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Your Inner Voice: Filtering Out Your Critical Voice to Find Your Loving Voice

April 14, 2021April 27, 2016 byGrace Furman

We all have an inner critic filling our heads with a negative commentary about our own behavior and worth.

The mean-spirited voice in your head can make you feel like your own worst enemy.

I wrote last time about how I lived with atoxic family memberwho frequently criticized, rejected, and called me names while I was growing up.

I learned the language of the critical voice early and often. Due in part to these experiences, I have struggled greatly with my own negative self-talk.

However, individuals who have had loving, supportive upbringings will find that they too still have a critical voice of varying degrees living inside of them.

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September 3, 2020January 2, 2016 byBarrie Davenport

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I have a hard time finding an exercise routine I actually enjoy.

I love physical activity — walking, biking, hiking, dancing, etc. But a regular “exercise program” feels like work to me.

Last summer I agreed to join my 21-year-old daughter in a workout program called “Insanity.” The name itself should tell you everything. I really did give it my best shot, especially since it was something the two of us could do together.

But if there’s anything that makes you aware of your age and physical limitations, it’s trying to keep pace with a 20-something and a hard-body instructorscreaming at youlike a drill sergeant. Fortunately, my knees began to swell up, so I had a legitimate excuse for ending the insanity.

8 Habits Of Highly Passionate People

November 13, 2020December 24, 2015 byBarrie Davenport

I recently had a Skype conversation with someone so passionate, I could feel it oozing out of the computer and running all over my desk. His excitement and passion were infectious.

I was interviewed by this young blogger who has found his passion for writing, coaching, and teaching about passion and purpose. Before the interview he said, “I’m so excited about what I’m doing, I can’t sleep at night.”

His face is lit up from within with his energy for his work.

How amazing tofigure out your passionwhen you’re still in your 20’s, before life steals away too much of your time, energy, and enthusiasm.

15 Proven Ways To Calm Down When You’re Angry

January 30, 2023November 25, 2015 byBarrie Davenport

Feeling angry is normal.It’s hardwired into us. It’s a natural reaction to a perceived threat.

The threat could be to ourselves, someone we love, our property, or our sense of identity.

You definitely know anger when you feel it. It sometimes shows up in more subtle feelings like irritation, indignation, or frustration.

On the high end of the anger intensity scale, you feel rage and furor — the times when you find yourself screaming like a banshee, slamming doors, or even throwing a punch.

This is explosive anger generally leads to regret.

There aretriggering eventsthat lead to our anger, but it’s ourperceptionsof a situation often provoke angry feelings. Someone cuts us off in traffic.

Our spouse says something we find offensive. Our boss gives the promotion to your less-than-capable co-worker.

Is A Narcissistic Personality Bullying You?

February 16, 2022November 11, 2015 byBarrie Davenport

You might initially be attracted to his confidence.

There’s a part of you that feels excited, even lucky, to be in his presence.

His charm and charisma are intoxicating.

If you’re a caring, sensitive person, you don’t mind offering him praise, catering to his needs, and listening to his complaints. Little do you know that yourhighly sensitive nature is a magnet for a narcissist.

You are willing to give, give, give, and he (or sometimes she) is always ready to take, take, take.

It can take months, or even years to realize what’s happening and how this person you care about is slowly sucking you dry, manipulating you, and bullying you into doing his bidding.

How To Control Your Emotions So They Don’t Control You

October 1, 2020November 5, 2015 byBarrie Davenport

Imagine for a moment how different life would be it you could flip a mental switch to turn offnegative emotions.

24 Anxiety Symptoms In Women And How To Annihilate Them

November 27, 2020October 25, 2015 byBarrie Davenport

My dear fellow females, I’m sorry to inform you of this, but . . .

You are twice as likely to have an anxiety disorder in your lifetime as men.

This is probably no surprise to you, and if you’ve dealt with anxiety before, just reading about your predisposition to it might make you feel, well, anxious. I’ve had several episodes of intermittent and (ugh) persistent anxiety, and the symptoms you experience are formidable. I’d rather have the flu for a month than experience anxiety for a week.

Everyone feels anxious from time to time — waiting for test results, prior to a big speech, or interviewing for a job. But this post is about anxiety gone rogue — anxiety that knocks you flat on your butt and makes you want to jump out of your own skin. This is the foot-shaking, sweat producing, breath stealing miscreant who reduces you to a shadow of your pre-anxiety self.

移情是什么和它如何与Sympat有何不同hy?

February 19, 2022October 18, 2015 byBarrie Davenport

Have you ever had someone acknowledge and reflect back to you what you’re feeling so perfectly that itmade you tear up?

Has someone ever taken the time to sit with you quietly in your grief and just hold your hand?

Have you ever told someone your story, shared your pain, or acknowledged your shame, and they teared up in response to thepowerful feelings you were expressing?