Handling Criticism
Brooke Castillo said (and I paraphrase), if someone told you “I hate your blue hair” it doesn’t hurt, right? Because you don’t have blue hair. That’s not offensive. You just think “Um, okay?”
Criticism only hurts if part of you believes it.
If you believe you’re not good enough, and someone tells you you’re not good enough, it will hurt. But if you believe you are good enough and someone tells you you’re not good enough, it won’t hurt (Unless there’s a tiny part of you that still believes you’re not).
Your beliefs determine your feelings, not other people.
How to handle criticism? Examine the part of you that believes it, and find out why. Then instead of leaning into your anger or upset, spend your energy working on changing those beliefs.