omg yes, this reminds me of "Silencio Bruno" from Luca! love the way you worded everything here and definitely gives me a good framework for understanding this little voice.
I call mine "the inner saboteur", whom I perceive to be a psuedo-intellectual saboteur squatting in my subconscious, who acts like a pretentious video essayist and co-opts what's been stored in my subconscious to "protect me"—kinda like the mother gothel to my rapunzel and it sees the same things as me, it's just that it reframes things through a different lens, which I wrote an entire blogpost about and this entire blogpost reminds me of myself so much, but with better wording and more it-girl coded.
Omg I love this “pseudo-intellectual saboteur," so accurate 😭 It really does think it’s protecting us, even when it gaslights us out of our own growth. So honored this reminded you of your own reflections, I'll definitely have to check out your post!
Okay but seriously! I've been listening to inner trash talk all week about my lack of consistency (& therefore my inability to build a body of work that matters). Then I woke up this morning & opened my habit tracking app, to a 300 day streak. The app congratulated me not just for being consistent but INSANELY consistent. And then I read this. Perfect timing! Funnily enough, one of my affirmations this week has been "treating myself like a precious object will make me strong." So on that note, I'm off to write my 100 things! Thanks for this!
Talk about divine timing! Consistency doesn’t always look loud or dramatic, but quiet, steady, and easy to overlook when we’re in our own heads. And I love that your affirmation this week is about treating yourself like something precious! Really shifts everything when we move from pressure to care. So excited for you to write your 100 things!🩷
loved this read❤️ i have serious imposter syndrome but separating that voice from my real self by giving it a name has been so helpful. it sounds strange but it really does work!!
This feels so personal. I’ve been working on this in therapy for months. With my therapist, we call that inner voice Regina (for obvious reasons). It’s been so freeing to separate myself from her, to see her as someone else. It helps me understand her better, be more compassionate, because in the end, she’s just hurt. She’s like a stray cat who’s been adopted but still doesn’t realize she doesn’t have to fight for food anymore.
Thank you for this post, it felt like reading my own thoughts.
Regina is so on point!! and yes, she is just a lost stray cat 🥹 That metaphor is everything. Truly honored this post resonated that deeply. Thank you for sharing this! You’re doing such brave, beautiful work🫶🏻
omg yes, this reminds me of "Silencio Bruno" from Luca! love the way you worded everything here and definitely gives me a good framework for understanding this little voice.
YES! Such a perfect reference😂 That yappy little voice really doesn’t stand a chance when we start seeing it for what it is. So happy it resonated!🫶🏻
This hit home! Thank you for the kind reminder 💕🥹
I’m soo glad it found you Jodi!🫶🏻
I call mine "the inner saboteur", whom I perceive to be a psuedo-intellectual saboteur squatting in my subconscious, who acts like a pretentious video essayist and co-opts what's been stored in my subconscious to "protect me"—kinda like the mother gothel to my rapunzel and it sees the same things as me, it's just that it reframes things through a different lens, which I wrote an entire blogpost about and this entire blogpost reminds me of myself so much, but with better wording and more it-girl coded.
Omg I love this “pseudo-intellectual saboteur," so accurate 😭 It really does think it’s protecting us, even when it gaslights us out of our own growth. So honored this reminded you of your own reflections, I'll definitely have to check out your post!
Okay but seriously! I've been listening to inner trash talk all week about my lack of consistency (& therefore my inability to build a body of work that matters). Then I woke up this morning & opened my habit tracking app, to a 300 day streak. The app congratulated me not just for being consistent but INSANELY consistent. And then I read this. Perfect timing! Funnily enough, one of my affirmations this week has been "treating myself like a precious object will make me strong." So on that note, I'm off to write my 100 things! Thanks for this!
Talk about divine timing! Consistency doesn’t always look loud or dramatic, but quiet, steady, and easy to overlook when we’re in our own heads. And I love that your affirmation this week is about treating yourself like something precious! Really shifts everything when we move from pressure to care. So excited for you to write your 100 things!🩷
loved it 🤍 got so angry at my bizarro by the end of this post that now I'm feeling super pumped to appreciate myself :) thank you for the inspiration!
That’s exactly the energy we all need! You deserve that kind of love every day🫶🏻 Love that this found you🤍
loved this read❤️ i have serious imposter syndrome but separating that voice from my real self by giving it a name has been so helpful. it sounds strange but it really does work!!
Glad this found you Sophia! Naming it really does create space between you and the doubt. And you’re so not alone in that imposter syndrome🫶🏻
This feels so personal. I’ve been working on this in therapy for months. With my therapist, we call that inner voice Regina (for obvious reasons). It’s been so freeing to separate myself from her, to see her as someone else. It helps me understand her better, be more compassionate, because in the end, she’s just hurt. She’s like a stray cat who’s been adopted but still doesn’t realize she doesn’t have to fight for food anymore.
Thank you for this post, it felt like reading my own thoughts.
Regina is so on point!! and yes, she is just a lost stray cat 🥹 That metaphor is everything. Truly honored this post resonated that deeply. Thank you for sharing this! You’re doing such brave, beautiful work🫶🏻