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Grounded Wildness
Let's face it. You've been surrounded by messages your entire life telling you to prove your worth through achievement, success, likability, and a million other forms of being "good." Over time, those messages become rules you follow, often without even knowing it. Those rules make you believe everything will fall apart if you slow down. They tell you it’s your job to be responsible for everything and take care of everyone. They make you feel guilty for saying no. They tell you to prove, please, and perfect your way through life. It's time to stop. It's time to break those rules – and start living in grounded wildness. Join speaker, award-winning author of 'An Overachiever's Guide to Breaking the Rules' and 'Grounded Wildness', and recovering perfectionist Heather Whelpley as she shares honest conversations that will empower you to stop performing your life and start LIVING it. If you're tired of burnout, hustle culture, and the weight of “should” and “supposed-to” and want more joy, impact, and freedom in your life, this podcast is for you. Learn more at www.heatherwhelpley.com
Grounded Wildness
EP. 24 - A New Take On Criticism - And How to Let It Go
Uff-da. I got a ROUGH review of An Overachiever's Guide To Breaking The Rules on Amazon. Like a completely scathing, take-you-by-surprise, punch-in-the-gut kind of review.
While you may not get reviews of your work on Amazon, you still get criticism. That one negative thing on your performance review or comment from a colleague can swim around in your head for days, weeks, even months (or years?!?), causing worry, stress, and anxiety.
Fear of getting criticized can also hold you back from putting yourself out there, speaking up, and sharing new ideas, as well as making decisions about your career and life that you know are right for you, but you're afraid others won't understand. I don't want any of this for you - and I don't want it for me either! So let's talk about a different take on criticism - and how to let it go.
In today's episode we're going to dive into:
- The book review that left me reeling
- Two strategies I've been using for years to help you let go of criticism that isn't helpful -- and learn from criticism that is useful without it ruminating in your head forever
- A brand-new, HUGE realization I had about criticism that completely shifted everything I felt about this bad book review and allowed me to not just let it go, but make it EMPOWERING - it can work for any piece of criticism you get too
Links:
- Get An Overachiever's Guide To Breaking The Rules on Heather's website or Amazon - and write a review on Amazon!
- Pre-order Grounded Wildness - coming Fall 2023!
- Learn more about Heather's keynotes and hiring her as a speaker