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Dr. Anita Kite is a certified coach who helps current and emerging leaders notice, name, and tame their inner critic by leveraging the brain’s natural inclination to learn and self-correct. She understands first-hand that moving past our own fear-based, self-limiting stories is a life-long labor of love. You can find her on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/anita-kite .

Lessons from a Life Lost Too Soon: Don’t Let Your Inner Critic Destroy You

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“What you tell yourself every day will lift you up or tear you down. Choose wisely.” ~Unknown

It was a story I just couldn’t get out of my head. A young teen had died in a town not far from where I live, a town where I used to live. I knew people who had kids who knew this girl.

I heard she was a swimmer, bright and popular. At first the talk was about how she’d died. I heard someone surmise that she was killed. Someone else said it was a horrible accident, and of course, there were murmurings …