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Are You Taking Advantage of Your Inner Edge?

I have this great advisory group that helps me with my business. Let me just say, some of them are interesting characters, and meetings can get a little chaotic!!

There’s the person I call The Labrador — endlessly optimistic, eager to please, always "wagging their tail" about my new ideas. I love the encouragement, but I also need discernment.

That's where Madam Doubt-a-Lot comes in — skeptical, analytical, which is great except she's convinced that if I don’t triple-check every detail, disaster awaits, so she can crush my creativity.

Darth Evader wants to avoid any extra work, and the Queen of Chill shuts down if the conversation gets too intense.

They all mean well. They’re just… a lot.

Now here’s the twist:

These characters in my advisory group are not real people (did you already know?). They’re all "parts" of me. This quirky “team” lives in my mind — and maybe you’ve met some of their relatives in your own head.

You see, according to an approach called Internal Family Systems (IFS), our minds are made up of parts — internal voices that take on different roles. They tend to be outdated protectors, hard at work, but based in fear.

The amazing thing I've learned is that we also have a deeper, wiser essence — I call this my inner sage. In IFS, it’s called Self with a capital S. This core essence can lead our inner system of parts with curiosity, compassion, clarity, and calm, unless our "advisors" get in the way.

And when we learn to pause and notice which “advisors” are speaking, the Self can appreciate their hard work and listen to their concerns without allowing them to run the show. Our inner sage can ask the part what it needs us to know. We can listen and validate while our wise Self chooses what to do next.

So the next time you're swirling in self-doubt, people-pleasing, or analysis paralysis, try this:

“Who’s talking right now?”

“What are they trying to protect me from?”

“And what would my calmest, clearest Self say?”

You don’t have to silence your inner parts — just listen with love and decide who gets the microphone.

Because when you lead yourself well, you gain what I call The Inner Edge — the ability to navigate life from wisdom instead of worry.

And trust me… your advisory group will thank you for it.

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Tina Hallis, Ph.D., is a thought-shifter! She is a professional speaker and founder of The Positive Edge, a company dedicated to helping individuals and organizations increase their positivity to improve the quality of people’s work lives and the quality of company cultures.