The inner critic

Just spent an hour with my lovely Life Coach (the trendy word for therapist in the new millennium). Yes, I have issues, but who doesn't? What I like about this life coaching gig is that it is not about regurgitate and reliving the past, put more for the "O.K. that happened in the past, but here we are and what am I going to do to deal with it in the future?"

Spent a while today speaking about my Super Ego or inner critic. I have a huge one apparently care of mom and dad. Its basically that mean, negative, disapproving voice that lives in side your head and plays with your thoughts and actions. What a nightmare. This week, I have agreed to be aware of my Inner critic. I find it cropping up all over the place, in my language, in my actions, not to mention my thoughts. Just recognizing it is there is part of the challenge.

It was neat that she enabled me to be frustrated and annoyed at work and that it is ok if you take things personally, something that I struggle with daily. Recognizing that you are feeling that way is the challenge and then dealing with it in a constructive manner.

Anyway, I will work towards this, and task two is to name it (the inner critic, that is). I am thinking Gremlin. I hated them when I was a kid and they scared the crap out of me. Maybe that would be perfect. Needless to say the search continues.

So its time for Gremlin and I to sign off and grab some dinner (OK, Gremlin is so obviously not working),
Princess