One of my Liberate Your Life program participants emailed me this week and asked that very question. It's an interesting one, and I thought I'd share with you how I answer it within the body of my work. Although other peoples' work may define these things differently, this is what works for me and for the people I work with. Think of the Ego as your identity. It's who you take yourself to be. Maybe that's a man or woman, mother or father, daughter or son. Maybe it's an employee, a manager, a friend, and so on and so forth. You could sum up "Ego" as the who and what of your thoughts about yourself. Think of the "Inner Critic" as the judgmental critical voice that has opinions *about* your Ego. For example, the Inner Critic might look at the list I just wrote and expand it like this: "Insensitive man, ugly woman, unavailable mother, inconsistent father, distant daughter, burdensome son, incompetent employee, overbearing manager, callous friend" and so on and so forth. You could sum up "Inner Critic" as your opinions about yourself. I'm aware that some people teach the ego to be "bad" or something to "rid" ourselves…