Meet Your Inner Critic

A guided visualization about meeting your inner critic and educating you to see clearly in your daily life when the inner critic is present. What is important about the inner critics is that they will not totally disappear from our lives but once becoming aware of them, they do not need to run the show. We are in charge of our own lives.

Transcript

This is a visualization guiding you to connect with your inner critic.

So now make yourself comfortable and find some space where you can be in quiet for at least 10-15 minutes.

And when you have found that space and you make yourself comfortable,

Take some slow deep breaths.

Find that place within you where you are calm and grounded.

Let go of whatever doesn't serve you in this moment to be fully present.

Take a deep breath in and in the exhale let all that go.

Take another deep breath in and now let your imagination flow.

Imagine yourself in a place in your house where you feel most safe and comfortable,

Calm and at peace.

A place where you are grounded,

Present and rejuvenated.

When you enter this space you notice two chairs.

One of the chairs is empty and in the other you notice a figure seated.

This figure is your inner critic.

You do not have to be afraid of it.

You're safe in this room.

This is an opportunity for you to meet with them and take some time to understand them.

So look over at the chair where your inner critic is sitting.

I want you to imagine the form that it takes.

I want you to imagine the answers of the following questions that I will ask you.

Do not get attached if you do not get some of the answers.

It's okay.

There will be a time and place when you will be ready for the rest of the unanswered questions.

So now looking over at the inner critic,

Answer is it a man or a woman?

Is it an animal or a thing?

Does it look like anyone or anything that you know?

Is it large or small?

Wide or thin?

How old is your inner critic?

When did it first show up in your life?

How?

What relationship do you have with your inner critic?

Is it a friend,

An enemy,

An ally,

A panicky relation,

A bully,

A misguided ally?

What effect does your inner critic have on you?

What does it want for you?

Do you have any questions for your inner critic now that you are meeting with them?

You are welcome to ask them now.

Now that you have become familiar with your inner critic,

I want you to thank your inner critic and create a pact with it.

What do you need from each other?

What is the phrase you can say to your inner critic when it is taking over?

How will you calm it down when it shows up?

Thank your inner critic and let it know that now that you are an adult,

You can manage and choose differently.

Find your way of closing this meeting together.

And when you are ready,

Take a deep breath in,

Inhale this experience and remember what you need to remember.

Sitting in this silence,

Try and draw what you experienced or journal your thoughts.

Whatever comes easiest for you,

Take all the time you need and come back to this space and time when you are ready.

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Reviews

Excellent! Simple and straightforward. My inner critic has now been told that her services are no longer required 😊 Thank you!

Really good

Thanks for posting. Very well done visualization.

A lovely gentle way to enter a dialogue with my inner critic. Thank you.

So helpful to get to know what’s holding me back and then to choose differently. Thank you!

Today I met my inner critic. He / she has been known to me since I achieved the Age of Reason. He / she is intent on releasing the Venom contained within them produced from their own past experiences. The inner critic is not here to improve me.