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
41 episodes
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...
Monday Moment: What Are You Looking For This Morning?
Tania explores how expectations shape what we notice, and how being intentional about what we look for can quietly shift how we experience the day.
15: I Almost Hid My Podcast at Work… and It Made Me See What I Was Protecting
Ever find yourself holding back parts of who you are, especially at work?In this episode, Tania reflects on a moment where she caught herself doing exactly that.She unpacks what was really going on underneath that hesitation, and ...
Monday Moment: Say It Out Loud
When your mind jumps to what’s wrong or what’s coming next, this simple out-loud practice can interrupt the anxiety spiral and bring you back to what’s right in front of you.
14: Maybe You Overreacted… But Not for the Reason You Think
Have you ever overreacted and wondered why your reaction felt so strong?In this episode, Tania shares a real parenting moment and explores what’s really happening beneath emotional triggers and overreactions.If you’ve ever asked y...
Monday Moment: The Question That Interrupts Anxiety
Anxiety often shows up as a stream of questions:What if this goes badly? What will people think? What if I mess up?In this Monday Moment, Tania shares a simple shift that can interrupt the anxiety loop. Instead of trying to force pos...
13: You Don’t Have to Be Fully Healed to Be Worthy: A Conversation with Dawn Christensen
Have you ever believed you needed to be fully healed before you were allowed to help anyone else?In this deeply moving conversation, Tania sits down with somatic healing practitioner and former professional dancer Dawn Christensen to exp...
Monday Moment: The 5% Shift
What if meaningful change didn’t come from fixing yourself, but from being just 5% kinder to yourself today?In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on how small shifts in self-compassion can soften the voice of the inner critic and change ...
12: The Strange Addiction of Self-Criticism
Have you ever said something vulnerable… and then immediately started questioning it?Was that too much?Did I sound preachy?Did I overstep?In this episode, Tania shares a real moment that revealed what she now calls the str...
Monday Moment: Are You Scanning for Disqualification?
In this Monday Moment, Tania explores the habit of mentally scanning for flaws, even after showing up with presence and care. A reflection on self-doubt, high standards, and the quiet shift from disqualifying your value to recognizing what actu...
11: Your Breakdown Is Trying to Tell You Something
Ever catch yourself in an old pattern and think, how did I end up back here?In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania shares a moment from a few years ago that caught her completely off guard. The night before speaking at a conf...
Monday Moment: Even Anchors Can Wobble
What if being the steady one doesn’t mean you have to be unshakable? In this Monday Moment, I share a shaky morning, the imposter voice that followed, and a gentle reminder that even the anchors need support.
10: When Showing Up Shifted Everything
In this deeply personal episode, Tania shares an emotional hospital visit with a teenager struggling with an eating disorder and reflects on how her own recovery shaped the conversation. On a day marked by anxiety and insomnia, showing up in se...
Monday Moment: The Story After the Story
In this Monday Moment, Tania explores how the real pain often comes not from what happens, but from the story we tell about it. After a small misstep triggered a spiral of self-criticism, she began questioning the narrative that followed.