28 | How Self-Criticism Is Quietly Draining Your Confidence

Sensitive & Self-Assured | Confidence | Set Boundaries | Self-acceptance | Find Your Purpose | Self-esteem · Sep 11, 2025 · 13m

Have you ever tried to use the wrong tool for the job? It might work for a while, but eventually things fall apart. The tool itself isn’t broken; it’s just being used in a way for which it wasn’t designed.

That’s exactly what happens for highly sensitive women when we try to operate like the other 80% of the population. Instead of honoring the way we’re wired, we push ourselves to fit in, and when it doesn’t work, we turn on ourselves with criticism.

In this episode of The Highly Sensitive Woman, I’m exploring how self-criticism quietly drains your confidence, why it shows up so often for…