Dethroning Your Inner Critic

If you’ve done the work—therapy, healing, insight—and still feel stuck in the same emotional patterns, this episode is for you. I’m unpacking the biggest misunderstanding in personal growth: that life improves when you fix yourself, rather than when you see clearly what’s been shaping your experience of it. We’ll explore how the Inner Critic organizes […]

If you notice yourself tightening just as life begins to open—overthinking what should be next, bracing for the other shoe to drop, or needing certainty before you let yourself move—this episode is for you. I’m unpacking why expansion often activates the same survival-based identity that once kept you safe, and how that fear-driven system can […]

If you notice yourself tightening just as things begin to flow—overthinking the next step, scanning for what could go wrong, or needing reassurance before you let yourself move—this episode is for you. I’m unpacking why we so often try to create expansion from the same survival-based identity that once kept us safe, and how that […]

If you find yourself overthinking, planning, or tightening your grip just as life starts to open—needing certainty before you move, proof before you trust—this episode is for you. I’m unpacking why so many of us try to build a better life using the same fear-based identity that learned to stay safe by controlling outcomes, and […]

If you notice yourself tightening just as things begin to go well—waiting for the collapse instead of allowing yourself to receive—this episode is for you. I’m unpacking why growth often feels more destabilizing than struggle, not because you’re doing anything wrong, but because your nervous system reads unfamiliar safety as a threat and pulls you […]

If you find yourself bracing for the fall just as life begins to open—waiting for the other shoe to drop instead of letting yourself receive—this episode is for you. I’m breaking down why expansion can feel more threatening than struggle, not because something is wrong, but because your nervous system confuses unfamiliar safety with danger […]