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The way you talk to yourself shapes your well-being — here’s how to harness it. #TEDTalks

Your inner voice is a powerful tool for self-reflection and planning, but it can also trap you in negative thought loops — “chatter,” as psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross calls it. He shares tips for quieting the less helpful aspects of the voice inside your head as well as how to harness chatter to overcome…

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Your inner voice is a powerful tool for self-reflection and planning, but it can also trap you in negative thought loops — “chatter,” as psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross calls it. He shares tips for quieting the less helpful aspects of the voice inside your head as well as how to harness chatter to overcome doubt, enhance your focus and transform your well-being.

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  1. @simpliciousmutambo

    January 4, 2026 at 12:20 pm

    I feel the problem with me is to find people who listens, and am a good listener myself ❤

  2. @KeiranR

    January 4, 2026 at 4:45 pm

    The more people in my life the more complications the more entropy the less I enjoy my life every single problem I have ever had in my life was caused because somebody did something I didn’t expect now I have systematically shut down everybody that I would contact I don’t talk to anyone I sit in my shed all day because I don’t want to engage with the world because life is a scam we only exist to move resources from one place to another

    • @justuschickens-e8f

      January 5, 2026 at 1:33 pm

      Suggest that we are embodied spirits intended to connect with and celebrate Creation and Creator. Ask to be shown, and you might be pleasantly surprised.

  3. @tanedoeric

    January 4, 2026 at 5:38 pm

    Offered so much additional CHATTER but no solution

  4. @NoName-vb2ez

    January 4, 2026 at 8:56 pm

    Why is it the opposite for 😢me when I talk aloud to myself…And it’s the most productive time I can spend with myself…Confused but not completely…The Police have a great song on “The Ghost in the Machine” called “Too Much Information”…..All this so called self-help blabber is sucking our reals selves…..

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