6 Inner Critics to Ditch Before 2026

Your brain can be a chaotic, cringe-filled, overthinking circus sometimes. 🤡 And if you’re anything like us, you’ve spent years trying to silence the inner critics instead of asking them… what if you’re actually useful? That's what we're doing in this conversation.👇

We’re doing a deep—and deeply unhinged—dive into the voices in your head. You know, the ones that love to whisper (or scream) about perfection, past embarrassments, and whether you’re doing enough.

We got real about:

• That time a pilot just wanted to stare at Jill’s ass at work (yes, really)

• Why perfectionism is a gift—until it’ isn’t 🙄

• How to turn overthinking from a paralyzing habit into your most focused superpower

• The liberating art of laughing at your own cringe (and why it’s the ultimate act of self-leadership)

• Why people-pleasing is actually rude as hell (and how to stop)

So, if you've ever felt held hostage by your own standards, haunted by a memory that makes you wince, or convinced you're just one deep thought away from having it all figured out—this one’s for you. No polish, no platitudes, just two chaotic souls turning the volume down on the noise and up on what actually matters.

A Moment to Pause in the Chaos

In the middle of all the laughter, tangents, and full-volume truth-telling, this episode holds something quieter, too: permission. Permission to be messy. To be in process. To look at the parts of yourself you usually hide and say—oh, hey there.

A few takeaways worth sitting with:

1️⃣ Your inner critics are trying to protect you. They’re just really, really bad at their jobs. Thank them for showing up—then gently remind them you’ve got it from here.

2️⃣ Cringe is evidence you lived. That story you replay with secondhand embarrassment? It’s proof you took a risk, showed up, or simply existed as a human. Stop hiding it. Start mining it.

3️⃣ You don’t have to get rid of anything to heal. Perfectionism, overthinking, lamenting—they’re not flaws to fix. They’re energies to channel. The goal isn’t to silence the chaos. It’s to direct it.

4️⃣ Knowing yourself isn’t self-help fluff—it’s your anchor. If you don’t know what you value, you’ll float. If you do, you’ll lead. Even on the days you feel like a lost hamster on a wheel.

You are already whole—not in spite of the messy, cringey, chaotic parts, but because of them. Your shadows aren’t here to be healed. They’re here to be heard. Maybe even laughed with. Maybe even loved. Drop in to the full episode here.