Comments on: How I Harnessed the Wisdom of My Inner Critic and Finally Became an Author https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-harnessed-the-wisdom-of-my-inner-critic-and-finally-became-an-author-by-virginia-simpson/ Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:54:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D., FT https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-harnessed-the-wisdom-of-my-inner-critic-and-finally-became-an-author-by-virginia-simpson/#comment-48502 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:54:43 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18418#comment-48502 In reply to Susie.

Thank you, Susie, for your very kind words. They mean a lot to me.
Best,
Virginia

]]> By: Susie https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-harnessed-the-wisdom-of-my-inner-critic-and-finally-became-an-author-by-virginia-simpson/#comment-48501 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:17:49 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18418#comment-48501 Dear Virginia
Thank you for your words of inspiration and encouragement and the work you do for the grieving and bereaved. I too love to write and love the eternal power of the written word. May God bless you as you continue to bless others.
Write on.
Susie Offenbacker.

]]> By: Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D., FT https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-harnessed-the-wisdom-of-my-inner-critic-and-finally-became-an-author-by-virginia-simpson/#comment-48464 Sun, 12 Mar 2017 19:26:07 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18418#comment-48464 In reply to Charlotte69.

I suspect you are right.

]]> By: Charlotte69 https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-harnessed-the-wisdom-of-my-inner-critic-and-finally-became-an-author-by-virginia-simpson/#comment-48463 Sun, 12 Mar 2017 19:02:48 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18418#comment-48463 I suspect people who don’t have this inner critic produce stuff that’s not very good 🙂

]]> By: Virginia A. Simpson https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-harnessed-the-wisdom-of-my-inner-critic-and-finally-became-an-author-by-virginia-simpson/#comment-48458 Sat, 11 Mar 2017 17:27:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18418#comment-48458 In reply to Rifka Kreiter.

THank you, Rifka. And congratulations on the forthcoming publicattion your book.

]]> By: Rifka Kreiter https://booksbywomen.org/how-i-harnessed-the-wisdom-of-my-inner-critic-and-finally-became-an-author-by-virginia-simpson/#comment-48457 Sat, 11 Mar 2017 17:23:26 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18418#comment-48457 Virginia, thanks for describing this valuable method for dealing with the inner critic and hearty congratulations on publishing your book.

I too have worked this way with many painful and destructive inner voices. One method: dialogue with the voice, often with pen and paper. For example, I’ll ask it, from the point of view of the adult observer, the listener as it were, “why are you so mean to the artist (perhaps my inner child) who just wants to express herself and share her stories?” Then just listen and allow the negative voice to answer. Often surprising answers come. One example: “I’m protecting her from disappointment.”

Then I continue the dialogue, or sometimes have the artist-voice dialogue with the critic-voice, to see how they can come to terms. (Often, I end up feeling like a mother towards both and ask them to hug one another, or at least shake hands!) Very fulfilling to heal the ancient wounds this way. After twenty years of integrating these inner voices, my memoir “Home Free: Adventures of a Child of the Sixties,” will be published this May! So, thanks again for sharing this profound message, Virginia. And may your book reward you richly!

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