Roxie Nafousi

Yeah.

And analyzing every move.

And I wanted to ask you, though, what's the difference between self-awareness and self-criticism?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, it's so right.

And it's interesting because we always say you should talk to yourself as you talk to a friend.

But

It's almost like talk to yourself like you talk to a child.

Because from what you just said, we're both like teaching in maths.

It's like there's an inner child inside every single one of us that is lacking in confidence, that was criticized and was heckled while they were growing up.

It's not even talking to a friend.

It's talking to this younger person inside of yourself and your younger self and saying...

yeah, it's okay that you're not good at maths right now.

Like, you know, you wouldn't, you would, that's what you'd say to a wolf.

And you wouldn't tell him to get his act together or grow up or you should get it by now.

Yeah, I really like that.

And I think that's what we have to understand is that even that inner critic is not us.

It's just a rehearsed, habituated, conditioned voice that you've just practiced.

So you've practiced that voice your whole life that says you're a loser, you're not great, you're not enough, you're not good, whatever it is.

And if you start practicing another voice, that will change.