#704: Self-Critical Voice & Being Hard on Yourself
The Confidence Podcast: Mindset Coaching and Tips to Overcome Self-Limiting Beliefs, Self-Doubt, Perfectionism, Overthinking, Impostor Syndrome and Insecurity
Trish Blackwell | Life Coach, Confidence Coach, Mindset Coach
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Do you constantly feel like you should be doing more, achieving more, or being better?
In this episode, we're talking about the self-critical voice — the exhausting inner dialogue that keeps high achievers stuck in cycles of pressure, overthinking, shame, and never feeling good enough.
You'll learn:
* why self-criticism feels "productive"
* the hidden cost of being hard on yourself
* the difference between accountability and self-attack
* how to reframe your thoughts without becoming soft
* practical ways to retrain your inner voice and build real confidence
If you've ever felt mentally exhausted from your own thoughts, this episode will help you shift the way you speak to yourself — and ultimately, the way you experience your life.
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| 0:00.0 | You can be successful and massively high functioning, super disciplined, and yet secretly, |
| 0:09.3 | know that the way you talk to yourself is not okay. |
| 0:11.5 | You secretly hate the way you talk to yourself. |
| 0:14.9 | And the truth be told, a lot of high achievers struggle with this because they think |
| 0:19.0 | being hard on themselves is what keeps the motivated, |
| 0:22.4 | driven, sharp. But what happens is you create the main narrative of your brain and your life |
| 0:29.1 | to be a self-critical, harsh, judgmental voice. And just want to put it out there that that |
| 0:36.2 | voice is actually blocking you from your fullest |
| 0:39.5 | capacity, from helping you succeed, but even more than that, from enjoying your life. And if |
| 0:45.3 | your inner voice constantly makes you feel behind, annoyed with yourself, disappointing |
| 0:50.9 | yourself, unimpressed by yourself, then this episode is for you. |
| 0:55.5 | We're going to be talking about the self-critical voice, why it develops, particularly for |
| 0:59.9 | driven high achievers, and why so many successful people struggle with it. |
| 1:04.4 | But don't talk about it. |
| 1:05.4 | We don't know what to do with it. |
| 1:08.0 | It's time to change the conversation that's happening in your head. When you change |
| 1:11.9 | that, the rest of your life absolutely transforms. Welcome to the Confidence podcast, your go-to |
| 1:18.9 | space for high-performance coaching designed for ambitious, high-achieving individuals who want |
| 1:25.2 | more out of life. You deserve the confidence that rises |
| 1:29.1 | to meet your dreams. This podcast will help you activate it fully. I'm your host, Trish Blackwell. |
| 1:35.8 | Let's get started. Hey guys, it's Trish Blackwell. Welcome to the Confidence Podcast. You are listening |
| 1:41.8 | to Episode 704. My gosh, we're talking today |
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