How Do You Coach Yourself?

How do you talk to yourself? How do you frame your work? Do you do it in a harsh, critical, maybe even cruel, sort of way? I mean, just think about that image of birthing something into the world. What kind of dula are you for yourself? Are you encouraging? Do you have faith in yourself? If you're anything like me, or, let's say, unreformed me, the answeris probably 'not at all'