Your Inner Critic Isn’t Wise. It’s a Con Artist with Great Timing.
- Yvette Kinkade
- Jul 24
- 2 min read
Let’s get something clear, your inner critic isn’t guiding you, it’s gaslighting you with your own voice.
“Don’t try that, you’ll fail.”
“Who do you think you are?”
“You’re too old / too late / too messy.”
That’s not intuition, that’s sabotage in a slick disguise. Your inner critic isn’t keeping you grounded, it’s keeping you stuck and stuck, big time!
It’s that voice that shows up right when you’re about to make a move, one of those big ones, those bold ones, those necessary ones.. it turns up and yanks you right back into self-doubt.
Now you don’t need to understand it. You just need to stop giving it a seat at the table.
Most people won’t tell you you’ve let this voice shape your choices for years.
Not because it’s helpful, not because it’s familiar, remember that "good old familiar vibe" feels safe, even when it’s sabotaging your momentum. And that why you stay in the loop of Procrastinate → Beat yourself up → Repeat.
You know it’s not because you lack discipline, but because you trust that inner critic more than you trust your own potential. NOW, read that again.
Think about this, what if your fear of failure isn’t the issue? What if the real issue is your loyalty to self-sabotage, loyalty to your limitations.
Let’s be real. Procrastination is emotional avoidance in disguise. Perfectionism is a stalling tactic with a gold star. And overthinking? That’s just fear running laps with a clipboard.
You don’t fear success, you fear what happens when you stop hiding from it.
So, what are you going to do?
Here’s the choice, you can keep negotiating with the voice that’s been keeping you small or get amongst it and interrupt the damn pattern. You don’t need another positive affirmation.
You need a mirror. A strategy. A circuit breaker that cuts through the noise and puts you back in charge.
I help people interrupt the loops that keep them stuck and build momentum from the inside out thats not based on motivation, but on real strategy, self-trust, and action.
If you’re ready to shut down the inner critic and start rewriting your story, I’m here.
But only if you’re done playing small.

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