The inner critic often disguises itself as responsibility and “honesty,” but it runs on threat. This episode helps you spot the disguise, understand what the critic is protecting you from, and practice nonviolent truth — the kind that leads to change without humiliation.

In this episode:

• How to tell the difference between wisdom and threat
• Why urgency + contempt are big “tells”
• A simple real-time practice: name it, locate it, ask what it’s protecting
• The CFT “three systems” frame (threat, drive, soothing)
• Why self-compassion is not indulgence, it’s a different nervous-system strategy