Silencing the Inner Critic: Rewiring Your Mindset for 2026 Confidence

If you’re ending the year exhausted, mentally overloaded, or stuck in a spiral of self-doubt… this episode is your reset.

In today’s conversation, we’re breaking down the inner critic, the mental load of leadership, and why high-performing women struggle most with overthinking, decision paralysis, and confidence dips at this time of year.

You’ll learn self-coaching techniques for leaders, practical executive mindset tools, and the exact thought-reframing strategies I use with my clients to help them create clarity before burnout makes the decisions for them.

Because you don’t need more confidence going into 2026 — you need more clarity.

And this episode will help you build it.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode
⏹ Why your inner critic gets louder during year-end cycles
⏹ How burnout affects clarity, decision making, and self-trust
⏹ The neuroscience behind overthinking (and how to interrupt it)
⏹ Self-coaching techniques for leaders you can use right away
⏹ Thought reframing for executives: how to shift fear-based thoughts
⏹ The Neutral Question Reset
⏹ The Thought Ladder Reframe
⏹ The Executive Decision Filter
⏹ How to create decision-making clarity at leadership levels
⏹ The mindset shifts required to lead with confidence in 2026
⏹ Why clarity → confidence (not the other way around)
⏹ How to prepare your leadership thinking before planning next year

​​Free Leadership Resources
Say It Like a Leader Scripts → tonicollis.com/sayitlikealeader

Promotion Readiness Scorecard → tonicollis.com/scorecard

Self-Coaching Toolkit (coming soon!)

Connect With Toni
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tonicollis
Website: tonicollis.com

Chapters:
00:00 – How to Stop Overthinking at Work
04:30 – Leadership Mindset Shifts for Year-End Clarity
07:03– Understanding the Inner Critic Pattern
13:26 – Self-Coaching Technique: Neutral Question Reset
17:45 – Thought Reframing for Executives
18:49 – Executive Decision-Making Clarity Tool
21:37 – Confidence vs Clarity in Leadership
30:37 – Leadership Mindset Prep for 2026 Planning
36:42 – Executive Support for Leadership Growth


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