Inner Critic

Transforming the Voice of Your Inner Critic

Everyone has an inner critic. You get to decide how important of a role it plays in your life. During this call you'll learn to navigate the negative voice in your head in order to jump start your ability to better set boundaries, take risks, try new things, and share your needs and wants - all elements which are crucial to a fulfilling and successful career (and life).

During this call, Chelsea will cover:

✅ Spotting sneaky ways your inner critic rears its head into professional scenarios
✅ Shining the light on your inner guide and connecting deeper to it
✅ Tools to bridge the gap between your true intentions and the limitations/pressures imposed by self-doubt

 
 

Additional Resources

Mastering Your Inner Critic and 7 Other High Hurdles to Advancement by Susan Brady - This book offers first-hand advice for scaling the hurdles that prevent you from controlling that little voice. (Book)

Better Days: Taming Your Inner Critic by Neal Allen - In this book, Allen examines a critical aspect of the human psyche that often gets ignored - the superego. (Book)

To Defeat Your Inner Critic, Bring Your Inner Champion Out To Play by Sohee Jun - This article offers some tools to help you untangle yourself from the harsh ugliness that is the inner critic. (Article: Forbes)

Find Out Which Inner Critic Is Holding You Back And How To Subdue It by Shade Zahrai - This article introduces you to the five main critics and how to face each. (Article: Forbes)

How To Make Friends With Your Inner Critic by Lakeasha Sullivan - This article offers tips to quiet the harsh, judging inner voice. (Article: Washington Post)

Make Peace with Your Inner Critic with Tara Mohr - This podcast explains how to deal with self-doubt. (Podcast: Harvard Business Review)

Setting Healthy Boundaries with Confidence

During this call Chelsea leads a conversation with guest Stacè Middlebrooks, M.A., PCCC, CBC, and The Chief Empowership Officer of Purpose Powered Coaching + Consulting.

Together, they explore - Setting Healthy Boundaries with Confidence.

Setting boundaries can be difficult, especially if we are not used to doing it. Many of us are socialized to be always accessible and available for our work, our families, our friends, and our communities.

However, that does not have to be our norm. Setting healthy boundaries can be our ticket to freedom from all of that.

 

Boosting Positive Self-Talk with ANDY GRAMMER!

Do men suffer from negative self-talk too?

We get asked this question a lot. That’s why we’re thrilled to have Andy Grammer join us to discuss his anthem to self-love, Love Myself. This vulnerable track takes you on a powerful journey from self-criticism to self-kindness to the end result of self-love.

Can you relate to this at times?

“I can be mean in my mind
Beat myself up all the time with awful thoughts and
I can eat myself alive.”


If you’re like Cecilia and me, the answer is yes, especially over the last year.

During this call we explore this track’s meaning to Andy, the driving forces behind it, and the personal shifts that brought him to a place of self-love.

We recommend watching the full music video, even if you’ve seen it before. This video uniquely highlights a journey to self-love and is one of the best videos we’ve seen in a long time. Watch video here

Staying Balanced: Strategies to Thrive in A Constantly Changing World

Many of us are being faced with constant change as we navigate the volatile landscape of today’s times both personally and professionally. Whether it’s work-related shifts like going from remote to hybrid working, reorgs., and lost budgets or home-related shifts like relocations, illness and an increase in responsibility, staying balanced through it all can be challenging.

For many, predictability, stability and control have vanished along with all of these changes. A feeling of loss within these elements, coupled with abrupt shifts can easily rattle one’s energy, confidence, motivation and clarity, making everyday tasks feel more overwhelming and challenging than before.

During this call, Chelsea shared insights, tools and strategies to help you thrive through change as you navigate it with a greater sense of inner power and groundedness.

 

Power Call: 5 Things to Know About Standing Up for Yourself

Power Call: 5 Things to Know About Standing Up for Yourself

This is the archive for our Power Call called 5 Things to Know About Standing Up For Yourself. This session, lead by Empowership Co-Founder, Chelsea Szabo is designed to help you learn essential steps you can take to confidently advocate for your opinions, feelings and ideas. You’ll learn what standing up for yourself means, core blocks and tips & tools to help you overcome them.

Pop-Up: Sacrificial Helping Syndrome with Katie Vernoy

Pop-Up: Sacrificial Helping Syndrome with Katie Vernoy

During this talk Katie shares:

  • How to set healthy boundaries

  • How to say “no” effectively and without guilt

  • How to maximize your time and energy, so you can increase your impact without burning out

Pop-Up: How The Stories You Are Telling Yourself Shape Your Career

Pop-Up: How The Stories You Are Telling Yourself Shape Your Career

On this Pop-Up call, Val Brown spoke with us on How The Stories You are Telling Yourself Shape Your Career. From the importance of our beliefs and prior experiences in creating our current story, to how stories are connected to our potential and possibility, to what's at stake if we don't start telling better stories.