So many of us struggle with a harsh Inner Critic, that debilitating internal voice which has some - maybe all - of the following characteristics:
- critical, harsh, unforgiving
- judging, blaming, shaming
- fearful, self-doubting, catastrophising
- nagging, undermining, punishing
- obsessed with comparing
- perfectionistic
- degrading, abusive, gaslighting
- relentless, exhausting
- hopeless, paralysing
- and...and...
If the above sounds familiar, you’ll know how dispiriting and exhausting an active Inner Critic can be. Its constant fault-finding, criticism, judging, blaming, and shaming impact directly on our wellbeing, ease, confidence and more. For many of us, it is so entrenched it’s hard to conceive of a life in which we are free of it.
I'm offering this workshop because there is another way.
I struggled intensely with my own Inner Critic for many years before my explorations of Buddhism, meditation, and mindfulness led me towards the practice of self compassion. Excited, relieved, and curious to discover more, I immersed myself in leading edge research and practice, alongside a wide range of wisdom and spiritual traditions, exploring different compassion-based wisdom, tools and practices across the last seven years.
As a consequence, these days, I experience my Inner Critic as quieter, softer and far less intrusive, something I never would have believed possible at the beginning of our journeys. As importantly, the way I relate to critical narrative when they do arise is radically different.
This experience has inspired me to create this workshop to share with others who may be suffering as we were.
I've found my Inner Critic can be a catalyst for profound healing and growth. By understanding and engaging with this voice with kind curiosity, we can begin a process of transformation that is truly life-changing, enabling us over time to foster a gentler, kinder, more generative inner dialogue and a greater sense of confidence and trust in ourselves.
In this workshop, I'll be offering a weave of wisdom, tools and practices designed to help you dial down your inner critic and engage with yourself, your life and other people with greater compassion, peace, clarity, confidence, ease (and much more).
