What if I weren’t so hard on myself? I think I’d take twenty pounds off my shoulders if I let go self critical dialogue. How about you? We can be our own worse critics. All we have to do is listen to our self-directed language. It doesn’t have to be this way. Instead of being our personal critic, we can change and become our self appointed cheerleader. “Why did I do that” changes to “That was a nice try, you’ll do better next time.” You get the idea. I feel better already.