Do you ever find yourself being unnecessarily hard on yourself? Or putting yourself down?

While it’s important to try and show up in the world as your best self, negative self-talk doesn’t do you or anyone else any good. So if you’re ready for a more loving, supportive voice to take over the mic in your head, here are four ways to calm your inner critic and allow your inner champion to shine through. 

We’ve heard it since we were kids — we need to have patience. Patience when learning how to tie our shoes, patience when learning how to ride a bike, patience in waiting to get our license, and patience in turning another year older so we can do all the things grown-ups do. 

But life is different than it was even two decades ago, and there are many things we don’t have to wait for. We no longer have to patiently watch ads that interrupt our TV shows or wait weeks by the mailbox for something to arrive.

There’s nothing better than when someone asks how your day was and you get to respond with “Fantastic!” and actually mean it. 

While there’s so much we’re unable to control in our day, today we’re sharing six things you can do to create a happier day.