#20 Why Your Inner Critic Gets Loud After a Win
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Just when you’re leveling up, the inner noise gets loud. In this episode, we unpack why your mind questions everything when you’re on the brink of more — and how to tell truth from fear. Let’s recalibrate the voices within.
Success shouldn’t feel like sabotage — but for high-capacity humans, inner fragmentation often follows breakthrough.
In this episode, Julie Holly walks you through the different voices that show up in your head after a win — and why discerning truth from fear is essential for sustainable, identity-aligned growth.
This is more than mindset. It’s Identity-Level Recalibration — the shift that silences shame and amplifies clarity.
What We Explore in This Episode:
• Why your inner critic gets louder after success
• The real reason high performers question their worth after a win
• The four primary internal voices — and how to spot each one
• A personal story about raising coaching rates and facing the noise
• Why even founders like Phil Knight battled post-success self-doubt
• How false humility masquerades as wisdom to keep you small
• The nervous system shift from survival response to internal trust
• What it means to follow your true voice — not your old programming
Today’s Micro-Recalibration
Pause and listen. What’s the dominant voice in your head today?
Ask yourself:
• Is this voice rooted in truth — or in fear?
• Is it protective, performative, or aligned?
• What would my next move be if I trusted the quieter voice within?
Try this identity anchor:
“I am becoming the kind of person who leads my inner world with clarity and conviction — not confusion and fear.”
You’re not meant to manage your thoughts — you’re meant to lead them.
Explore Identity-Level Recalibration
→ Schedule a conversation with Julie to see if ILR is a fit for you
→ Join the waitlist for the next ILR cohort
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