October 22, 2015
Conquering My Inner Critic


Dr. Laura:

Inner critics are pesky fellows and hard to banish.  One thing that has helped me greatly is to face my critic head on.  For example, I used to be very afraid to speak in public.  I knew I would be terrible at it and only humiliate myself.

The first time I could not avoid public speaking was for a class assignment.  I was stunned at the positive response I received.  Each time I spoke in front of people, I got less nervous.  I began to receive compliments on my teaching ability.  What those people didn't know was that I often pretended in my own head to be another woman who I admired as a teacher, and imitated her teaching style.  Eventually, I was able to drop that little mechanism and today, I don't get nervous at all.

Having a supportive husband also helps, and we now teach marriage classes together at our church.

Dale


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