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Your inner critic is not your personality

I study how the brain rewires.

Your inner critic is not your personality. It is a neural pathway.

I was invited to speak to a room full of ambitious women at FoundHer Madrid about the neuroscience of reinvention.

Most people think being hard on themselves helps them perform better. It does not. It fires the brain's threat response and gets in the way of the very thinking you need most. The exact opposite of what you are after.

Here is a clip from Lesson 2: mastering your inner critic.

FoundHer Madrid · The Neuroscience of Reinvention · Lesson 2

What would change if you spoke to yourself the way you speak to someone you love?

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This is the thinking. The programme is the practice.

Eight evenings, a small group of women, and the science of change applied to your own life.

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