Inner critic
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Hey
I'm your life
I'm the one who takes you there
Hey
I'm your life
I'm the one who cares
—Metallica
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Sometimes
I wrestle with my demons,
and sometimes
we just snuggle.
—Seen on a magnet
in Cliff’s Variety Store
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It's no surprise to me
I am my own worst enemy
'cause every now and then
I kick the living shit out of me
—Lit
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I always thought it was me against the world, and then one day I realized it’s just me against me.
—Kendrick Lamar
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The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.
—Pema Chödrön
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This being human is a guest house
Every morning a new arrival
A joy, a depression, a meanness
Some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor
Welcome and entertain them all
—Jalal al-Din Rumi
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if i am the longest relationship
of my life
isn't it time to
nurture intimacy
and love
with the person
i lie in bed with each night
—rupi kaur
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We have all a better guide in ourselves. if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
—Jane Austen
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself
—Walt Whitman
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
—Oscar Wilde
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Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.
—Rainer Maria Rilke
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Inner critic check-in practice
6 Fs parts check-in & unblending practice
5-step unblending & check-in practice with a worried part
Poem: Why am I not good enough?
The unburdened internal system
The 8 C & 5 P qualities of Self energy
The concept of unblending in Internal Family Systems therapy
5-step unblending & check-in practice with a worried part
Parts map: What part wants my attention?
Self to part: If I really knew you, what would I know?
On-the-spot Self-care-for-parts practice