When you make your inner critic into your enemy, you make yourself into an enemy, and the war within will rage on, and on, and on, and it will wear you down in the process. It's time to stop hating yourself and listen to your inner critic, it will be the first step to ending the war within.

It's critically important that as you begin to do personal work, you notice when you might (unintentionally) start to manipulate the work. Using "I need to speak my truth" to put someone down, offer unsolicited advice, judge others, or tear into someone's character is a manipulation of the work.

“Living authentically” is often painted as a place you can arrive at, a black or white land of “you’re either doing it, or you’re not.” So how do you know when you’re not cultivating the genuine experience and when authenticity is not a core operating principle in your life? Get honest with yourself about your resentments and start re-claiming your authenticity.

We get caught in thinking that our lives need makeovers--that new jobs, new waistlines, new marriages would make all the difference. Here's the thing: you will always take yourself with you, wherever you go. So if you think your life needs a makeover? Think again.