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Befriend the Voice In Your Head - Ethan Kross [346]

Mindful Mama: Raising Kind, Confident Kids Without Losing Your Cool | Parenting Strategies For Big Emotions & More

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Why Do We Talk to Ourself?

We evolve this capacity to talk to ourselves because it serves us well in many different contexts. Our inner voice lets us tell stories about our lives that give shape to our understanding of who we are. We use a ner voice to coach ourselves along when we're trying to exercise self control. It helps storify our life. And yet, there is this dark side, which is the negative strie ea yo like we avoYo and we don't come up with very elegant solutions to problems or problems instead, we start ruminating on them. That's really the dark side of the inner voice - i think that'sreally the big problem that we struggle with all the time. Ye

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