Walking with, not fixing: the quiet work of being there
Susan Watson, a member of the Navigators safeguarding team, gets practical about what is (and really isn’t) helpful when getting alongside someone who is hurting.
Susan Watson, a member of the Navigators safeguarding team, gets practical about what is (and really isn’t) helpful when getting alongside someone who is hurting.
The inner critic is the voice that says, ‘Look! You failed again’ or ‘You can’t do that’. It builds on messages that we received in childhood and unconsciously accepted as truth. Then, life’s experiences reinforce these messages, as we see things through our ‘failure glasses’, gathering evidence to confirm the initial message.