PUSHING PAST FEAR: LIVING BEYOND THE INNER JUDGE

THE INNER JUDGE IS ALWAYS IN THE ROOM

We all know the voice. That low hum that tallies flaws, questions worth, and points out every risk like it’s doing us a favor. Mine rarely pauses. It arrives when I write something too raw, when I release music that feels too close to the bone, when I guide a room into stillness and wonder if I belong there at all. It even interrupts when I paint — leaning over my shoulder with warnings: Is this good enough? Will anyone understand it? Are you really an artist?Does it ever fall silent?Not really.But I’ve learned something: it doesn’t need to. The inner judge can speak, even shout, but it doesn’t decide the course of my life. Desire does. Passion does. Truth does. The inner judge may linger at the edge of the room, but it doesn’t hold the pen, the brush, or the microphone...READ MORE https://vivaglammagazine.com/pushing-past-fear-living-beyond-the-inner-judge/