In butteria piligue, there's lots of evidence that we can be counted downright mean to ourselves and our chatter. To change the tone of your inner monologue, some of the same tools that we talked about as being useful for zipping us out of rumination are also helpful in this case. Another strategy you've talked about in regard to that is not just coaching yourself through linguistic use, but literally taking the perspective of a different, wise person.
It can speak to us in the middle of a work project, the middle of a date, or the middle of the night. The critical voice in our head telling us we're just not good enough and we're headed for failure. Listener Patricia Branigan wrote in to ask what we can do the quiet down this chatter.
To explain what damage negative self-talk does to us and explore some simple strategies to challenge our inner critic, Dr Laurie Santos is joined by "chatter" expert Ethan Kross (professor of psychology and management at the University of Michigan).
You can read more in Ethan's book 'Chatter: The Voice in our Head (And How to Harness it)'.
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