280: 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