So much of my self-love journey is about fully accepting myself, exactly as I am. Recently, I posted a series of content that made one thing clear: my inner critic is dead.

Here’s how you can silence your inner critic, too.

Make something—and whether it’s good or bad, weird or imperfect, share it.

Keep doing this until you discover the kind of work you enjoy making, the kind others resonate with, too.

Don’t worry about the end result.

Focus on the joy of creating. The beauty of the process.

And release any resistance around sharing the most authentic version of yourself.

		

…waiting on you to love yourself

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