Silencing The Inner Critic

Our inner critic can be a loud and powerful voice. A voice that derails our growth, our progress, even our happiness. When we learn to silence it, we can move forward with confidence and certainty, and embrace the future that we want to create for ourselves.

Transcript

Welcome to the guided visualization on silencing your inner critic and empowering the new you.

So in this visualization we're going to use some NLP techniques to basically help bring the new version of you forward and help quieten down that inner critic,

That nagging voice,

Those doubts that come to us all.

As always I want you to find a space where you won't be disturbed,

Where you can relax,

That's comfortable where you can sit down or lie down and it's going to be best with headphones.

So I like to sit down or lie down,

Make sure you're comfortable,

Nice temperature.

Just wiggle your toes with your fingers,

Make sure you're really relaxed as you close your eyes.

Close your eyes,

Relax,

Let your muscles go slack.

I just want you to focus on your breathing as you let your whole body relax.

Just feeling those muscles relax deeper and deeper,

Your eyes and forward of your chest as you breathe in and out.

Your breathing slowing,

Taking those breaths deeper and deeper as you relax further and just realizing it feels so good to relax and just focus on my voice and the images in your mind,

The sensations around you.

As your breathing slows and you become more and more relaxed,

Allowing yourself to drift into a deeper state of relaxation.

Just let go of any cares and worries and anxieties.

You're safe and warm and relaxed as you breathe and drift deeper into relaxation.

As you breathe,

I'd like you to imagine in your mind's eye,

Holding a mirror up in front of your face and looking into your own eyes,

Staring straight into your own eyes.

As you do that,

You notice your eyelids feel heavier and heavier and the more you stare into your own eyes,

The more tired and relaxed you feel,

More and more tired,

Looking deep into your own eyes and your mind's eye.

As soon as you're ready,

You just let go to relax fully now.

And as you lie there or sit there relaxed,

Your mind's eye wants you to find exactly where that whole internal critic voice is located.

Most people say the back of their head.

I'd like you to imagine that I've reached over and just taken it out.

I'm holding it in my hand where we can more readily examine it.

It's like a squishy ball and I'm going to squish and compress it.

I'd like you to make that old negative whining voice as high and shrill and as unbelievable as possible.

How ridiculous it sounds.

I want you to tell it to shut up and tell it whatever else you want to say to it.

In your mind,

Shout at it,

Use your own words,

Use swear words.

That's right.

Let it all go.

You've done that.

You can feel enormous relief as yet that annoying yappy,

Sappy voice fades away.

It feels great,

Doesn't it?

To enjoy that moment of silence,

Utter peace,

Blissful.

How are you going to replace that voice with this brand new empowering voice that I have here?

It only tells you positive,

Constructive,

Helpful things and supports you always.

Now,

It might speak in low,

Mellow,

Soothing tones or confident,

Enthusiastic ones,

Whichever.

It is always encouraging you with just the appropriate level of enthusiasm,

Whatever qualities you would like it to have.

Okay.

Now,

We're going to put this wonderful new voice back into that old space.

Look,

I've chopped it in.

It's a different voice coming from that same spot as the one before.

We've removed,

Closed off the old neural pathway to those old limiting beliefs you have once had,

Have we not?

It's gone for good now.

It's a much better new voice for you.

New beliefs.

A new voice in all the very many ways you need it and want it to be now.

Examples of what it can say are,

Well done.

We'll try a new way.

That was magnificent.

You really are something.

You can do it.

Yes,

You can accomplish it.

This is how we'll do it.

You can find the solution.

Go for it now.

And more and more than that now.

And as that part creates that at just the right time,

In just the right way,

It'll be there for you as and when you need it now.

You can always hear it when you need to in that soothing,

Comforting,

Confident,

Enthusiastic tone.

Continue hearing it this new way.

Continue hearing it so you feel very good.

Do you want it to go back to how it was?

No.

And you won't.

You can only move forward into a better future that you are creating by taking action,

Feeling better and better in all ways,

In all situations now.

And if that old yappy voice was to try in vain to intrude,

Just let those voices argue amongst themselves at an unconscious level.

But the positive one always wins.

It is always stronger,

Much more powerful now.

Get solidly connected to the parts of you that move your life forward,

To where you want and can be,

Moving you towards fulfillment of your unique needs,

Towards healthy,

Natural pleasures,

Happiness,

Joy,

Bursts of confidence and success.

You can laugh the old ways now.

You're over that.

Forget it.

Move on now.

These changes can and will remain with you,

Working positively on your behalf,

Guiding your permanent,

Purposeful,

Positive behaviors and always working for your highest interests 24 hours a day,

Seven days a week.

It's nice to know you have that security,

Do you not?

And you will,

Do you not?

I like to think of what you're aware of in your past just before you had a feeling,

Response or behavior that you now wish to change about yourself.

See it as a small black and white image from your point of view,

But some way off in the distance.

That's great.

Now,

Think of a new free you image,

A free you who no longer has that old response you had in the past.

Now,

Look at it on a giant screen in your mind,

Make the new you big,

Bright,

Bold.

Make it wonderfully colorful and incredibly attractive.

Add in sounds and smells,

Sensations.

See yourself as you wish to be.

Fear yourself as you wish to be.

Free,

Confident,

At ease,

Happy,

Having fun.

Centrally place that image behind you now.

See that image of what you saw in the past just before that old,

Unhelpful response,

Black and white,

Small,

Some distance away.

Now,

Simultaneously and very quickly take the image of that old response and put it behind you in the past.

As you imagine and feel the picture of the new free you with all the qualities you desire comes whizzing through your body so it now stands before you growing brighter,

Brighter,

Older,

Bigger,

More colorful.

Enjoying those feelings and sensations and changes.

You're going to lock them in now,

Keep them permanently now as a gift to yourself.

Just relax.

Think of a blank piece of paper.

In your mind's eye,

Take up that mirror again.

In your mind's eye,

Open your eyes and look at the new you with the new empowering beliefs,

With the silenced inner critic,

The new supporting voice that is yours 24-7.

This is done.

I'd like you to open your eyes,

Feel the sensations coming back to your body,

Smile,

Just recognize how good you're feeling,

How much lighter,

How much more confident and empowered.

Take a deep breath in and out.

Release.

And in and out.

And one more time as that breath comes in feeling enlightened,

Vigorous,

Confident,

Empowered.

Breathe out the old you,

Celebrate the new powerful,

Confident,

Empowered you.

It is done.

It is done.

Reviews

Great short relaxing meditation with a perfect message!😊