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Sensing Mind Institute
Transforming Self-Criticism (online course)
learn secret methods for transforming negative self-talk into inner power and unity - so you can live more with less effort
Self-criticism is often an unhelpful and counterproductive way of pointing to forgotten or misunderstood resources in yourself
This course reveals a systematic and rigorous approach to working with self-criticism that helps you discover secret resources you didn’t know you had
The course helps you find a natural and effortless sense of confidence, vitality, peace, connectedness, joy and love
What you get
- The well-tested 3D model for working with self-criticism.
- Over two hours of video presentations
- 5 ways of detecting different levels of self-criticism - from overt to covert
- A model for understanding how self-criticism functions both at the parts and the systemic level of the personality
- Highly effective methods for transforming destructive self-criticism into effortless self-confidence & supportive self-love
- Reflection exercises you can use to integrate the material from each chapter and as inspiration if you work with clients
- Over a decades worth of experience working with clients individually and in groups
- A system for working with self-criticism that goes beyond the psychological dimension and far into the spiritual dimension
- Carefully designed reflection exercises to help you connect the material to your own personal experience
- Quizzes to help you integrate the material
- Access to a closed Facebook group where you can connect with others who are working with the course and/or the book
- An invaluable resource you can use for your own benefit as well as in your work with clients
Introduction to the course
Course content
- Introduction to the course
- Disengaging from inner criticism as a path to liberation (1:45)
- Benefits of disengaging from inner criticism (10:02)
- Inner critic vs. inner criticism (4:49)
- Why inner criticism can be difficult to detect (4:12)
- How to detect inner criticism anyway
- – Deficiency emotions (3:54)
- – Deficincy motivations (6:27)
- – Using other people’s criticism of you to detct inner criticism (6:59)
- – Reflection exercise (0:20)
- – Using your criticism of other people to detect inner criticism (7:07)
- – Reflection exercise (1:53)
- Three voices of inner criticism (judgement, fear, cynicism) (10:43)
- – Reflection exercise (0:40)
- Three reactions to inner criticism (comply, combat, collapse) (12:46)
- – Reflection exercise (1:31)
- Path 1: Disengaging by not engaging (8:34)
- – Reflection exercise (1:14)
- Path 2: Identifying the underlying themes of your inner criticism (8:23)
- Path 7: Turning your awareness to what is beyond inner criticism (5:26)
- – Meditation on what is beyond inner criticism (5:42)
- – Reflection exercise (0:53)
- Path 10: Embracing the felt sense of parts you dislike in yourself and others (13:00)
- – Reflection exercise (2:45)
- Path 11: Moving beyond good and evil (1:18)
- – Method 1: Make a list of positive character traits (1:05)
- – Method 1: Positive self-concept (2:49)
- – Method 1: What felt sense are you reaching for through your positive self-concept? (1:20)
- – Method 1: Disengaging from inner criticism through the positive self-concept (2:49)
- – Method 2: Make a list of negative character traits (2:26)
- – Method 2: Giving space to negative the self-concept (5:58)
- – Method 2: Disengaging from inner criticism by giving space to negative self-concepts (3:18)
What people say about the book and the course
Useful for both me and my clients
"I love this book! I thought I was fairly well versed in self critic work (my own and with clients) but with this book I've gained so much more. And as self critic work is the necessary foundation for any meaningful spiritual or personal work the book is utterly invaluable. Definitely the best thing out there by far, both in terms of its scope, depth and clarity, and blessedly the lack of filler, repetition, contradiction, etc so often found in such books. A heartfelt thanks to Claus for contributing hugely to my journey and that of my clients."
"I love this book! I thought I was fairly well versed in self critic work (my own and with clients) but with this book I've gained so much more. And as self critic work is the necessary foundation for any meaningful spiritual or personal work the book is utterly invaluable. Definitely the best thing out there by far, both in terms of its scope, depth and clarity, and blessedly the lack of filler, repetition, contradiction, etc so often found in such books. A heartfelt thanks to Claus for contributing hugely to my journey and that of my clients."
Feeling peace, joy and contentment
“What did I learn through working with Claus? I began to learn that I have capacities within which are more satisfying and meaningful than the rewards which our society commonly offers. That it is possible to feel peace, joy and contentment as an ordinary human being, and to access the internal support which makes the continuing journey possible”
“What did I learn through working with Claus? I began to learn that I have capacities within which are more satisfying and meaningful than the rewards which our society commonly offers. That it is possible to feel peace, joy and contentment as an ordinary human being, and to access the internal support which makes the continuing journey possible”
Clarity that reveals blind spots and opens up blocks and tangles
“I am finding the book profoundly helpful. Particularly the clarity and detail around reacting to inner criticism by complying, combating or collapsing. Applying that teaching in detail is revealing so many blind spots and starting to open out parts of my structure which have been blocks and tangles for years!!”
“I am finding the book profoundly helpful. Particularly the clarity and detail around reacting to inner criticism by complying, combating or collapsing. Applying that teaching in detail is revealing so many blind spots and starting to open out parts of my structure which have been blocks and tangles for years!!”
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About Claus Springborg
Over the last couple of decades, I have studied various traditional and contemporary paths of personal development. In particular, I have studied the Enneagram with Claudio Naranjo, Tibetan Buddhism with Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, and the Diamond Logos essence work with Faisal Muqaddam, Jeremy Klein, and Velusia Van Horssen. I also hold a master practitioner degree in NLP.
I did my doctoral research at Cranfield University, the UK. I researched how I could use modern cognitive science to understand the practices of personal development I had learned from the above-mentioned masters. In particular, I used cognitive metaphor theory and theories of embodied cognition. Sixty managers from various organisations participated in the research. The research is published in the book Sensory Templates and Manager Cognition: Art, Cognitive Science and Spiritual Practices in Management Education and in several book chapters and academic papers on topics, such as education, therapy, cognitive science, leadership, and community building.
Today, I have established a school, Sensing Mind Institute, where I teach my methods of personal development to therapists, psychologists, counsellors, managers and others who work professionally with people. Apart from my work with Sensing Mind Institute, I am lecturing on entrepreneurship, community building, and co-creation at Copenhagen Business School and at The Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen.
I have a background in music, dance, and physics. In my teaching, I emphasise kindness, precision, and humour.
