Practicing the Pause: Catching the Imposter Voice Before It Controls You
We all have that voice in our head that says we’re not enough. The critic. The imposter.
In this Gritty Wednesday episode, Jason Lyle shares a simple, repeatable practice to help you catch that voice in real time—so it doesn’t control your choices.
Learn how to pause, notice, name those old patterns, and choose responses rooted in honesty, self-love, and truth.
🎧 Listen now and start building daily habits to steady your mind and handle anything life throws at you.
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Practicing the Pause: Catching the Imposter Voice Before It Controls You
Ever find yourself reacting before you even know what you’re thinking? Snapping in anger, shutting down in shame, or saying yes when you mean no?
That’s the imposter voice talking—the old critic that says you’re not enough, you’re faking it, you’ll never measure up.
On Sacred Sunday, we talked about naming that imposter voice and choosing something new.
This Gritty Wednesday, Jason Lyle takes it one step further with a practical, real-world approach to catching that voice in the heat of the moment.
Because the truth is: You can’t choose a new response if you don’t even see what’s happening.
✅ This episode will teach you:
- Why the imposter voice feels so automatic and powerful.
- How pausing creates sacred space to choose something better.
- A simple, repeatable 5-step practice you can use every day:
1️⃣ Pause.
2️⃣ Notice your body.
3️⃣ Name the voice.
4️⃣ Ask whose voice it is—old self or new.
5️⃣ Choose what self-love would say instead. - How this daily work carves new grooves in your mind and spirit.
- Why inviting Spirit as Helper gives you strength to choose the new.
Listener Challenge:
“This week, try catching the imposter voice once. Pause. Name it. Ask whose voice it is. Choose one new, loving response instead.”
This is Sacred Grit in action: not shaming your old self, but seeing it clearly and choosing to love yourself anyway.
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