I look forward to your newsletters so much! Thank you for making this effort for us.
I was raised in a stern religious tradition so my earliest childhood memories include a highly critical, shaming inner voice. I was critical of other people and then my inner voice would scold me for being unkind and judgmental. It was an exhausting cy…
I look forward to your newsletters so much! Thank you for making this effort for us.
I was raised in a stern religious tradition so my earliest childhood memories include a highly critical, shaming inner voice. I was critical of other people and then my inner voice would scold me for being unkind and judgmental. It was an exhausting cycle! When I started therapy in middle age and began working at gentling my inner voice, I was amazed to discover how quickly and easily the judgmentalism fell away. You really can’t be kind to other people while beating up yourself.
I look forward to your newsletters so much! Thank you for making this effort for us.
I was raised in a stern religious tradition so my earliest childhood memories include a highly critical, shaming inner voice. I was critical of other people and then my inner voice would scold me for being unkind and judgmental. It was an exhausting cycle! When I started therapy in middle age and began working at gentling my inner voice, I was amazed to discover how quickly and easily the judgmentalism fell away. You really can’t be kind to other people while beating up yourself.
That’s so often true, Rebecca. It’s a habit, and it spills over onto everyone and everything.