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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
26: Maybe You Overreacted… But Not for the Reason You Think
Have you ever overreacted and wondered why your reaction felt so strong? In this episode, Tania shares a real parenting moment and explores what’s really…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
25: Monday Moment: The Question That Interrupts Anxiety
Anxiety often shows up as a stream of questions: What if this goes badly? What will people think? What if I mess up? In this Monday Moment, Tania shares a…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
24: You Don’t Have to Be Fully Healed to Be Worthy: A Conversation with Dawn Christensen
Have you ever believed you needed to be fully healed before you were allowed to help anyone else? In this deeply moving conversation, Tania sits down with…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
23: Monday Moment: The 5% Shift
What if meaningful change didn’t come from fixing yourself, but from being just 5% kinder to yourself today? In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on how small…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
22: The Strange Addiction of Self-Criticism
Have you ever said something vulnerable… and then immediately started questioning it? Was that too much? Did I sound preachy? Did I overstep? In this episode…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
21: Monday Moment: Are You Scanning for Disqualification?
In this Monday Moment, Tania explores the habit of mentally scanning for flaws, even after showing up with presence and care. A reflection on self-doubt, high…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
20: Your Breakdown Is Trying to Tell You Something
Ever catch yourself in an old pattern and think, how did I end up back here? In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania shares a moment from a few years ago…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
19: Monday Moment: Even Anchors Can Wobble
What if being the steady one doesn’t mean you have to be unshakable? In this Monday Moment, I share a shaky morning, the imposter voice that followed, and a…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
18: When Showing Up Shifted Everything
In this deeply personal episode, Tania shares an emotional hospital visit with a teenager struggling with an eating disorder and reflects on how her own…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
17: Monday Moment: The Story After the Story
In this Monday Moment, Tania explores how the real pain often comes not from what happens, but from the story we tell about it. After a small misstep triggered…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
16: Who Am I If I Stop Pushing
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania reflects on a moment many of us know well, realizing that a deadline, a push, or a sense of pressure is entirely…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
15: Monday Moment: Don’t Let the Critic Have the Last Word
In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on the inner critic that often appears right after we follow inspiration. When we share something vulnerable or try…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
14: The Story That Might Be Exhausting You
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania shares a quiet reflection recorded from bed while recovering from illness, a moment that forced her to stop when her…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
13: Monday Moment: The Limiting Beliefs That Still Think They’re in Charge
In this Monday Moment, Tania explores limiting beliefs and the old inner voice that can resurface when we try something new. Even after doing inner work, those…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
12: You’re Not Stuck, You’re Loyal to an Old Identity
Have you ever wondered why, even after doing so much inner work, the same patterns keep showing up? Why insight alone doesn’t seem to set you free? In this…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
11: Monday Moment: What If We’re Rehearsing Fear?
When fear shows up as “what if” thinking, it often sounds like realism. But more often, it’s just worry on repeat. In this Monday Moment, Tania reflects on how…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
10: Perfectionism, Sneakers and the Lie of Getting it "Right"
A pair of sneakers becomes an unexpected window into perfectionism, overthinking, and the quiet ways people drain their own energy trying to get things “just…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
09: Monday Moment: Overcoming Perfectionism One Imperfect Step at a Time
Perfectionism often looks like having high standards, but more often it’s a way of trying to stay in control. And that quiet need for control can keep people…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
08: The Lie “I’m Not Athletic” with Sue Skelly: Walking 500 Miles Back to Yourself
What if “I’m not athletic” isn’t a fact, but a story you picked up early and never questioned again? In this episode, I’m joined by Sue Skelly, founder of…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
07: Monday Moment: When Things Aren’t Going Right, Go Left
In today’s Monday Moment, Tania does something a little different. She shares a children’s story that made this adult pause and reflect. When Things Aren’t…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
06: The Lie: “I’ll Celebrate When…”
The day her podcast launched, Tania expected to feel something big. Pride. Relief. Excitement. Instead, she moved right past it and went straight to her to-do…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
05: Monday Moment: Before the Day Takes Over
A Monday Moment is a short pause at the start of the week. In this episode, Tania reflects on the difference between gratitude and appreciation, and how moving…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
04: How Self-Doubt Makes You Outsource Your Truth
In this episode of Banish the Lies, Tania shares a candid moment where a simple conversation triggers an old pattern of self-doubt, perfectionism, and the urge…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
03: Why the Lies Get Loud When You’re Growing
When you decide to step into something new, a new role, a new level of visibility, a more expansive version of yourself, the inner critic often gets louder…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
02: Vulnerability Hangover
Note: This episode was originally released as Episode 1.5 while I was experimenting with an in-between episode format. It has since been renumbered as Episode…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
01: How Playing It Safe Shrinks Your Life - From numbness to feeling alive again
In the first episode of Banish the Lies, Tania Cervoni shares the story behind the podcast and the moment she realized how much “playing it safe” was quietly…
- Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic
Trailer
Welcome to Banish the Lies. This short trailer introduces the heart of the podcast and what you can expect in upcoming episodes. New episodes begin January 11…