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Hey friends, it's Rosie.

Welcome back to Radio Headspace.

The other day I was flying through my inbox.

You know that feeling when you're on a roll knocking things out,

feeling very efficient, borderline, unstoppable, and then, boom, it happened.

I sent the wrong email to the wrong person.

Nothing catastrophic, not career ending.

Just one of those mix-up where the minute you hit send, you realized, oh no, that wasn't meant

for them.

And before I even had the time to breathe, I heard myself say out loud, idiot, in my best Napoleon dynamite voice. It stopped me in my tracks. Not the

mistake, the words. The way they rolled out of my mouth so naturally, like it was the most

obvious truth in the world. And I thought, wait, did I just call myself an idiot out loud?

Look, we all have those moments. A slip-up, a stumble, a minor fail, and suddenly the harshest

voice in the room is our own. The technical term for this is negative self-talk, and it's more

common than we realize. In fact, research shows

that most people talk to themselves more harshly than they would ever dream of talking to a friend.

And that dear friend is a trap. When our inner dialogue becomes a constant stream of criticism,

it quietly erodes our confidence

and our joy.

The voice that's meant to guide us starts policing us instead.

But here's the hopeful part.

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