Have you made choices based on the toxic voice in your head that bombards you with all the reasons you can’t, couldn’t, or shouldn’t do something? I have — and they haven’t been my best decisions.

Have you ever picked up a self-help book only to find you weren’t ready to go there yet? It happened to me in my thirties when I first tried to read Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis. People praised it for how much it helped them. I read a few pages then skipped to the exercises.