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Comforting My Critical Self

By: redtentwomen January 27, 2021January 25, 2021

Day to Day, Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, Uncategorized, Warrior, WholeheartedCounseling, EMDR, Inner Critic, Kindness, Kindness to self, self-criticism, Sexual Pain Disorder, Therapy3 Comments

You know you have an internal critic when your therapist tells you that you have an “Integrated Self” and a “Critical Self.”

To Withstand One’s Own Wrath

By: redtentwomen January 8, 2021December 10, 2020

Day to Day, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationships, The HomeBeth Bruno, Control, Disorder, Enneagram 1, Grief, self-criticism10 Comments

Entering the office today, before saying hello to anyone, addressing the day’s agenda, or even putting down my bag, I internally itemized a long list of things askew. Pillows awry in room 7. Table decor down in room 3. Side table off center in room 1. Dirty plate and to-go box in kitchen. And in…

Practicing Kindness

By: redtentwomen January 4, 2021December 7, 2020

Day to Day, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesBecky Allender, internal critic, Kindness, Kindness to self, self-criticism, storywork, The Allender Center, Yoga22 Comments

A friend gave me a Skylight photo frame that allows me to upload photos to the Cloud and then watch as the device takes me through the sequence I have uploaded. We have over forty photo albums, and each time I take out the aging pictures, I am thrown into a moment where I see myself…

Ride Along

By: redtentwomen October 12, 2016October 9, 2016

LiteratureAnna Smith, can i come?, courage, eating disorder recovery, Poetry, Self Acceptance, self-criticism1 Comment

When I first read the question, “Can I Come?” the next phrase that carried into my thoughts was, “And Will I Bring Myself Fully?”

Allowing my Heart to be Refathered

By: redtentwomen September 9, 2016September 5, 2016

Day to Day, WarriorAnna Smith, courage, God, Jonah and the Whale, nonprofit, perfectionism, Reparenting, Restore One, self-criticism, SWOT analysis5 Comments

As much as I hate to admit, I dance in the fray of second chances.

Always Kind

By: redtentwomen June 24, 2016June 23, 2016

Day to DayAnxiety, God, Janet Stark, Kindness, Motherhood, Parenting, self-care, self-criticism, Therapy20 Comments

I roll over in bed and grope in the dark for my phone, resting on my nightstand.

Hard on Self…Hard on Others

By: redtentwomen March 4, 2016February 29, 2016

Day to DayAddiction, apologize, Eating disorder, forgiveness, God, Marriage, Mary Jane Hamilton, Self Acceptance, self-criticism, Sexual Abuse5 Comments

“Forgive me.” Ugh…I will admit that I have not practiced the art of asking for forgiveness.