Sqoosh Your Inner Critic!

I once had a Law of Attraction mentor who I met with once a week. My intention in working with her was to attract double the number of clients for the hotel I was marketing.

To start off our session, she would ask “How are you today?”

And my response for several weeks were different variations of “Oh, I could be doing better. I’m disappointed that I didn’t [do this, do that]. And I spent so long working on [this mailing piece] instead of something more productive like [driving traffic to our new website]. I know criticizing my work delays attracting what I want…but I can’t seem to stop criticizing myself for criticizing myself!”

She listened to my negative self-talk for several weeks about why I couldn’t seem to quickly attract double the number of clients we currently had, and would suggest different tools for countering my self-judgments and feelings of “not doing and being good enough.”

It wasn’t until one week she gave me a certain homework assignment.

It was SO simple that I didn’t believe it would work!

After one week of spending 5 minutes doing this homework assignment, I saw incredible changes: My outlook on life was brighter, I felt more authentically confident, I was more accepting of myself, I enjoyed my job more, and best of all, I had sqooshed some inner criticism and self-judgment that was preventing me from attracting what I wanted.

Now, I’m passing this technique along to you, free of charge :

Every day, take 5 minutes to write down 5 things you appreciate of yourself. This list can include anything: Things you accomplished in the past or just recently, things you like about yourself, things you are proud you did or are currently doing, something you said to someone that really made their day, etc.

To kick-start this, here is my list of 5 things I appreciate myself for today:

1. Being friends with 2 people for over a decade!
2. Juicing my fruit and veggies 3x a week this month.
3. Finished writing my ebook today, “59 Powerful Affirmations to Sqoosh Your Inner Critic!”
4. Helped a friend boost her confidence and self-image.
5. Complimented my sister on her cooking talents.

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Did you like this homework assignment? Do you feel it can become a part of your daily “sqoosh your inner critic” routine?

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