Whose Voice Is That? Learning to Hear Yourself Beneath the Inner Critic

What if the voice telling you you’re not good enough isn’t actually yours?

Meghann sits down with Mary Beth Fox, licensed professional counselor and founder of The Inner Child Therapist, for a deeply personal conversation about childhood wounds, self-worth, and learning to hear your own voice beneath all the ones you’ve carried with you.

Mary Beth shares how her own healing helped her recognize the connection between unmet childhood needs and the adult patterns we often mistake for personality, including people-pleasing, overachieving, unhealthy relationships, and believing we shouldn’t need anything from anyone.

Together, they explore how we can look back without shame or blame, recognize when our younger selves are showing up, and begin giving ourselves the compassion, safety, joy, and love we needed all along.

If you’ve ever wondered why certain moments affect you so deeply or realized you’re still trying to prove you’re lovable, this conversation is an invitation to get curious about the younger you underneath it all.

In this conversation, they discuss:

• How unmet childhood needs shape our adult identities and relationships.

• Why people-pleasing and overachieving can become ways of proving our worth.

• How to distinguish your inner critic from your authentic inner voice.

• Why healing childhood wounds doesn’t require blaming or shaming our parents.

• How emotional triggers can reveal what a younger version of you still needs.

• Why joy, play, rest, boundaries, and self-compassion are all part of healing.

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Connect with Mary Beth Fox

The Inner Child TherapistMary Beth shares her work through The Inner Child Therapist blog and on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. She is also currently working toward publication of her book.

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