Throughout this guide, we’ll compare Kross’s ideas and strategies to those of other experts on self-talk. Finally, in Part 3, we’ll explore five of Kross’s strategies for managing your negative self-talk. In Part 2, we’ll contrast how negative and positive self-talk impact your life.

In Part 1, we’ll provide some background: what self-talk is, why you engage in it, and how both your biology and your upbringing shape your internal voice. In this guide, we’ll present Kross’s insights on self-talk and share his research-based strategies for managing its negative form. He and his colleagues design experiments to answer the following questions: Why do we engage in self-talk? How can we prevent negative self-talk from jeopardizing our well-being? Chatter explores these same questions. He founded a lab at the University of Michigan that studies people’s self-talk. He argues that you can improve your life by quieting negative self-talk.Ĭhatter is the first book by Kross, a neuroscientist and experimental psychologist. In Chatter, Ethan Kross highlights this last type of voice-negative self-talk, which he believes interferes with your happiness, health, and success. It’s the encouraging voice that tells you “Nailed it!” after you rock an interview, as well as the inner cynic that grumbles, “You’re a failure” after you bomb a first date. Self-talk is the voice in your mind that says, “Interesting!” when you read something compelling. You’re also engaging in self-talk: your thoughts taking the form of words, all within your mind. Right now, you’re not only reading these words. The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It Keep reading for a brief overview of Ethan Kross’s book The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It. Further, he lays out practical strategies to help you silence your inner critic and rewire your mind for more positivity.

In his book Chatter, neuroscientist and experimental psychologist Ethan Kross explores the private conversations we have with ourselves and how they impact our well-being and life outcomes. What is Ethan Kross’s Chatter about? What is the key message to take away from the book? Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. Shortform has the world's best summaries and analyses of books you should be reading.

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