{"product_id":"better-days-tame-your-inner-critic-paperback","title":"Better Days: Tame Your Inner Critic - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeal Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this life-changing book, writer and spiritual coach Neal Allen, teaches us a stunning new method for quieting the inner critic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBetter Days will help you get to know your inner critic, and quiet its yammering, and in so doing, get to know the person you were born to be.\u003c\/i\u003e\" - Anne Lamott, Author of \u003ci\u003eDusk Night Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e and others \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if your superego has it wrong? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat snarky little bully in your head...you know the one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou've lived under its weight for decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI'm a fraud, I'm lazy\u003cbr\u003eI need to work harder\u003cbr\u003eI need to be tougher, funnier, calmer...\u003cbr\u003eI need to stay quiet, look pretty, stop showing off\u003cbr\u003eI need to put others before me, I need to put myself first\u003cbr\u003eI need to be perfect\u003cbr\u003eI need to hide who I really am \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSound familiar? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou know that its scolding voice is harmful to you, but you can't will it away. You accept a life with short periods of peace and long stretches of stress and anxiety. But you don't have to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this revolutionary new book, \u003ci\u003eBetter Days: Tame Your Inner Critic\u003c\/i\u003e, writer and spiritual coach, Neal Allen, examines a critical aspect of the human psyche that often gets ignored - the superego. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on Freud's idea that the superego necessarily forms a person's moral conscience, Neal explains how this voice in your head develops in childhood as a survival mechanism, but when no longer needed for protection, camps out in your mind like a personal parasite. A parasite that doesn't belong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough simple and engaging exercises and explorations, Neal leads you into meeting, confronting, and ultimately quieting your own inner critic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy shedding off the burden of the superego, you can overcome tired patterns of reward and punishment, reduce the self-talk that harms you, and ultimately clear an open space for the life you deserve, one that is gentler and more peaceful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust imagine...if all that nasty, negative chatter in your head just evaporated ... what would you do next? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetter days are just ahead.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752610857248,"sku":"9781897238851","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1cea692a4275da9e237dcb6c17bf4bc8_06bc0490-254d-49dc-a715-9ba850b80fc2.webp?v=1779999930","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/better-days-tame-your-inner-critic-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}