195: Give Your Inner Critic a Name

Podcast: Unstuck with Jay Abbasi · Jay Abbasi

Opublikowano: 2026-08-14

You don’t have to believe everything the voice in your head tells you. In this solo episode, Jay shares an unconventional strategy for dealing with the inner critic: give it a name. Inspired by an experience at a silent meditation retreat, Jay explains how a character from The Incredibles, Jack-Jack, became a powerful way for him to create distance from difficult thoughts and emotional reactions. Rather than fighting, resisting, or judging your inner critic, Jay walks through a practical process for relating to it with compassion. By choosing a character, bringing it to mind when triggered, accepting what arises, an...