How to soften your inner critic & forgive yourself

Hi Reader Self-criticism is a struggle that most of us are well-acquainted with. Beating ourselves up for our mistakes and missteps, looking in the mirror and seeing only our "flaws", replaying interactions and cringing at ourselves for saying the wrong thing, berating ourselves for the things we do that we know we shouldn't (and the things we don't do that we know we should!). Needless to say, the voice in our head reminding us of all the ways in which we are stupid, insecure, awkward, ugly,...