Why You Don’t Need to “Kill” Your Inner Critic || H&K with Nancy Jane Smith

About Progress

Cloud10

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

What if your anxiety wasn’t just about your thoughts—but your unfelt feelings? In this powerful clip, counselor Nancy Jane Smith breaks down why our inner critic (aka the “monger”) might feel like it's helping us succeed, but is actually holding us back. She shares how acknowledging your emotions—even for just 90 seconds—can change everything. If you’ve ever wrestled with perfectionism, burnout, or anxiety, this one will hit home. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.aboutprogress.com/blog/https:%2F%2Faboutprogress-com%2Fnancy-jane-smith%2F Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! ⁠Get on the waitlist for Italy!⁠ Single traveler survey ⁠here⁠. More for Moms Conference Leave a rating and review Check out my ⁠workshops⁠! Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Free DSL Training Full Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.5	Hi, I'm Monica Packer from About Progress.
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1:05.0	So let's talk about what this inner voice thing is, and maybe you can tie into your own story here like how did you learn
1:12.6	this was important that you had to start with your thoughts and why is that so necessary
1:17.6	well it was it the interesting thing is that um so for years I taught about the inner critic
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