Criticism, whether it originates from your inner critic or from those around you can cause your career passion to fizzle, drain your motivation to work on your dreams, and result in losing a great deal of valuable time and energy that could have been directed at attracting abundance and success for yourself.  In addition, criticism can create undesired distance in your relationships with others both in your home and at work.

If we're not careful,criticism can spread like a virus into all areas of our lives and affect our ability tobe functional human beings and more importantly, to live our best life:attract abundancein happiness, health, love, financial prosperity, and creative expression.

So how do you reduce the hold that criticism has on your life?

Here is my 3-prong approach to letting go of the criticizing monster:

Tip 1:

Silence your Inner Criticby learning to dissolve the limiting beliefs you harbor about yourself.Beliefs such as "Who am I to do something so amazing?" and "I can not finish writing that book, I quit everything I start."

By letting go of your limiting beliefs you arrive at a place of self-acceptance.  Criticism cannot touch acceptance because true acceptance is rooted in the security that no matter what you do or who you are, you are forgiven and loved just the way you are.
Self-acceptance communicates that maybe you did some things you were not proud of and yet you have done and attracted many more amazing things in your life, if you would simply give yourself recognition for them.

Once you let go of criticizing yourself, you will quickly attract the abundance you desire.

Tip 2:

When other people criticize you or your work, observe the emotions and past memories that their criticisms have triggered within you.Take that feedback and ask yourself "What do I think they meant by the criticism? And what do I believe it says about me?"  Does part of you get defensive because you are resisting your own negative thoughts about yourself?

Be honest (but gentle) with the things you criticize and judge yourself for.  As they say, "The truth will set you free."  Maybe it is true you believe you're a "quitter" that never finishes things you start, maybe it is true you feel the work you produce is anything but amazing.  These are limiting beliefs that you need to let go.

Repeat Tip 1, and then ask yourself more productive questions such as"Why am I someone who can do such amazing things?" or "Why will I finish writing this book?" or "Why am I so successful at attracting abundance?" Write down the answers to these questions, and pull out this list when you could use someone cheering you on instead of criticizing you.

Let go of your belief in other people’s criticisms of you and abundance will be attracted to you!

Tip 3:

Minimize your participation in criticizing others.When you're compelled to criticize someone, take it as an opportunity to see if you criticize yourself for the same things.  Observe your daily thoughts and conversations you have with people.  Do you find yourself thinking "Ya right, Mike never finishes anything he starts!" or "Who does she think she is, trying to write a book? What does she have to say that hasn't already been said?"  Hmm . . . sound familiar?

The same ways we criticize others comes from criticizing ourselves.  Practice Tip 1 of dissolving criticism and learn to give yourself more credit and praise on a daily basis.  As you learn to praise yourself more for all the amazing traits you possess and the things you do for others, you will see and appreciate the wonderful qualities in the people around you.  As they experience how you see them as their best selves, they will in turn begin to see you in the same way.

Letting go of criticizing other people tells the World that you support others in receiving abundance.  And this reflects that you support yourself in receiving it too!

Use these 3 tips to kick criticism out of your life and you will find that the Law of Attraction is working in YOUR favor!