5 Ways You Sabotage Your Own Happiness - 1

Self-defeating self-talk.

“If you are like most people, you know your inner critic all too well. It is the voice in your head that judges you, doubts you, belittles you, and constantly tells you that you are not good enough.

Even if that voice in the back of your head is wrong it doesn’t matter. That negative, polluted, and repetitive self-defeating mindset has already done some serious damage.

The good news is that you can stop beating yourself up by:

• Slowing down and paying attention to your thoughts. This will help you notice whenever that pesky critic is present.

• Separating the critic from your own identity.

• Talking back to your critic and telling it to go away.

• Replacing the critic by noticing your positive traits