Category Archives: Self-Talk

Who affirms himself escapes criticism

-Jennifer Delgado For many people criticize is like breathing, they can not imagine a life without criticism. But be criticized, becoming the target, is different because it causes a lot of suffering. Inadequate criticism, made at an inappropriate time, can leave deep emotional wounds. In fact, if we look in our memory, it won’t beContinue reading “Who affirms himself escapes criticism”

7 Phrases That Will Help You Get Over a Breakup

-Jen Kim How to want to get over a breakup, part II: Say these things out loud. Repeat. Heal. Part of me can hardly remember the pain and agony that I suffered during my worst breakup. It’s only now that my best friend and I can finally giggle about our outrageous grieving mechanisms and theContinue reading “7 Phrases That Will Help You Get Over a Breakup”

How to Start Loving Yourself (Even When You Think There’s Nothing to Love)

-Sharon Martin, LCSW We talk to ourselves all day long. We comment, critique, and chastise our every move. From the big to the small – every decision and action gets scrutinized by our inner critic. For most of us, it’s harsh. Much harsher than what we say to anyone else. Where does this negative selfContinue reading “How to Start Loving Yourself (Even When You Think There’s Nothing to Love)”

Living Authentically

“The lies most devastating to our self-esteem are no so much the lies we tell as the lies we live.” I am living a lie when: I pretend a love I do not feel I pretend an indifference I do not feel I laugh when I need to cry I spend unnecessary stretches of timeContinue reading “Living Authentically”

A Sure-Fire Way to Silence Your Inner Critic

You can learn to dis-identify from the inner critic voice in your head. Most of us have been conditioned from childhood to be our own harshest critics. That inner judge can shadow us, scrutinizing our every move and making us quite miserable. For years, I’ve been working on turning the inner critic into an innerContinue reading “A Sure-Fire Way to Silence Your Inner Critic”