How to Quiet Your Inner Critic

What this guide is for

A practical guide for recognising harsh self-critical thoughts, understanding where that internal voice may have come from, and learning how to respond with something more specific, balanced and honest — not forced positive thinking. Includes practical exercises, a fillable worksheet and reflection prompts.

This is a standalone digital PDF guide from the Health & Wellbeing collection.

About this collection

Build calmer everyday habits with practical guides for self-care, boundaries, burnout, anxiety and personal wellbeing.

What's inside

• Understand where an inner critic can come from and recognise some of the experiences and beliefs that may shape a harsh internal voice
• Examine the belief that harsh self-criticism is necessary for discipline, motivation or avoiding mistakes
• Learn to recognise when self-critical thoughts are presenting opinions, assumptions or absolute statements as though they were facts
• Follow a practical four-step framework to notice the critic, consider where the voice came from, respond as you would to someone else and replace exaggerated thoughts with something specific and honest
• Complete the fillable “Talk Back to the Critic” worksheet to examine a recent self-critical moment and develop a more balanced response
• Use guided reflection prompts to identify common triggers, question long-held beliefs and explore what being more supportive toward yourself could look like

Format and access

• Digital PDF guide
• Digital download delivered after purchase
• Save a copy of your files once downloaded
• Price: £6.00 (GBP)

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