EMBRACING the BULLY WITHIN
March 2018 AWAKENING FROM THE WOUNDED CHILD EMBRACING the BULLY WITHIN We usually think of a bully as someone outside of ourselves. What about the one on the inside? We all live with a bully to a greater or lesser degree. The bully is that feeling that shows up when you begin to doubt yourself. Or, when you have a negative reaction to someone or something. It is the inner critic who is ready to tell you what you should and shouldn’t do or feel. It likes to remind you of your failures, create doubts and self-judgments. The bully can also be waiting to take itself out on others. Since the bully considers itself to be right, it has to find something wrong in others. The Bully Takes Its Toll The bully is always lurking in the shadows of our mind, not willing to leave until it…