everything you do has to be brilliant or else it regards it as rubbish?
• Does your critic expect you to take responsibility for events that are actually outside your control?
• Does your critic assume the whole world revolves around you and your interests?
• Have you been mind-reading?
• Do you know for sure that other people don't like you, are unforgiving of you, or don't care about you?
• Does your critic assume that you have no responsibility or are a helpless victim?
• Is your inner critic being inappropriately emotional?

It's so easy for the voice of our inner critic to define our reality, and the world it creates is harsh, unforgiving, and precarious. These questions are a great way to start questioning that reality and find more solid ground.

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Curt Rosengren, Passion Catalyst (sm)

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