If you’ve ever found yourself thinking:
“You’ve left it too late.”
“You should probably stay where you are.”
“What if this goes badly?”
then you’ve already met your inner critic.
In this episode, I explore the role that voice plays in your career, especially at mid-career when the stakes can feel higher and the decisions more significant.
The inner critic often sounds reasonable. Sensible, even. It focuses on risk, uncertainty, and what might go wrong. And because of that, many people mistake it for truth.
But in reality, it’s usually a protective voice. One that developed earlier in life to help you avoid failure, rejection, or embarrassment. The problem is, it hasn’t kept up with who you’ve become.
In this episode, I break down some of the most common forms the inner critic takes at mid-career, including the age voice, the comparison voice, the imposter voice, and the loss-aversion voice.
More importantly, I share a simple and practical writing exercise you can use to create distance from that voice and see your thinking more clearly.
Because when you get those thoughts out of your head and onto paper, something shifts. What felt convincing internally often looks very different when you can actually see it.
You begin to separate yourself from the voice, and that creates space for a more grounded, evidence-based perspective.
This is where writing becomes a powerful thinking tool. Not about positive thinking, but about building a more accurate picture of who you are and what you’re capable of.
If you’re feeling stuck, uncertain, or held back in your career, this episode will help you understand why that voice is there, and how to respond to it in a more useful way.
Thanks for listening!
If you need support with your career:
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