Befriend your inner critic

How do we become friends with someone we don’t necessarily like? We begin by getting to know them, listening and learning about their perspectives and experiences. When we befriend our inner saboteur, we become more adept at navigating the challenges of self-sabotage, moving ever closer to what we most desire. Here, Kimberly Garner, founder of The School of Holistic Design, tells us how to change our perspective to silence our inner critic. 1 SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE In order to befriend our saboteur, let’s shift our perspective from adversary to a younger version of ourself – the child or teen we once were. This part of us acts out the defence mechanisms and coping strategies we learned as a means of avoiding or dealing with emotional pain. The driver for our inner saboteur is…

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Spirit & Destiny (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2023

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