Most of us have an “inner critic”—that voice in our head that says we’re not good enough, smart enough, fit enough, successful enough, or whatever-your-version-of-enough is. For some of us, the inner ...

As hurtful as it can be for a friend or partner to put you down, it is far worse when that critic lives in your own head. Wherever you go, that inner critic goes with you, chronically rejecting you, ...