How I Tamed My Savage Inner Critic

You think you're invincible until you're not.

At 28, half my face went numb. The diagnosis after months of specialists: "just stress."

My subconscious patterns had created the perfect storm:

• A merciless inner critic driving perfectionism

• Emotions shut down to "stay sane"

• A doom merchant in my head always preparing for worst-case scenarios

I tried changing everything external:

Left my stressful corporate job. Nope.

Moved to sunny southern France. Still no.

Only when I did the inner work did my world change. And almost overnight. Inside and out. After decades of high-functioning anxiety, I finally felt like myself and could truly live.

Your strengths become your weakness if the patterns that drive success also drive stress.

But they aren't life sentences either - if you do the inner work.

Here's a glimpse into the Inner Critic Coaching Café last week where I shared my own Inner Critic transformation story - it's why I LOVE working with inner critics, because they are such game-changers!