Ann Weiser Cornell’s 21-Day On-Demand Course
Finding Freedom from Inner Critics
Discover a different way to approach inner critics so you can move forward with more confidence, peace, and self-compassion.
(because when you know how to be with your inner critics, life gets a whole lot easier…)
Get your first lesson as soon as you sign up!
– Ann Weiser Cornell, Radical Gentleness
Being kind to yourself might not come easy for you…
Inner critics can be crushing, right? From paralyzing you with perfectionism to hurling shame-inducing words your way, they know how to hurt you.
Being kind to yourself takes practice. Self-compassion is not a skill that’s given much attention in our pressure cooker of a society. But it’s oh-so-important to living a happy, peaceful life. And I’m here to show you how to treat yourself with more kindness.
It might surprise you to hear that inner critics actually have good intentions. They’re really just trying to save your life (I promise!). They mean well. But they’re afraid of what might happen if you ____ . And the only way those voices know how to defend you leaves you feeling terrible.
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I know how easy it is to get hijacked by a mean inner voice. And how impossible it can feel to move forward when that happens. I’d love to show you what else is possible.
Does your inner critic:
These are just some of the ways the inner critic shows up. Some are subtle while some have all the grace of a rhinoceros in a grocery store. But they all have the same results: You feel bad about yourself and your life.
It can feel inescapable. And if you’ve ever tried to banish, silence, or control your inner critic ― the ‘Anything to Make It Stop Strategy’ – you’ve probably found it actually gets bigger (like Empire State building big).
Thankfully, there’s another way.
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I’d like to help you feel better about yourself and your life.
So I created something that teaches you a radical, loving, life-enhancing way to change the way you experience the parts that criticize you.
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Let me introduce you to the Finding Freedom From Inner Critics course
I created the Finding Freedom From Inner Critics course to give you the skills and support you need to treat yourself with more kindness.
You’ll learn how to easily recognize when inner critics are afoot and one powerful way to settle them down right away. You’ll get practical, step-by-step processes to help you move beyond feeling hijacked, frozen, or drained by the voices that speak harshly to you. And you’ll develop a regular practice of being kinder to yourself.
Every day, for 21 days, you’ll get practices designed to support you in releasing old habits of self-criticism while developing self-compassion skills. If self-acceptance seems challenging, don’t worry — every day you’ll get real-world examples of what it sounds/looks/feels like to treat yourself with compassion. of self-care in the middle of your day.
The structure and guidance you get in the Finding Freedom From Inner Critics course makes it easier to change the way you experience inner critics. Plus, you’re not alone. The moment you join, you become part of a community of people working on the same issues and concerns who can help you stay on track.
Get your first practice the day you sign up.
– Ann Weiser Cornell
Finding Freedom From Inner Critics at a Glance
Daily Practices
Every day for 21 days you get one new practice to explore
Online Video Trainings
Daily videos to help you put the practices to work. Easy-to-use online course you can access from anywhere.
Audio Downloads & PDFs
Watch. Listen. Read. Get course content in multiple formats so you can learn the way that works best for you.
Supportive Community
A forum where you and other people in the course can share and connect
Discover Helpful Ways to Address Inner Critics
Some of the Topics We’ll Cover
- Being Gentle with Yourself
- Is It Possible to be Okay with Making Mistakes?
- The Three Secrets of the Inner Critic
- Imposter Syndrome – “If They Only Knew What a Fake I Am”Negative Labelling – “I am bad, a failure, stupid, worthless, etc.”
- What Inner ‘Should’s’ Do to Your Ability to Take Action
- Freezing — And Why You Do It
- Not Feeling Good Enough As You Are & The Need to Be Perfect
- Why Not Just Tell the Critic to Get Lost?
- The Most Tragic Love Story on Earth – Your Inner Critic and You
- Living a Critic-Free Life – Radical Self-Acceptance
- And ten more!
About Your Teacher
Ann Weiser Cornell struggled with painful inner critics that contributed to her experience of addiction, social anxiety, and inability to do the things she most wanted to do.
Ann created Inner Relationship Focusing with her long-time colleague, Barbara McGavin, to help people learn to listen compassionately to all the inner voices. Along the way, Ann and Barbara developed a radical new process for relating to the self-blaming voices inside them. It changed their lives, and it became their mission to help others transform as well.
For over 35 years now, Ann’s been teaching this practical, revolutionary process to people all over the world. With this on-demand course, you get the benefit of Ann’s expertise and the chance to practice the simple, yet revolutionary process of Focusing with her gentle, compassionate guidance.
Ann is the author of 21 Days to Better Boundaries, Focusing in Clinical Practice: The Essence of Change, The Power of Focusing, The Radical Acceptance of Everything, and Untangling: How You Can Transform What’s Impossibly Stuck. Today she is internationally recognized as one of the leading innovators and theoreticians of Focusing.
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“Our relationship with the inner critic is the most tragic love story on earth. That there’s something inside you that wants only for you to be safe, and it’s doomed to talk to you in a voice that makes you sure it hates you.”
― Ann Weiser Cornell
Are you ready to transform a tragic love story
into a healing one?
Learn how you can:
Recognize when a critical part is activated and why this happens
Develop skills to respond to inner critics with presence and empathy
Move forward with more confidence, inner peace, and self-compassion
Enroll for Your Course Here
Finding Freedom From Inner Critics
21-day Video Course to learn a loving, life-enhancing way to change the way you experience the parts that criticize you. Helps you move forward with more confidence, self-compassion, and inner peace.
― Ann Weiser Cornell & Barbara McGavin
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How This Course Works
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Be Supported In Your Process!
You won’t be going it alone! You’ll have access to a forum to chat with other students, plus access to Ann for parts where you might feel stuck.
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Available at Your Convenience!
Access new content (delivered daily) whenever it works for you. You get lifetime access, so you can revisit the material anytime
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Interactive Materials
This course includes a beautiful PDF workbook to help you integrate your learning. There will also be checkpoints during the course to check-in on your progress.