Learn More About “Permission to Be,” a Memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, & Learning to Come Home to Yourself: https://mettamomentum.net/permission-to-be

In this episode, we arrive at the heart of the season’s work: the transformation of the inner critic into a wise, compassionate protector.

Through the Buddhist teaching of Right Effort (Sammā Vāyāma), we explore how true change doesn’t come from force or self-attack, but from partnership, care, and sustainable inner leadership. When protection becomes kind, self-trust begins to take root.

In this episode, we explore:

• How the inner critic evolves into an inner guardian
• The difference between harsh control and compassionate protection
• Self-leadership in sobriety, creativity, and visibility
• Creating safety as the foundation for growth

Guided Practice — Guardian Transformation Visualization
A deep, integrative visualization to help you:

• Meet your inner critic with compassion
• Understand what it’s been trying to protect
• Invite it into a new role as a supportive inner guardian
• Practice partnership instead of self-violence

This episode is an invitation to stop fighting yourself and start walking forward with the part of you that truly wants you safe, whole, and free.

🎧 Best listened to slowly, in a quiet space.

🎵 Sound Bath Integration
Infused with 528 Hz (Heart Chakra)—supporting integration, self-trust, and inner harmony—created in collaboration with STATiC.

About the Host
Miki Byrne is a certified Life Coach in Positive Psychology, blending Buddhist-inspired practices, meditation, storytelling, and recovery-informed insight to help listeners soften into sustainable momentum—without self-violence.

Explore More & Connect
📖 Permission to Be: A Memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, & Coming Home to Yourself
Learn more: https://mettamomentum.net/permission-to-be
Get Your Copy Here; https://a.co/d/dkHaF3W

🕯️ Live Metta Moments (free guided meditations weekly)
https://mailchi.mp/mettamomentum/live-metta-moment

💜 Patreon Community & Meditation Library
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https://www.patreon.com/collection/1399704

📲 Follow Miki
Socials: @mikimettamuse
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Learn More About “Permission to Be,” a Memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, & Learning to Come Home to Yourself: https://mettamomentum.net/permission-to-be

In this episode, we gently explore the inner voices that show up as criticism, urgency, or control, and ask a different question: What is this voice actually trying to protect?

Through the Buddhist lens of Wise Understanding (Prajna), we look at how fear often fuels self-judgment, and how beneath that fear is usually an unmet need asking for safety, care, or reassurance.

In this episode:

* Identifying the unmet need beneath inner criticism

* Fear as the root of control

* The difference between protection and limitation

* Burnout, people-pleasing, and self-abandonment

* Creative paralysis and fear of visibility

Guided Practice: Needs-Based Reflection


A gentle reflection to help you:

* Translate critical inner statements into underlying needs

* Respond from your wise self rather than react from fear

* Practice internal boundaries as self-care

This episode invites you to soften; not by silencing the noise, but by listening more deeply. Compassion becomes clarity, and self-trust begins to rebuild.

🎧 Best listened to slowly, with a journal nearby.

🎵 Sound Bath Integration


This episode is infused with 417 Hz (Sacral Chakra) supporting emotional flexibility and change, part of a carefully designed sound arc across the season, created in collaboration with STATiC.

About the Host:


Miki Byrne is a certified Life Coach in Positive Psychology, blending Buddhist-inspired practices, meditation, storytelling, and recovery-informed insight to help listeners rewrite inner narratives and soften into sustainable momentum.

Explore More & Connect


📖 Permission to Be: A Memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, & Coming Home to Yourself


Learn more: https://mettamomentum.net/permission-to-be
Pre-order: https://a.co/d/dkHaF3W

🕯️ Live Metta Moments (free guided meditations weekly)
https://mailchi.mp/mettamomentum/live-metta-moment

💜 Patreon Community & Meditation Library
https://www.patreon.com/cw/MettaMomentum
https://www.patreon.com/collection/1399704

📲 Follow Miki
Socials: @mikimettamuse


YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mikimettamuse
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MettaMomentum

🌿 Softening Into Momentum — Season 2 (Mini-Season)

From Inner Critic to Inner Guardian

A 6-Episode Journey in Befriending the Mind

Learn More About “Permission to Be,” a Memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, & Learning to Come Home to Yourself: https://mailchi.mp/mettamomentum/permission-to-be

Pre-Order The Book Here:

https://a.co/d/dkHaF3W

What if the voice that judges you isn’t your enemy, but rather is a protector that learned to survive in a world that didn’t always feel safe?

In this six-episode mini-season of Softening Into Momentum, life coach, meditation guide, and writer Miki Byrne invites listeners into a compassionate, grounded exploration of the inner critic; not to silence it, but to understand it.

Rooted in Buddhist psychology, metta (loving-kindness), and modern inner-parts coaching, From Inner Critic to Inner Guardian reframes self-judgment as a learned survival strategy. Through gentle inquiry, embodied practices, and personal reflection, listeners are guided to move from fighting their inner voice to befriending it; allowing the critic to soften and transform into a steady inner guardian.

This mini-season is especially resonant for those in recovery, healing perfectionism, navigating high-functioning anxiety, or learning to live without numbing. It offers a trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware approach to inner work that emphasizes safety, curiosity, and presence over fixing or force.

🎵 A Sacred Sound Bath Journey

Each episode is subtly infused with a supportive sound-healing frequency by STATiC, creating an embodied container for transformation:

• Episodes 1–2: 396 Hz (Root Chakra) — Safety, grounding, and fear release
• Episodes 3–4: 417 Hz (Sacral Chakra) — Emotional flexibility and change
• Episodes 5–6: 528 Hz (Heart Chakra) — Integration, self-trust, and inner harmony

This intentional frequency arc supports listeners’ nervous systems as they move from awareness to relationship, and ultimately, to trust.

What You’ll Explore

• Why the inner critic forms, and what it’s protecting
• How fighting your thoughts often makes them louder
• The link between sobriety, healing, and intensified inner voices
• How to listen without obeying
• Transforming self-judgment into self-leadership
• Building an inner relationship rooted in compassion rather than control

This is not a series about becoming better, calmer, or more “fixed.”
It’s about becoming more present, more honest, and more kind with what already lives inside you.

About the Host

Miki Byrne is a certified Life Coach in Positive Psychology who specializes in rewriting inner narratives through Buddhist-inspired practices, compassionate accountability, and embodied self-trust. Her work blends meditation, storytelling, and recovery-informed insight to help listeners soften into sustainable momentum — without self-violence.

🌿 Remember: Momentum doesn’t require perfection. It only requires presence.

Sign up for the Live Metta Moments with Coach Miki: https://mailchi.mp/mettamomentum/live-metta-moment

Connect & Join the Community

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📲 Follow Miki
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