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ManTalks Podcast

A Man's Guide To The Inner Critic

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.8591 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Talking points: psychology, mindset, self-talk This is one of THE things that blocks men from all kinds of growth and progress. An internal dialogue that is harsh, abusive, shaming, even cruel. Let's change that, shall we? If you or someone you know is constantly deprecating or talking negatively towards themselves, strongly encourage you to share this one. It's important. (00:00:00) - Intro, how prevalent a harsh inner critic is, and how nasty mine was (00:06:56)- Where does an inner critic come from, and how is it formed? (00:11:13) - Neglect and abandonment (00:15:52) - Trauma as an origin for a harsh inner critic (00:16:57) - “Dark motivation” and it’s useful but maladaptive power (00:23:15) - It damages your ability to appreciate or validate yourself (00:24:45) - What to do, what NOT to do, and questions you can use to find your inner critic’s origin (00:28:09) - Figure out what it wants (00:29:51) - Set some boundaries (00:31:34) - Repurpose the loyal soldier (00:34:31) - Build a relationship with this part of you *** Build brotherhood in person. Join a Men's Weekend Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance.  Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, gentlemen, welcome back to The Man Talk Show.

0:07.6

Today we are going to take a deep dive into the inner critic, defeating the inner critic,

0:14.4

dealing with the voice inside of you that is constantly and incessantly shaming you,

0:24.0

guilting you, criticizing you, judging you, beating the crap out of you however you want to describe that.

0:28.1

But we're going to talk about where it comes from, what creates it, where the majority of us

0:33.6

as men go wrong in dealing with the inner critic, and then how we actually write that ship. How do we actually dealing with the inner critic and then how we actually write that ship.

0:39.2

How do we actually work with the inner critic or reestablish or rehabilitate our relationship

0:44.8

to it to get better results? Because here's the truth of the matter. If you talk to anybody,

0:50.7

if you listen to anyone who is successful, any man that has done something

0:55.2

meaningful in his life, what he will talk about if you really listen closely is that the way

1:01.2

he speaks to himself matters profoundly, right? The way that you speak to yourself as a man

1:07.6

is incredibly important for your success in any part of your life, whether it's with

1:15.1

your health, your own psychology, your relationship, your finances, your body, your sex

1:21.2

life. Like it just doesn't matter. The way that you speak to yourself is arguably one of the

1:27.4

most important things that any of us

1:29.8

need to learn. And yet it is a skill set that is often not taught. It's the reason why the majority

1:36.3

of men go into therapy or seek a coach in the first place is that the way that they're speaking

1:41.5

to themselves internally is absolute garbage, and they are

1:45.7

beating the crap out of themselves. They're belittling themselves, shaming themselves, being abusive

1:51.0

towards themselves, judging and criticizing themselves. And yet this is the one thing that is within

1:58.9

our purview and our control that we can shift that can make such a

2:03.0

radical difference in our life. And when I look at the sort of therapeutic industrial complex of

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