Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
Banish the Lies is a podcast for women who overthink, self-sabotage, and secretly feel stuck, even when life looks “together” on the outside.
Each week, host Tania Cervoni explores the quiet fears and false stories that shape how we see ourselves, lies like “you’ll never be enough” or “if it’s not perfect, it doesn’t count.” Through honest reflection, lived experience, and simple mindset shifts, she invites you to loosen your grip on fear, soften perfectionism, and step out of performance.
You’ll hear conversations about identity, self-trust, and what it actually looks like to live from truth instead of fear, with practical ways to quiet self-doubt and return to what matters.
Because healing doesn’t mean fixing who you are. It means remembering you were never broken.
Thanks for listening to Banish the Lies.
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Episodes
54 episodes
Monday Moment: Where We Get Caught
A ring becomes tangled with a bracelet in the middle of the night, and an ordinary moment becomes an unexpected metaphor for how old beliefs can quietly attach themselves to the life we're trying to build. In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects ...
27: The Lie: Putting Yourself First Is Selfish | Carmen Walsh on Living the Life You've Been Given
For decades, Carmen Walsh was the supporting actor in her own life, the woman everyone could count on. After years of people-pleasing, burnout, and unhealthy relationships, she finally understood she was never here to follow or carry anyone els...
Monday Moment: When Joy Feels Like a Betrayal
What if feeling joy while someone you love is suffering isn't selfish, but necessary? In this Monday Moment, Tania explores the hidden belief that joy can feel like a betrayal, and why giving ourselves permission to experience both ...
26: Chicken Wing Arms: Menopause, Self-Judgment, and the Habit of Putting Ourselves on Trial
Tania shares a very real moment from her own life: lying in bed, exhausted, judging her "chicken wing arms" and wondering why self-criticism continues to demand so much of our attention.What begins as a late-night conversation with herse...
Monday Moment: Follow the Envy
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on an unexpected experience with envy while scrolling social media. What if envy isn't something to avoid, but something worth paying attention to?A short reflection on comparison, curiosity, and the...
25: How I Learned the Voice in My Head Is Not Me
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania shares the story of a 10-day silent meditation retreat that challenged everything she thought she knew about peace, healing, and the voice in her head.What began as a search for relief from emoti...
Monday Moment: How Do You Want to Experience Today?
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on a simple realization from her recent birthday: what made the day special wasn't what happened, it was how she chose to experience it. From receiving kindness to letting "enough" be enough, this episode e...
24: The Lie: "I'm Not Ready"
As she prepares to facilitate a conference workshop, Tania finds herself face to face with a familiar thought: "I'm not ready." In this reflective episode, she explores why we expect to feel ready before doing something new, and why nerves, hes...
Monday Moment: 24 Brand New Hours
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on a simple passage that sparked a deeper question: what would it mean to truly live these next 24 hours as though they were precious? Through reflections on COVID, aging parents, busyness, and the people w...
23: I Thought I Needed Clarity. What I Really Wanted Was Certainty.
Why do some decisions feel impossible to make?In this episode, Tania shares a personal story about a seemingly ordinary decision that consumed far more time, energy, and worry than it should have. What began as a question about repairing...
Monday Moment: Why I Don't Celebrate My Birthday
Today is Tania's birthday, which got her wondering: Why has she always resisted celebrating it? What began as a reflection on birthdays turned into a deeper exploration of receiving, gratitude, worthiness, and the stories we tell ourselve...
22: Still Dressing for Winter: Fear, Hope, and the Habit of Bracing for Disappointment
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania reflects on an unexpectedly hot spring day, a wool sweater she didn’t need, and the deeper realization that many of us stay emotionally bundled up long after difficult seasons of life have pass...
Monday Moment: Be A Kid In A Candy Store
In this Monday Moment, Tania shares a simple journaling prompt that unexpectedly shifted the entire energy of a dark, rainy morning. Inspired by the phrase “like a kid in a candy store,” she explores how small choices, like music, color, moveme...
21: Numbers Do Lie: When Metrics Start Defining Your Worth
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania explores how easily numbers can become tied to our sense of worth.From the number on a scale, to money in a bank account, to podcast downloads and social media metrics, external measurem...
Monday Moment: What Are You Letting In?
This Monday Moment explores the idea of “letting” things into our lives, fun, ease, enoughness, even messiness, and the hidden beliefs that may quietly prevent them. A short reflection on heaviness, permission, and what might change if life did...
20: Hold the Dream, Let Go of the Attachment | Safire Rose on Letting Go, Acceptance & Possibility
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania sits down with poet and author Safire Rose, whose poem ‘She Let Go’ has resonated with people around the world. Together, they explore the deeper meaning of letting go, the difference betwee...
Monday Moment: "She Let Go"
In this Monday Moment, Tania reads “She Let Go” by poet and author Safire Rose, a deeply loved piece about release, acceptance, and putting down the weight we carry. Shared with permission from Safire herself, this reflective reading offers a q...
19: The Lie: I Can’t Be Okay If You’re Not Okay (People Pleasing, Fixing, and Feeling Responsible for Others)
In this episode, Tania explores the quiet belief: If you’re not okay, I can’t be okay.What can look like empathy or support can sometimes be something deeper, a need to fix, soothe, or stabilize others in order to feel settled o...
Monday Moment: Be Where Your Feet Are
Tania reflects on a simple phrase she can’t stop thinking about: be where your feet are. In this Monday Moment, she explores how easily the mind drifts into worry disguised as preparation, and what shifts when you come back to th...
18: When Your Inner Critic Is Really Trying to Keep You Safe
In this episode, Tania shares what happened when she tried to listen back to a podcast interview she had done… and immediately wanted to hide.What started as self-criticism turned into something more revealing. A pattern where tearing he...
Monday Moment: Before You Hit Send
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on a recent experience of being caught in an escalating conversation, where the urge to respond immediately felt almost automatic.She explores the internal pressure to fix, explain, and manage situat...
17: Why Women Still Feel the Need to Prove Themselves (and How to Stop)
Tania sits down with Dana Hunter Fradella for a powerful conversation about the hidden patterns that keep women playing small… often without realizing it.Together, they unpack the pressure to prove ourselves, the lie behind “I should jus...
Monday Moment: I Didn't Even Make it 5 Minutes
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on a simple challenge that turned out to be anything but easy.After trying (and failing within minutes) to stop complaining, she noticed just how automatic her words can be. This short reflection inv...
16: That “You’ve Done It Now” Feeling
Ever have a moment where something goes wrong… and you instantly feel like you’re in trouble?In this episode, Tania shares a real-life experience that caught her off guard. What seemed like a simple problem quickly turned into a surge of...