Episode 420 - The Dr. Cloud Show - Silencing Your Inner Critic
The Boundaries.me Podcast
Greg Bowler
4.7 • 815 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Dr. Cloud Show, Dr. Henry Cloud explores the powerful impact of negative thought patterns and how they affect our mental health. Drawing from clinical experience, he addresses how automatic negative thoughts can function like "someone walking behind you banging you on the head with a stick" - a metaphor that captures how self-criticism operates in our minds. This episode features practical techniques for identifying and redirecting these thought patterns, from tracking negative thoughts to understanding their origins in past relationships and unresolved trauma.
The call-in segment showcases individuals navigating challenging life situations - from chronic illness and family relocation conflicts to narcissistic relationship patterns and relationship recovery after infidelity. Throughout these conversations, Dr. Cloud provides actionable insights on setting boundaries, seeking appropriate therapeutic support, and celebrating relationship victories even after significant struggles. His approach emphasizes both personal accountability and the healing power of healthy connections.
Relationships shouldn't leave you feeling anxious or exhausted. If you've struggled to deal with someone else’s toxic behaviors, Dr. Henry Cloud wants to help you find clarity and healing. Dr. Cloud’s free resource, "10 Strategies for Dealing with Toxic People," offers practical, compassionate guidance on recognizing unsafe people, handling manipulative behaviors, and setting firm, loving boundaries.
You deserve kindness and respect. Take the first step toward healthier relationships today at www.boundaries.me/free
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| 0:00.0 | Tired of feeling taken advantage of in your relationships? |
| 0:04.1 | Learn powerful techniques from Dr. Henry Cloud to shield yourself from toxic people. |
| 0:09.0 | Visit www.boundaries.me slash free for a free e-book that teaches you how to spot unsafe people, |
| 0:17.1 | recognizing and stopping gaslighting, managing narcissists effectively, confidently saying no, |
| 0:23.5 | dealing with people who constantly play the victim, and so much more. |
| 0:27.3 | Protect your peace today at www.boundaries.me slash free. |
| 0:36.5 | Music Hey guys, welcome back. It's a Dr. Cloud show. I always open the show with talking about |
| 0:47.7 | something, something that's going through my head or something that I'm researching or something |
| 0:52.8 | that I'm working on or running into with the people |
| 0:55.8 | I work with. |
| 0:57.3 | I had a client one time, and she had this awakening one day. |
| 1:01.6 | And she goes, you know, life would be pretty crummy. |
| 1:05.7 | If you had somebody walking a foot behind you, banging you on the head with a stick continuously throughout |
| 1:15.9 | the day. |
| 1:16.5 | I said, yeah, that doesn't sound like a good life. |
| 1:19.7 | Why do you mention that? |
| 1:22.5 | She says, because I just realized that's what I do to myself. |
| 1:27.7 | Open up a pretty good conversation about the running dialogue that goes through her head. |
| 1:33.6 | Have you ever noticed that unless something really incredible is happening, |
| 1:39.8 | you're getting a big promotion tomorrow, or you find out that now you won the lottery ticket |
| 1:45.6 | or your waiting days the next day or whatever it is. |
| 1:52.7 | A lot of times those circumstances notwithstanding, a lot of times when people wake up in the middle of the night, |
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