Transforming The Inner Critic - by Katrina de Toney

COURSE

Transforming The Inner Critic

With Katrina de Toney

This 7-day course invites you into a gentle exploration of your inner critic — the voice that judges, shames, or pushes you to be more. Through somatic grounding, inner dialogue, and compassionate inquiry, you'll learn to meet this voice with curiosity, uncover its origins, and gradually shift your inner tone toward kindness and support. Each daily audio offers a short guided practice designed to help you deepen awareness, reclaim inner space, and build a more caring relationship with yourself.

AcceptanceAnxietyConfidenceSecular MindfulnessSelf-CompassionStressHealth & HappinessStress & AnxietySecularVisualization

Meet your Teacher

Katrina de Toney
United Kingdom

Katrina de Toney is a UK-based psychotherapist and EMDR practitioner who specialises in trauma-informed care, anxiety, and self-esteem. With training in Gestalt therapy, somatic approaches, and a background in suicide bereavement support, she brings a grounded, compassionate presence to her work. Katrina is passionate about helping people reconnect with themselves through gentle awareness and emotional resilience. Her work is rooted in kindness, curiosity, and the belief that even our most critical inner voices deserve understanding.

read more

7 Days

214 students

4.9 stars

12 min / day

Acceptance

English

Lesson 1

Noticing The Voice Of The Inner Critic

In this first session, you’ll be guided to gently notice the presence of your inner critic — how it speaks, when it appears, and the impact it has. There’s no need to change or analyse anything yet. Simply bringing kind, curious awareness to this voice is the first step toward transformation.

read more

Lesson 2

Listening Beneath The Critic

Today’s session invites you to explore what might lie beneath your inner critic’s words. Could it be fear, longing, or a wish to protect? With gentle attention, we begin to sense the needs or stories hidden within the critical voice — not to excuse it, but to understand it more deeply.

read more

Lesson 3

Whose Voice Is It?

In this session, we reflect on where the critic’s voice may have come from. Often, our inner narratives echo old messages we’ve internalised over time. By beginning to untangle these influences, you’ll create more space for your voice to emerge with clarity and compassion.

read more

Lesson 4

The Inner Critic And The Body

This session focuses on how the inner critic shows up in the body. You’ll be guided to notice tension, contraction, or disconnection — and gently explore ways of softening or shifting your physical experience. Listening to the body can help ground and soothe difficult internal moments.

read more

Lesson 5

Reclaiming Your Inner Space

Today, we begin the process of gently reclaiming space from the inner critic. This isn’t about pushing the critic away, but about remembering you have a choice. Through breath, grounding, and presence, we begin to strengthen the parts of you that know how to care for yourself.

read more

Lesson 6

Speaking Back With Kindness

In this session, we experiment with offering a kinder response to the inner critic. You’ll be guided through a practice of speaking back with warmth and honesty — not to silence the critic, but to change the tone of your inner conversation.

read more

Lesson 7

Meeting Yourself Differently

Our final session brings together everything you’ve explored. You’ll be invited to meet yourself — and your inner world — with more presence, choice, and care. This is an ongoing journey, but you may already notice small shifts in how you relate to yourself.

read more

4.9 (15)

Recent Reviews

Pixie

December 17, 2025

I was surprised at who my inner critic really was. This practice helped me gain an understanding of how to meet that inner voice and reject its tone and replace it with my own voice of support and love.

Chuck

September 2, 2025

I now have the awareness that the neg criticism was and is trying to protect me from embarrassment ridicule harm, even though it was hurtful, disrespectful, and traumatizing. It’s not as effective as it is easy to afflict. I know I’m changing how I look at the negative critic thank you

Emma

August 28, 2025

Beautiful course which has helped me align to my inner voice, thank you ♥️🙏🏼

More from Katrina de Toney

COURSE

5

• 7 DAYS

Coming Home To Your Body

by Katrina de Toney

COURSE

7 DAYS

Learning To Love The Child Within

by Katrina de Toney

3 min

4.8

• GUIDED

A Gentle Start To Your Day

Katrina de Toney

2 min

4.7

• GUIDED

Soften Into Rest

Katrina de Toney

5 min

4.8

• GUIDED

5-Minute Grounding Practice For Overwhelm

Katrina de Toney

3 min

4.8

• GUIDED

Grounding Through Your Senses

Katrina de Toney

7 min

4.6

• GUIDED

The Container: Guided Visualization For Emotional Safety

Katrina de Toney

6 min

4.9

• GUIDED

Safe Space Meditation For Soothing Anxiety

Katrina de Toney

5 min

4.9

• GUIDED

A Gentle Pause To Begin Your Day

Katrina de Toney

3 min

4.7

• GUIDED

A Gentle Pause In The Middle Of The Day

Katrina de Toney

Trusted by 34 million people. It's free.

Insight Timer

Get the app