Recently, my mom was lamenting mistakes she made as a mother while my brothers and I were kids. It broke my heart to hear it. It was such a moving example of what a lot of moms do, which is to beat themselves up for the mistakes they made or believe they are making as mothers.  

Beyond that layer of regret, however, lay a deeper more persistent thought process of negative self-talk. It’s a process of constant self-berating that basically adds up to ‘I’m not good enough.’ I’m not a good enough mother. I’m just not good enough, period.

Sometimes the flood of negative inner chatter can be so consistent that it’s hard to imagine a time without them.

If you grew up in a household of highly critical and judgmental people, then you most likely absorbed all of it like a sponge, internalizing it and on a subconscious level, turning it into your own inner critic.

How do you talk to yourself?