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Blog | Inner Peace for Challenging Times | Inner Critic

When You Think You’re No Good

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 5, 2019July 9, 2024

One giant obstacle to feeling inwardly peaceful and good about yourself is an inner critic that seems to think you need to…

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Do your guts twist up with shame when you make a mistake, even a very innocent one? Read on...
Blog | Tips | Inner Critic

Focusing Tip #683 – “I made a mistake and now I feel my guts turning around”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 4, 2019July 10, 2024

Do your guts twist up with shame when you make a mistake, even a very innocent one? Read on… Ada writes: As…

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“It never seems to want to go past the point of letting me know that it doesn't like or respect me. ...”
Blog | Tips | Inner Critic

Focusing Tip #663 – “Something in me doesn’t like or respect me”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell July 10, 2019July 30, 2024

Do you have a harsh inner voice or part that doesn’t like you and puts you down? Read on… PT writes: An…

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Do you struggle with an inner critic that makes you feel like you are taken hostage?
Blog | Tips | Inner Critic

Focusing Tip #652 – “When it’s really bad I resort to binging on sweets.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell April 10, 2019July 23, 2024

Do you struggle with an inner critic that makes you feel like you are taken hostage? Read on… Margarita writes: I am…

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How can you change negative beliefs about yourself?
Inner Critic | Blog | Tips

Focusing Tip #598 – If you have a negative core belief about yourself, how can you change it?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell February 28, 2018July 9, 2024

Jim writes: Can (and how can) focusing be used to change core beliefs? Do I turn to the belief and say (for…

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imposter syndrome
Blog | Inner Critic

How to be a Perfect Imposter

ByAnn Weiser Cornell January 12, 2018August 26, 2024

You’ve got it all figured out. How you’re supposed to look, sound, dress. What are the acceptable hobbies and opinions. How smart…

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When you feel your parts have destroyed you
Blog | Tips | Inner Critic

Focusing Tip #589 – I feel my parts have ruined my life

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 13, 2017July 11, 2024

Are you angry at the parts of you that have held you back from living your potential? Jim writes: Ann, when you…

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starting over
Blog | Tips | Inner Critic

Focusing Tip #586 – If you are faced with illness or other losses, how do you remake a life?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell November 22, 2017July 15, 2024

Paula writes: My situation is that I developed a chronic illness and had to leave my high powered career on disability. It’s…

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Why ask if the answer is obvious
Tips | Inner Critic | Blog

Focusing Tip #565 – Do you have a hard time listening to your inner critic because you can’t hear it?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 21, 2017July 11, 2024

Bhavani writes: When people talk about listening to an inner critic I used to get confused because I don’t hear a voice…

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