How to Quiet Your Inner Critic

Think about when you hear that critical voice, think of a situation where you hear it and imagine those critical thoughts. And then notice what's the quality of that voice? Does it have a gender sound to you in your head? Or does it feel like a stern older professor or bratty teenager? You can build that out into a character that personifies the voice of your inner critic. Sometimes it helps to even think about adjectives. Like if you were to think of the inner critic as having its own personality, what are a few adjectives you would give it?