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Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
Banish the Lies is a podcast for women who overthink, self-sabotage, and secretly feel stuck, even when life looks “together” on the outside.
Each week, host Tania Cervoni explores the quiet fears and false stories that shape how we see ourselves, lies like “you’ll never be enough” or “if it’s not perfect, it doesn’t count.” Through honest reflection, lived experience, and simple mindset shifts, she invites you to loosen your grip on fear, soften perfectionism, and step out of performance…
Episodes
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
86: The Invisible Stories We Tell Ourselves
Some of the most powerful stories we tell ourselves are the ones we no longer recognize as stories. A rusty car spotted during a morning drive sparks an…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
85: Monday Moment: Overthinking Something Wonderful
What if overthinking could actually be put to good use? In this Monday Moment of Banish the Lies, Tania explores what happens when we give the possibilities of…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
84: What Are You Really Holding Onto? | Clutter, Guilt and Letting Go
What if the clutter in your home isn't a reflection of who you are, but of the stories you've been telling yourself? In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
83: Monday Moment: In Case You've Forgotten
Sometimes, what we need most isn't another piece of advice, but a gentle reminder of something we've forgotten. In this Monday Moment of Banish the Lies, Tania…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
82: The Worthiness Experiment | What If Your Worth Wasn't on the Line?
What if you could feel nervous, uncertain, or completely out of your depth without questioning your worth? Inspired by a friend's experience and an unexpected…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
81: The Gift of the Ordinary
Sometimes the moments we treasure most are the ones we know won't last. After a brief but particularly special Canadian Thanksgiving gathering with family…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
80: Self-Doubt or Skill Gap? | Why Knowing More Isn’t Always Enough
What if the thing holding you back isn’t a lack of skill, but a belief about what you’re capable of? In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania explores the…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
79: I Know Something About You
Even if Tania has never met you, there’s something she knows about you simply because you’re here, listening to a podcast. This Monday Moment is a little…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
78: No Thank You, I’ve Got It | When Self-Sufficiency Gets in the Way of Connection
Tania was raised to believe that being considerate meant not asking people for things. But after asking two neighbours for small favours, she began to wonder…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
77: Monday Moment: I Really Am Great… You Might Be Too
What if humility has less to do with making yourself smaller and more to do with seeing yourself honestly? In this Monday Moment, Tania explores what happens…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
76: I Took the Red Pill | Why Self-Awareness Can Feel So Damn Hard
What if self-awareness doesn’t always make life easier? In this episode, Tania wonders whether there might actually be something to the idea that ignorance is…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
75: Monday Moment: The Mischief of Being Imperfect
What happens when a recovering perfectionist spots a very public typo…and decides not to fix it? In this Monday Moment, Tania experiments with leaving things a…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
74: The Surprise Is the Clue | How Your Reactions Reveal What You Think Is Possible
Sometimes the things that surprise us reveal more than we realize. Inspired by a trip to Norway, Tania explores how unfamiliar experiences can expose the…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
73: Monday Moment: Lava Cake vs. the Snooze Button
What does chocolate lava cake have to do with motivation? In this Monday Moment, Tania shares how one ridiculously small thing got her out of bed before the…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
72: Are You Running on Sand? | The Invisible Beliefs Making Life Harder with Erin McQuade-Wright
What if the reason life sometimes feels so hard isn't that there's something wrong with you, but that you've been running on sand? In this special…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
71: Monday Moment: You Were Never Meant to Fix It All
When someone you love is struggling, it’s easy to feel like you should be able to fix it. In this Monday Moment, Tania shares a perfectly timed hummingbird…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
70: What If Things Actually Go Well? | Rethinking Visualization, Worry and What We Rehearse
Tania has never been particularly good at visualization. Or so she thought. In this episode, she explores what happened when a simple morning visualization…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
69: Monday Moment: The Energy We Spend Fighting What Is
When life doesn’t go according to plan, sometimes the hardest part isn’t what’s happening. It’s how much energy we spend wishing it weren’t. In this Monday…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
68: Have You Suffered Enough Yet? | Why We Punish Ourselves for Getting It Wrong
After watching the price of a plane ticket more than double, Tania found herself caught in a surprisingly intense spiral of regret and self-punishment. In this…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
67: Monday Moment: What If You’re Not On Your Own?
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on a familiar belief: that she’s on her own and has to figure everything out herself. After an unexpected message from a…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
66: The Comparison Trap | When Comparing Yourself Helps, and When It Hurts
Comparison gets a bad rap. But is comparing yourself to someone else always harmful? After catching herself in a particularly unhelpful cycle of comparison…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
65: Monday Moment: Stop Overriding Yourself
What if every uncomfortable feeling didn't need to be fixed, shifted, or pushed through? In this Monday Moment, Tania explores what can happen when we stop…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
64: The Truth About Grief That No One Taught Me | A Conversation with Karen Eichner on Love, Loss, and Living with Intention
What if some of what we've been taught about grief isn't actually helpful? In this conversation, Tania talks with Karen Eichner, creator of Grieving with…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
63: Monday Moment: It's Not Even Over Yet
Recording from a remote cottage in the mountains of Norway, Tania notices something surprising: her surroundings are breathtaking, but her mood has dipped…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
62: The Waiting Room | What a Stranger Taught Me About Purpose
Can a stranger change your life without ever having a conversation with you? In this episode, Tania shares the story of Naomi, a woman she encountered in a…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
61: Monday Moment: Walking with Duke
Tania shares a simple lesson inspired by a walk with her dog, Duke. It's a gentle reminder that while goals and destinations matter, life isn't only found at…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
60: The War Within | How Self-Judgment Keeps Us Stuck, and What Finally Sets Us Free
What if the real battle isn't the craving, the anxiety, or the self-doubt, but the judgment that surrounds it? In this episode, Tania reflects on a simple trip…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
59: Monday Moment: Fan Mail from My Mom
When Tania receives an unexpected piece of fan mail, she can't help but laugh when she realizes it's from her mom. But reading her mom's encouraging words…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
58: The Mama Skunk Principle | Why It's Easier to Show Up for Everyone Else Than for Yourself
Tania shares the surprising story of a mama skunk that chased one of her friends around the yard, and the unexpected life lesson it revealed. Why is it so much…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
57: Monday Moment: What Would Kindness Do?
A forgotten Facebook memory led Tania back to one simple question: What would kindness do? In this Monday Moment, she shares the surprising story behind that…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
56: The Urge to Purge | Rage, Relief, and What We're Really Trying to Get Rid Of
An old urge resurfaced, but what it revealed had nothing to do with food. In this vulnerable episode, Tania explores how our coping strategies often point to…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
55: Monday Moment: Maybe You're Not Regressing
Have you ever caught yourself slipping into an old pattern and immediately thought, "See? I haven't changed." In this Monday Moment, Tania shares a personal…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
54: Why You Can't Get Enough of What Almost Works
We all have habits that offer temporary relief but never quite satisfy. Whether it's scrolling, overeating, shopping, wine, or simply staying busy, what if the…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
53: Monday Moment: Where We Get Caught
A ring becomes tangled with a bracelet in the middle of the night, and an ordinary moment becomes an unexpected metaphor for how old beliefs can quietly attach…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
52: The Lie: Putting Yourself First Is Selfish | Carmen Walsh on Living the Life You've Been Given
For decades, Carmen Walsh was the supporting actor in her own life, the woman everyone could count on. After years of people-pleasing, burnout, and unhealthy…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
51: Monday Moment: When Joy Feels Like a Betrayal
What if feeling joy while someone you love is suffering isn't selfish, but necessary? In this Monday Moment, Tania explores the hidden belief that joy can feel…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
50: Chicken Wing Arms: Menopause, Self-Judgment, and the Habit of Putting Ourselves on Trial
Tania shares a very real moment from her own life: lying in bed, exhausted, judging her "chicken wing arms" and wondering why self-criticism continues to…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
49: Monday Moment: Follow the Envy
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on an unexpected experience with envy while scrolling social media. What if envy isn't something to avoid, but something…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
48: How I Learned the Voice in My Head Is Not Me
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania shares the story of a 10-day silent meditation retreat that challenged everything she thought she knew about peace…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
47: Monday Moment: How Do You Want to Experience Today?
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on a simple realization from her recent birthday: what made the day special wasn't what happened, it was how she chose to…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
46: The Lie: "I'm Not Ready"
As she prepares to facilitate a conference workshop, Tania finds herself face to face with a familiar thought: "I'm not ready." In this reflective episode, she…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
45: Monday Moment: 24 Brand New Hours
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on a simple passage that sparked a deeper question: what would it mean to truly live these next 24 hours as though they…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
44: I Thought I Needed Clarity. What I Really Wanted Was Certainty.
Why do some decisions feel impossible to make? In this episode, Tania shares a personal story about a seemingly ordinary decision that consumed far more time…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
43: Monday Moment: Why I Don't Celebrate My Birthday
Today is Tania's birthday, which got her wondering: Why has she always resisted celebrating it? What began as a reflection on birthdays turned into a deeper…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
42: Still Dressing for Winter: Fear, Hope, and the Habit of Bracing for Disappointment
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania reflects on an unexpectedly hot spring day, a wool sweater she didn’t need, and the deeper realization that many of…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
41: Monday Moment: Be A Kid In A Candy Store
In this Monday Moment, Tania shares a simple journaling prompt that unexpectedly shifted the entire energy of a dark, rainy morning. Inspired by the phrase…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
40: Numbers Do Lie: When Metrics Start Defining Your Worth
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania explores how easily numbers can become tied to our sense of worth. From the number on a scale, to money in a bank…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
39: Monday Moment: What Are You Letting In?
This Monday Moment explores the idea of “letting” things into our lives, fun, ease, enoughness, even messiness, and the hidden beliefs that may quietly prevent…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
38: Hold the Dream, Let Go of the Attachment | Safire Rose on Letting Go, Acceptance & Possibility
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania sits down with poet and author Safire Rose, whose poem ‘She Let Go’ has resonated with people around the world…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
37: Monday Moment: "She Let Go"
In this Monday Moment, Tania reads “She Let Go” by poet and author Safire Rose, a deeply loved piece about release, acceptance, and putting down the weight we…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
36: The Lie: I Can’t Be Okay If You’re Not Okay (People Pleasing, Fixing, and Feeling Responsible for Others)
In this episode, Tania explores the quiet belief: If you’re not okay, I can’t be okay. What can look like empathy or support can sometimes be something deeper…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
35: Monday Moment: Be Where Your Feet Are
Tania reflects on a simple phrase she can’t stop thinking about: be where your feet are. In this Monday Moment, she explores how easily the mind drifts into…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
34: When Your Inner Critic Is Really Trying to Keep You Safe
In this episode, Tania shares what happened when she tried to listen back to a podcast interview she had done… and immediately wanted to hide. What started as…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
33: Monday Moment: Before You Hit Send
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on a recent experience of being caught in an escalating conversation, where the urge to respond immediately felt almost…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
32: Why Women Still Feel the Need to Prove Themselves (and How to Stop)
Tania sits down with Dana Hunter Fradella for a powerful conversation about the hidden patterns that keep women playing small… often without realizing it…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
31: Monday Moment: I Didn't Even Make it 5 Minutes
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on a simple challenge that turned out to be anything but easy. After trying (and failing within minutes) to stop…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
30: That “You’ve Done It Now” Feeling
Ever have a moment where something goes wrong… and you instantly feel like you’re in trouble? In this episode, Tania shares a real-life experience that caught…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
29: Monday Moment: What Are You Looking For This Morning?
Tania explores how expectations shape what we notice, and how being intentional about what we look for can quietly shift how we experience the day. Send me a…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
28: I Almost Hid My Podcast at Work… and It Made Me See What I Was Protecting
Ever find yourself holding back parts of who you are, especially at work? In this episode, Tania reflects on a moment where she caught herself doing exactly…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
27: Monday Moment: Say It Out Loud
When your mind jumps to what’s wrong or what’s coming next, this simple out-loud practice can interrupt the anxiety spiral and bring you back to what’s right…