This post is part of our weekly series of peacemaking practices during the Season of Nonviolence.
One of the most damaging things about believing the inner critic is that we lose our ability to trust ourselves. Instead, we begin to doubt.
“I’m not loveable.”
“I can’t do anything right.”
“I’m not good enough to be accepted.”
Believing the inner critic means we are never really free from shame and unworthiness. This damages our felt sense of value, peace, self-trust, and most of all, safety. Over time this loss separates us from who we truly are. …
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