Emotions & feelings

quiet your inner critic

reduce harsh self-talk

To quiet your inner critic means to stop judging yourself so harshly in your thoughts.

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Hear it in real life

You sounded confident in the meeting.

Thanks, I was trying to quiet my inner critic.

Play the conversation

I take a few deep breaths to quiet my inner critic before an interview.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: quiet my inside critic

Say: quiet my inner critic

The established phrase uses "inner critic," not the literal translation "inside critic."

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How it fits in a sentence.

quiet your inner critic; try to quiet your inner critic

Your turn: say it out loud

I take a few deep breaths to quiet my inner critic before an interview.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

quiet your inner critic

reduce harsh self-talk

“I take a few deep breaths to quiet my inner critic before an interview.”

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