The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic

By: Jacqueline Hornor Plumez

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Synopsis: Do you ever find yourself thinking, how could you be so stupid, you look fat, or you&’re a horrible mother? Are you afraid people will find out you&’ve fooled them into thinking you're competent? If you&’re guilty of expressing these types of discouraging messages, then you have a bitch in your head. This self-critical behavior can wreak havoc with your life—it can keep you from getting the love you want, the raise you deserve, or even a good night&’s sleep.Dr. Plumez began to notice a pattern with her patients being too hard on themselves. She found that gentler approaches didn&’t work, but when she told them they were being a bitch—to themselves!—they finally recognized their self-defeating attitude and how much it was weighing them down.With this book, Dr. Plumez can help you banish the bitch. It identifies the different types of &“bitches&”—work, marriage, parenting, and so on—and provides effective tools and techniques to combat the forms of self-destruction described. Once you begin to encourage rather than criticize, you will find that your career, social life, and relationships almost magically improve.