{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69cffc27f57702d2d98a1eef/6a77e589769f96ab45111558?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":" Episode 3 - Who Is Speaking Inside Your Head?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69cffc27f57702d2d98a1eef/1786241915563-16b74594-7252-4afa-958b-2c55f2df6d50.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h3>Episode 3: Who Is Speaking Inside Your Head?</h3><p><br></p><p>What happens when you realize not every thought is yours? In this episode of <strong>The Intelligence Loop</strong>, <strong>Smita Challu Tulsani</strong> takes the conversation a level deeper by asking a more unsettling question: if you are not every thought you think, then who is speaking inside your head?This episode explores the inherited voices, protective patterns, and chosen values that shape how we think, decide, and lead. Smita walks through the internal “boardroom” of the mind — the critic, the perfectionist, the people-pleaser, the protector, and more — to show how each voice may have once helped us, but can become limiting when it takes over the chair.At the heart of the episode is a powerful shift: moving from inherited beliefs to chosen values. Instead of letting fear-based rules run the system, this episode invites you to notice which voice is leading, ask what it was trying to protect, and decide what deserves influence now.</p><p><br></p><h3>Key topics</h3><ul><li>Why some internal beliefs feel true simply because they are familiar</li><li>The difference between inherited voices and consciously chosen values</li><li>The roles of the inner critic, perfectionist, people-pleaser, protector, ambition, intuition, and courage</li><li>How useful patterns can become limitations in a new chapter of life</li><li>Why mental leadership is about deciding who gets influence, when, and for how long</li><li>How to update old patterns without rejecting your history</li><li>The difference between fear-based rules and values-based direction</li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3>Timestamps</h3><p><br></p><p>00:00 - Episode 3 opens: Who is speaking inside your head?</p><p> 00:11 - Why some beliefs were absorbed, not chosen</p><p> 01:07 - Meeting the voices in your internal boardroom</p><p> 01:35 - What happens when one voice takes the chair</p><p> 02:05 - Fear can attend, but it cannot lead every meeting</p><p> 02:35 - When old patterns once protected you</p><p> 03:33 - The difference between inherited beliefs and chosen values</p><p> 04:33 - Reframing the voices through present context</p><p> 05:02 - Questions to ask the critic, perfectionist, people-pleaser, and catastrophizer</p><p> 05:32 - Updating job descriptions for the inner voices</p><p> 06:02 - Finding the voice that sounds most familiar</p><p> 06:33 - Leading from courage, sustainable care, and honest leadership</p><p> 07:00 - The question: who gets the chairperson’s seat?</p><p><br></p><h3>Action items</h3><ul><li>Notice the voice you hear most often in your head.</li><li>Write down whose voice it resembles and when you first learned it.</li><li>Ask what it was trying to protect, and what it has cost you.</li><li>Choose one value you want to lead from instead.</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Smita Challu Tulsani"}