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Do you have a sense of a strong part of yourself that soothes, calms, encourages, and sticks up for you? Or does it feel like your inner critic \u2013 finding fault with you, minimizing your pain and your needs, tearing you down \u2013 has the upper hand?<\/p>\n

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