Befriending our inner critic

Our inner critic will get louder when we’re being courageous

Our inner critic will tell us we aren’t good enough just as we are stepping out of our comfort zone

The thing is, our inner critic likes to play it safe

Our inner critic likes to be comfortable

Our inner critic wants us to stay right. where. we. are.

Our inner critic will continue to tell us lie after lie

we aren’t worthy

we’re going to fail

we are selfish

we are wrong

Even if our current reality is no longer serving us anymore

Even if our life feels so very wrong and misaligned

Even if deep down we know it’s time to choose something else

we will end up staying put

we do this because it will always feel more safe to choose a misaligned, yet expected and known life

Than it will to step into the newness and scariness of our unknown future

Regardless of how much your inner critic tells you to stay put, please remember this:

It is in those scary and unknown places where we will grow

Where we will heal

Where we will learn more about ourselves

Where we will realize all that we are truly capable of

Yet our brains will trick us into believing it is safer to stay in a known hell

than it is to step into an unknown potential heaven

I hope today you choose to befriend your inner critic

I hope you kill that inner critic with kindness and love

I hope you remember that your inner critic is only trying to keep you safe

But let me remind you:

you are safe.

it’s okay that this feels so dang scary and hard

I hope you let yourself feel the pain of how hard this is

I hope you release all of the tears you’ve been holding back

I hope you strengthen your relationship with your intuition

I hope you learn to fully trust yourself

I hope you choose to believe in your strength and your grit

I hope you find the courage to go create the life you so deeply deserve

And yes, you DO deserve it

and if there is anyone out there telling you otherwise

they are wrong

Your inner critic is wrong

You are worthy

you are brilliant

you are capable

you are strong

you are full of love and joy and peace

it all starts within you

It all starts with making a different choice today

it all starts with offering yourself the love and the compassion and the patience you so deeply deserve!

So tell me, what is it that you will choose for yourself today?