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Challenge Your Inner Critic | 075

Tess Masters
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Is the voice in your head on your side? Take back control and drive the conversation to open possibilities and go after what you want.   

Is the dominant narrative yours or has it been installed by your family and other influences? I’ll share insights and strategies that my clients find most effective for engaging differently with the inner critic and instigating positive change.  

We'll cover sitting in the inquiry, the journey of why, listening to the white space, the golden rule of improvisation, and the power of the pause. Then, we explore how shifting from short-hand to long-hand communication helps manage the conflict and resentment we feel when others fall short or don’t meet our needs.   

The words we choose matter. They’re either building a bridge toward our desires or tearing them down. By playing in the promise, changing our state when we feel stuck, owning our superpowers, and leveraging our lessons, we find the balance of what we want and what others want for us.  

Upgrade how you speak to yourself, get out of your own way, and own your “It has to be me.” 

 

TESS’S TAKEAWAYS: 

  • Every choice starts with permission and a conversation with yourself.  
  • Awareness of your inner dialogue is the first step.  
  • Is the dominant narrative yours or somebody else? 
  • Your family knows how to press your buttons because they installed them.  
  • Listen and pay attention to the white space—what’s not being said.  
  • Choose to be in your experience, as opposed to on it.  
  • Feeling stuck? Change your physical state to access yourself differently.   
  • Making better choices is a process of deciding and re-deciding. 


MEET TESS MASTERS:   

Tess Masters is an actor, presenter, health coach, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend, published by Penguin Random House. She is also the creator of the Skinny60® health programs.       

Health tips and recipes by Tess have been featured in the LA Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Prevention, Shape, Glamour, Real Simple, Yoga Journal, Yahoo Health, Hallmark Channel, The Today Show, and many others.    

Tess’s magnetic personality, infectious enthusiasm, and down-to-earth approach have made her a go-to personality for people of all dietary stripes who share her conviction that healthy living can be easy and fun. Get delicious recipes at TheBlenderGirl.com.    

 

CONNECT WITH TESS:  

Website:  https://tessmasters.com/     

Podcast:  https://ithastobeme.com/      

Health Programs: https://www.skinny60.com/  

Delicious Recipes: https://www.theblendergirl.com/  

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/theblendergirl/     

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/theblendergirl/     

YouTube: 

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