How Mindfulness Can Free the Inner Critic with Ginny Gay

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Eric and Ginny explore ways to work with and free the inner critic through mindfulness. Ginny shares her story of struggle and growth on her path to becoming a mindfulness teacher and explains the many benefits of practicing mindfulness as a way to quiet the inner critic, which leads to living with more joy and less suffering.

In this episode, you’ll be able to:

Accept the crucial need to turn toward difficult feelings rather than turn away from them
Understand that where the wound is, the healing can begin
Differentiate the inner critic from our inner conscience
Recognize the various ways the inner critic can show up
Identify different ways to practice mindfulness in your life
Understand the important connection between mindfulness and meditation
Define spirituality in your own way that is meaningful to you

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0:00.0	In case you're just recently joining us or however long you've been a listener of the show,
0:04.0	you may not realize that we have years and years of incredible episodes in our archive.
0:08.9	We've had so many wonderful guests that we've decided to hand pick one of our favorites that
0:13.6	may be new to you, but if not, it's definitely worth another lesson. We hope you'll enjoy this
0:18.8	episode with Ginny Gaye. The inner critic tells so many lives one of which is that you're the only
0:24.8	one. You're the only one that struggles with this or that. But the truth of the inner critic is
0:29.6	everyone has some component of it and now how much it trips you up. It can vary from person to
0:34.6	person, but it is ubiquitous. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have
0:48.7	recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are
0:54.8	what you think, ring true, and yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
1:01.3	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what
1:08.0	we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking,
1:14.4	our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
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