235: Playing with Your Inner Critic

Today's show lets you listen to our recent group call with Jeff Harry of Rediscover Your Play. Jeff helps us with tips, insights, and interactive exercises to learn more about "Playing With Your Inner Critic." Join us to learn more! Jeff Harry is a Workplace Play Consultant, International Play Speaker, and Positive Psychology Play Coach. He helps individuals and companies navigate difficult conversations and address their most challenging issues using play and positive psychology. While we spend most of our time pretending to be important, serious grownups, it's when we let go of that facade and just play that the real magic happens. Fully embracing your own nerdy genius gives you the power to make a difference and change lives. Jeff believes that we already have many of the answers we seek, and by simply unleashing our inner child, we can find our purpose and help to create a better world. Show Highlights: An interactive exercise to shed light on how we judge ourselves and need to allow more freedom in our mindset The reasons we don't play anymore are because the external noise and our internal negativity bias keep us from playing. How leaning into our intuitive mind allows us to work with our inner critic How our brain makes connections when in a flow state and allows creative actions How to get in flow: relax, figure out what calms you down, quiet everything, and allow yourself to "get bored" Your inner critic has a playlist; what does yours say? How to identify what your inner critic says to you How to identify what your inner critic sounds like and looks like, and why you need to give it a character name How to empower your inner child by affirming the opposite of what your inner critic says How you can create new neural pathways by using empowering language How addressing your inner critic helps deal with the outer critics How to spark your inner child Why you need to allow feelings to flow through and go How to ask, "What is driving my decision?"(The answer SHOULD be play, curiosity, and experimentation!) What old BS story are you willing to let go? Resources: Rediscover Your Play