How to: alchemize self-hate into self-love
Want to know a secret on how to kick negative thoughts to the curb for good ? Let me tell you a little story. I want to introduce you to someone that I've disinvited from my life. My inner-critic. Ooo, I have lived with this little b#%th my entire life. She is NOT fun. Nope. She was the part of me I hid the most, so no one had ever met her but me. (TBH: Even writing about this is mildly uncomfortable, but if this post helps anyone, I'm happy!) Ok....so. You see this version of me now, that one that's a happy, peaceful, healed/(ing) person? Well, to get there, I had to fight off someone completely different. She is the definition of negative Nancy. I'm a Virgo sun, with a Capricorn moon. I know how to work hard and diligently towards my goals -- I've got great focus. I also know how to use my thoughts as weapons against me. The very textbook definition of INNER CRITIC. I used to beat myself up for literally anything that went wrong. Truly -- I was harder on