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A Basic Meditation to Tame Your Inner Critic

An in-the-moment exercise for confronting the nagging voice in your head.

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Nearly everyone recognizes the inner critic, that judgmental voice inside us that heckles and cuts u

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Mark Bertin

Mark Bertin, MD., is a pediatrician, author, professor, and mindfulness teacher specializing in neurodevelopmental behavioral pediatrics. He’s a regular contributor to Mindful.org and Psychology Today. He is the author of How Children Thrive: The Practical Science of Raising Independent, Resilient, and Happy Kids (Sounds True, 2018). Dr. Bertin resides in Pleasantville, New York. For more, visit developmentaldoctor.com.

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