Embrace the inner critic? What? Yes--and here’s why: If you practice abusive behaviors, you become the abuser--and this is true whether you abuse others, or yourself. There’s something so much bigger awaiting you when you decide not to hate your critic or wish it would go away. To embrace the critic doesn’t mean letting it get away with poor behavior--there are other options--and that’s exactly what today’s podcast episode on how to embrace the inner critic taps into.

No one likes dealing with anxiety (and by the way? Anxiety = fear), but there are research-based strategies for dealing with anxiety and living happier.

It can be good to check in, now and again: when it comes to your self-help, is it possible that profound shifts could come from simple answers, and you’re over-complicating it? In other words, are you choosing drama?

It’s long bothered me that in the self-help space, people declare that we simply can choose how we let something define ourselves, and leave it at that. Today, I’m talking about how to not let things define you--without the side of spiritual bypass.