Silencing my inner critic...
Lately, I've been focusing on 'silencing my inner critic.' My life coach, Mandi , has really been a huge help in me realizing how damaging this critic has been. I haven't even realized how bad it's gotten, but my self-talk wasn't nice. I've named this critic 'Sneaker' because its been sneaking around my life, throwing in gut punches, jabs, upper cuts, and knock outs to my psyche for a while. Oh so long.... Sometimes it doesn't sneak around though. Yesterday was one of those days. Omigosh, I was such a crank! I think this stemmed from feeling overwhelmed with things I need to do and want to do in my professional and personal life. And then things started happening that just started me griping about - an email here, a meeting there... and then BEEP. The smoke alarm started beeping. No, not a fire beep, but you know the sound when the battery is low? Yes... that beep that keeps coming... every so often, though never in any sort of rhyth...