b'CHALLENGING YOURINNER CRITICBeth Hope is an Accredited Executive Confidence Coach. She also coaches in developing mindset and is MBTI Trained. She helps people to build confidence to improve resilience, balance, findfulfillment and to make fundamental behavioural changes in their lives.andhope.co.ukT hat inner critic inside our head. Ugh. SoWhat do they look like? What tone of voice do they use? loud.Sonegative.TearingusdownsoOnce you have them firmly in your mind, close your easily. Making us feel unworthy, not goodeyes, take a few deep breaths, then visualise sending enough,makingusstewoverthetiniestthem out of the room and then closing the door behind mistakes. them. The worst part? We accept that voice as truth. Next look back at your key themes of the criticisms. Write down the theme of what they said eg Your How often have you let it be destructive to your confidence,work is never good enoughyour decisions, your work? How often have you heard thatThen mark out two columns below: one toOur inner voice - and challenged it?prove and one to disprove the statement.critic can OurinnercriticcanbeourownconstructiveFill both columns with factual evidencebe our own criticism needed to grow and prove what we cane.g. I got a rating of Very Good in myconstructive achieve when we face ourselves and rework ourlast review criticism mindset. Listen to it, challenge it, change it.needed to grow. Reallychallengethatstatement.ThenListen to it, How to positively tune in to itlookingatbothcolumns,takethechallenge it, Stepone-listentoyourinnercritic.Beingawareofevidence into account, and rebalance andchange it.anything is the first step to changing it.reframe the statement positively Although I sometimes feel like my work is not Write down some of these criticisms and thoughts.perfect, it is well received and I will notice the great Whats it saying? What does it want you to do? What keyfeedback I getthemes are there? Do this every time your inner critic creeps in and eventually, Step two - visualise your inner critic. Whats their name?it will be quieter.09'