If you’ve ever heard that vicious little voice in your head whispering things like you’re not smart enough, you always mess everything up, everyone’s laughing at you, this episode is going to hit home in the best possible way. Because that voice? It isn’t you. And today, we’re ripping the mask right off it.

In this raw, intimate episode of The Messy Middle, I’m taking you back to the moment I finally realized my inner critic wasn’t my voice at all. It was training. Conditioning. A survival strategy installed by people who once held power over me.

And it all came crashing down in the most bizarre, perfectly timed encounter inside an Office Depot...

I’ll walk you through the full story, the panic spiral leading up to my very first support group, and the exact moment the universe slapped my inner critic across the face and reminded me who the hell I really was.

We’re diving deep into:

• Why your inner critic often sounds like your earliest abuser, not you
• How your nervous system uses self criticism as a safety plan
• The hidden thoughts that run on autopilot and tank your self worth before you even notice
• The moment everything shifted for me and why it changed the entire trajectory of my work
• A powerful somatic exercise that will change how you relate to your inner critic forever

This episode is not about “being kinder to yourself.” It’s about exposing the lie, reclaiming your internal space, and realizing you were never the problem.

Get comfy, grab a notebook, and be ready for an exercise that may hit you right in the chest, in exactly the way it needs to.

Your inner critic has been running the show long enough. It’s time to meet the real you underneath all that noise.

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