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Plain English with Derek Thompson cover image

Why the Voice Inside Your Head Can Sound Like a Jerk

Plain English with Derek Thompson

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Your Inner Voice Can Help You Make Sense of Life

We use our inner voice to create narratives that help us make sense of life. Deryck's face now is becoming very serious as he waits for me to offer him my appraisal. It all falls into the domain of talking to ourselves, but in lots of different ways and for lots of different reasons.

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