The Inner Critic, Artificial Intelligence, and Online Bullying

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Your inner critic tells you a lot of things. Usually it’s just trying to keep you safe, but sometimes it’s completely untrue and harmful. In today’s episode, Rachel talks about her inner critical voice and how that is amplified in the online space. Sometimes the voice inside your head can sound a lot like the voices of the trolls online. After considering this, the conversation shifts toward our children. Do we really want to subject our children to everything that the internet brings with it? But how can we find a balance between keeping our children safe and not letting them feel left out among their peers? This is a tricky conversation and probably the biggest obstacle we will face as our children get older. Tune in for some heart felt advice. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the podcast, I talk about the inner critic and the inner best friend
0:06.8	and how in mothering my children, I keep learning more about myself and how this journey
0:14.5	of healing and figuring life out just never ends. I also talk about AI and devices and the use of technology and how to navigate
0:24.7	that in parenthood. And yeah, at the end, I also talk about online bullying and how I deal with that.
0:32.2	So it's a big episode. Let's dive in.
0:42.6	Hi friends.
0:44.4	Hi, welcome back to the show.
0:48.2	How are you doing today?
0:50.8	How is your heart?
0:53.1	How is your body? How is your mind how is your body how is your mind how are you really how are you i am sitting here with
1:03.4	my hand to my heart just bringing myself some kindness and some grace i'm having one of those days
1:10.4	where i second guess myself a lot.
1:13.3	I just spent the last like 20 minutes sitting in my podcast chair not pressing play to record
1:19.6	today's show because I feel like I have nothing of value to say today. I, um, yeah, I'm just, I'm second guessing myself. I'm doubting myself,
1:33.3	not just in what I'm going to be sharing for this episode of the podcast, but in a lot of ways.
1:39.2	Wondering, am I, am I on the right track? Am I on the right path? Am I doing the right thing? And it's a little bit
1:47.3	tricky. Actually, I had that conversation with Leah the other day, just when our inner critic
1:53.0	gets very loud, because that happens and that starts with young. And it starts in those more,
1:59.5	you know, gentle ways of am I fitting in? Am I good enough? I forgot to do my
2:06.7	homework. Does that make me a bad person? What does that person think of me? Am I, you know,
2:13.1	doing what I'm supposed to be doing? Like that inner critic, it starts up so young.
2:19.6	And for me, it's been a really interesting process as she gets older,
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