ethan: In my most anxious moments, if you had asked me how are you going to feel about this in in six months, or five years, or ten years, i would have said, i'm going to feel exactly the same damn way. This is how i use mental time travel for dealing with covet I'll think about a, the spanish flue pandemic of 19, i think it was 19 18. A, that was really bad. And we got through it. Sometimes though, that doesn't even take the edge off. So then i'll go back further in time. The baubonic plague that decimated europe, rightlie? That was much
Psychology professor Ethan Kross is an expert on the science of introspection, and the role our inner voice plays in shaping our sense of well-being. While our inner voice has a lot of benefits, it can sometimes turn negative and lead to what Ethan calls “mental chatter.” In this episode, we discuss science-based strategies for how to rein in our mental chatter so we can live happier, healthier lives.
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