
394: The science of venting your feelings | Psychologist Ethan Kross, Ph.D.
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What Does It Really Mean to Have an Inner Voice?
We talk to ourselves. We sometimes good, sometimes bad. And so why do we talk to ourselves? Yeah, I love this question. It's a question I devote some time in the book to addressing because on the one hand, for some of us, it is something that is very familiar. But other people wonder, what does it actually even mean to have an inner voice or talk to yourself? So let me kind of give some definitions here and break things down. When I use the term inner voice, what I'm talking about is our ability to silently use language to reflect on our life.
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