Who would you be if your inner critic wasn’t the loudest voice in the room?
Imagine what it would feel like to not second-guess every decision, every message, every feeling.
To not constantly scan the room or your own behavior for flaws.
To have more self-trust, more choice, and actual power in your body instead of just your brain.
Imagine…What would it be like to see your body as a place you can come home to, not something you have to fix?
To show up in your relationships without over-functioning, over-analyzing, or abandoning yourself to keep the peace?
To have tools that meet you in the moment when your nervous system flares or when shame floods in, instead of defaulting to spiraling, shutting down, or performing?
To stop managing your inner critic by trying harder and instead learn how to soften it from the inside out?
This is the work we do inside Tough Critic.
It’s not about doing healing “right.”
It’s about creating the capacity to be human — fully, messily, and without apology.
LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS:
You’ve spent years trying to improve yourself and practice self love, only to become even more self-critical in the process.
You don’t need more journaling prompts or tips on being gentle and kind to yourself.
You need a new baseline in your body — one where shame isn’t running the show, and perfection doesn’t feel like the only way to stay safe.
This course is where we de-shame your patterns, unlearn the internalized pressure to be perfect,
and build an actual felt sense of what it means to love yourself.
Not just conceptually. But viscerally.
Because if knowing was enough, then you would have already been able to shift these things.
Because when the foundation of your nervous system has been forged from the need to be high-performing, perfect, independent, and "on" at all times -- even the best advice or tips can't actually land because your nervous system doesn't feel safe enough to make these changes.
This is what Tough Critic is all about, rewiring at a somatic nervous system level so that you can actually make the changes you want to make, but from a place of love not shame.
Stop being such a 🍆 to yourself 24/7
Signs you need to soften your inner critic and give her some loveeee:
✨ You keep trying to "fix" yourself and it's exhausting
✨ You feel an invisible pressure to be calm, perfect, and independent at all times
✨ You're terrified if you slow down or rest that everything is going to fall apart...so you don't
INTRODUCING
Tough Critic
A 6-week live program where we stop shaming the part of you that’s been on high alert, and start creating the kind of safety where softness isn’t scary.
Not just mindset work. Not just talk-it-out healing.
We go into the body—to work with the part of you that thinks not being perfect and slowing down = danger.
HERE'S WHAT'S INSIDE
This isn’t a course where you just sit back and listen while hoping something clicks. Tough Critic is hands-on, body-first, and built for integration. Over the course of 6-weeks, you’ll be learning, unlearning, practicing, and processing in real time—with support. Everything inside is designed to help you stop spiraling in your head and start building safety in your system, one small shift at a time.
Weekly live calls
Somatic tools, inner work, and real talk. These aren’t passive Zooms, you’ll be guided through practices that help you actually feel what's been driving your self-criticism, and start building new pathways in real time.
Telegram Group
Think: low-pressure, high-intimacy. A space to process, share, ask questions, and be reminded you're not the only one unraveling decades of perfectionism.
Integration Practices
Each week, you’ll get short and potent exercises (nervous system-based and reflection-based) to deepen what we cover on the calls, designed for people with full lives and full calendars.
METHODS THAT STICK
This isn’t a bunch of fluffy ideas about self-love. You'll walk away with language, lenses, and body-based tools that help you pause mid-pattern and choose something different.
MEET YOUR GUIDE, LAUREN RUSSELL
Hiii, I’m Lauren,
I help high-achieving, hyper-self-aware women stop living like they’re a project to fix—and finally feel safe being fully themselves.
I work with the women who look like they have it all together, but inside, they’re exhausted from the pressure to keep performing, perfecting, and proving their worth.
I’m a somatic practitioner, shadow work guide, and a playful weirdo with depth. My work blends nervous system healing, parts work, and spirituality to help you unhook from the shame loops and survival patterns that no longer serve you (but still feel hard to let go of).
This isn’t about becoming your “best self.” It’s about learning to trust yourself, soften your inner war, and stop abandoning who you are to keep up.
I know you don’t want surface-level healing. You want something real. Something that meets you where you are.
If that’s you… welcome home.
This program is perfect for you if...
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You’re tired of holding yourself to impossible standards, but terrified of what might happen if you lower the bar even a little.
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You’ve built your whole identity on being the one who gets it right, figures it out, and never drops the ball, but now your nervous system is screaming for a different way.
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You’re craving a space where you don’t have to earn your worth, prove your value, or fix yourself first to be held.
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You want to learn how to actually be with yourself, even when you’re spiraling, even when you mess up, even when you don’t feel lovable...and stop white-knuckling your way through self-compassion.
