MindShifting 3: Silencing Our Inner Critic

1. Getting Started with MindShifting 3 Everyone has an inner critic. It’s the voice that whispers, “Don’t say that—you’ll sound foolish.”The thought that interrupts your ideas with “You’re not good enough.”The feeling that says,…

2. Understanding Scripts and Stories Each morning, our familiar rituals reveal how many of life’s choices run on autopilot—inviting us to notice and navigate them with intention. Every day, you make countless decisions…

3. Becoming Aware of the Stories We Live in In some cultures, finishing every bite on your plate is a sign of respect—just one example of how cultural stories quietly shape what we do without questioning why.…

4. Changing Stories and Scripts Our survival brains tell us stories, but they don’t have to determine how we live our lives. By now, you’ve started to recognize the patterns that shape your…

5. Additional Techniques to Change Stories Sometimes our go-to stories and scripts don’t lead us to where we need to go. In previous lessons, you learned how to recognize internal scripts and stories—and how…

6. Memory and Anticipation By imagining a future success, your brain activates the same pathways as memory—turning hope into motivation and vision into action. Much of what we think, feel, and do…

7. The Power of the Next Step This room is a mess! One small step—like folding a single pile of clothes amid chaos—can spark the momentum for meaningful change. Sometimes a challenge feels too big…

8. Review & Practice You’ve done real work in this module—challenging your inner stories, engaging with emotional resistance, and moving forward when part of you wanted to pull back. This final lesson…