Hi Anita,

Everything you say makes complete sense.  I also think my inner critic has also come from my husband as he is also very critical.  He is a very clean and tidy person and has high standards (which I don’t meet) he is the one who does the house work, he will always get to it before me and then if I do do it, my efforts are not good enough.  He seems to be able to do things in a very neat way and Iam just not like that, so he is very critical of me.  Unfortunately my daughter has also taken after me and she is not neat and tidy, and he is critical of her.

I still feel stuck and anxiety is bad, I have lost all of my confidence suddenly and need to try and get back to my old self.  Do you have any suggestions for how I can train my inner critic?

Thank you Anita