That voice in your head that says you're not ready, not good enough, not worthy? Laura Jane Layton calls it your inner bully. And she's spent years figuring out how to turn it into your biggest cheerleader.

Candy Motzek sits down with Laura Jane Layton, author of the children's book series Suddenly Finds a Superpower, to talk about why negative self-talk runs so deep for coaches and high achievers and what to actually do about it.

Laura Jane shares her baby step approach to shifting self-talk when jumping straight to "I can do this" doesn't feel honest. She talks about building your own measuring stick instead of using the one someone else handed you, why journaling in the moment right after a trigger is more powerful than journaling at night, and how to stay in the eye of the storm when everything around you is falling apart.

She also shares the oxygen mask principle. When you put yourself first and model what self-kindness actually looks like, everyone around you learns how to do it too. This one's warm, honest, and genuinely practical.

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