Just built my Comeback Protocol and named my inner critic "Heather" (yes, like the movie - she's a mean girl). The biggest realization: my urgency to "say something NOW" isn't about the present moment. It's years of not being heard, finally trying to get out. The skill isn't silencing it. It's learning to route it through the right channel instead of firing it off at the wrong target. Routing, not reacting. That's the work.