Drawing from extensive experience in helping people all over the world learn to function more harmoniously by embracing their inner selves, Hal and Sandra Stone focus on the most ubiquitous sub-personality, the shrill voice inside that never lets a person forget their "mistakes". The inner critic can make people feel bad about themselves by creating and exacerbating anxiety, shame, depression, low self-esteem, exhaustion and stress. This book tells how this negative voice develops, how it affects relationships with the reader and others, and what can be done to transform a tyrannical inner critic into a companion and friend.