Ep. 29 Inner Critic Series - The Maximizer

In this episode of the Unlock Lab, I kick off the fall season with reflections on how we often look back on our summer with regrets. Find out about inner critic I call "The Maximizer," which constantly pushes us to feel like we aren't accomplishing enough. This episodes encourages you to acknowledge the positive aspects of your summer and recognize what you actually needed versus what you planned. I invite you to reflect on your summer patterns and think about what you need as you move into a new season, reminding you that you can carry the summer vibe with you whenever you need it.

Key topics include:

1. Updates about my summer activities, including my new podcast logo

2. What does this inner critic say to us?

3. How to see the truth vs your inner critic lies

4. Honoring transitions and recognizing the true value of our experiences, even if they weren't what we expected

Quotables:

[00:05:01]:

"It's easy to get into this mode of looking back at your summer with regrets. Maybe you look back and you say, oh, I didn't get ahead on all those projects or goals that I wanted. And your inner critic comes in and start telling you like, you didn't do anything at all, hashtag, you failed the summer. But we do not want to go down that rabbit hole."

[00:05:44]:

"Some of the things that the maximizer says is you didn't do enough. You veered from your path. You veered from your goals. You veered from what you said you were going to do. Shame on you. And that might even be you veered from taking the vacation you said you were going to take. Right? It could go that way as well. You could have gone to the beach more."

[00:6:23]:

"So what we do when we start to experience inner critic voices is we start to ask ourselves, okay, well, what's the truth? Right? So the first thing is being aware of what are you saying to yourself? What have you started to say to yourself? And maybe even anticipating what might you start saying to yourself in the next coming days or weeks as you really feel like that summer season has ended. So we come back to the truth and we say, what actually did I need this summer? There's kind of what I thought I needed. And then there's what did I actually need, right?"

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