Living through a pandemic seems to have given my inner critic a “get out of jail free” card. She chimes in multiple times a day about how I’m simply not getting enough done. She reminds
Inner Critic
Your Own Personal Precipice
“Not being hard on yourself is a full-time job.” I awoke in the middle of the night recently with this sentence top-of-mind, grabbed paper and pen, and wrote it down. I knew the truth of
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Inner Critic
Listening for the Quiet Voice
One of my favourite things to write about these days is that crazy-ass “inner critic” voice that lives inside our heads. You know, the one that says you’re not “enough” of anything? You’re not smart
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Inner Critic
The Nasty Voices In My Head
Years ago, my friend Kathleen told me that one of her favourite things to do was just to sit and stare out the window. Sit and stare? At what, I had asked. And what are