Great exploration for you ahead! Have you tried to sing or dance in front of just 1 person who loves you unconditionally? Perhaps a child? Then worked your way up to an adult? Then more of them? It’s a really big leap to go from solo — with only the inner critic to judge you — to a crowd — where the inner critic can be externalized onto “what will those OTHER people think?!” (which is just the internal critic again, right?)
So perhaps this could be an awareness project or experiment. To see how much fun you can have while others are around and not care what the voice in your head (something that does NOT love you) thinks.
Eager to hear how it goes. You might also enjoy a book by Steve Chandler called “Reinventing Yourself.” It’s powerful.
In lovingkindness,
Alex