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After leaving academia, I decided to apply my skills as a clinical psychologist to change the narrative. First, I needed to dial down the fear and self-doubt that were so easily evoked in me.
To do that, I had to recognize the voice for what it was — a negative influence that I was allowing to make big life choices for me. I had to challenge the internal dialogue telling me I wasn’t good enough, and to equip my new voice with arguments that recognized my strengths rather than magnified my fears. I realized that I had to develop a voice that could be compassionate in the face of setbacks; that would talk to me as I would talk to a good friend.
