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Silencing Your Inner Critic

with an “Inner Critic”—that irritating, judgmental voice that invites itself into our minds to let us know we’re not good enough. We hear the Inner Critic in moments when things are going well: “There’s no way this will last,” it says. “You don’t deserve it.” And when things aren’t going well, it becomes even louder. “Just give up. There’s no point in trying,” it screams. “You can’t do

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