Self-Criticism: Where Does It Come From? - Dr Maddie Smith Harsh self-criticism doesn’t come out of nowhere. It forms through early relationships, threat-based nervous system patterns, and culture.

Inner voice sometimes feel more like your worst enemy than your best friend?

In this article I discuss the early roots of self-criticism & its impact on the nervous system.

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Harsh Self-Criticism: What Is It, Really? - Dr Maddie Smith Harsh self-criticism feels like “the truth,” but it’s actually a learned inner threat response that fuels shame, stress, and self-doubt.

Fed up of feeling like your own worst enemy?
Join me this week as I explore Harsh Self-Criticism - starting with...
What Is It, Really?
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Pain-Passing: How We Inherit Pain and Pass It On - Vigilante Nation Unpack “pain-passing” - the unconscious transmission of unresolved hurt - and learn how to break generational patterns to stop pain-passing.

Pain isn’t just yours - sometimes it’s passed down.

Critical parents, bullying, being unheard… it can show up inside us or directed at others.

The good news? You can stop the chain. Awareness + conscious choice = freedom.

#PainPassing #Healing #SelfAwareness

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