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Professor Dolly Chugh explains the benefits of developing a growth-oriented inner voice, from her book, "The Person You Mean to Be"

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Excerpt from Psychology Today -- "Instead of 'good' or 'bad,' Chugh suggests, we need to start thinking of ourselves as good-ish, a term she introduces in her book, The Person You Mean to Be. Good-ish embraces the idea that the self is error-prone and conflicted, yet strives to be better. It's a rejection of a fixed 'good person' image—like the one the inner critic pushes us toward—in favor of the idea that we are a work in progress."

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