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Cross-Examine Your Inner Critic

Cross-Examine Your Inner Critic

Catch your negative self-talk and ask yourself how true it is. The vast majority of negative self-talk is an exaggeration, and calling yourself on this can help to decrease its damaging influence.

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Started studying chemistry at college, never finished.

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