Ethan Kross on How to Harness the Chatter in Your Head

Ethan Kross is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. He is an award-winning professor at the University of Michigan and the Ross School of Business and also the Director of the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory. In addition to countless television appearances, Ethan’s research has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and many others. In this episode, Ethan and Eric talk about his book, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why it Matters, and How to Harness It. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! Ethan Kross and I Discuss How to Harness the Chatter in Our Head and…

His book, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why it Matters, and How to Harness It

How we have both emotional and cognitive needs when dealing with the “chatter” in our heads

Common triggers for internal chatter are uncertainty and lack of control

The three main categories of tools to work with chatter

Learning to zoom out and broaden our perspective

Distance self-talk is talking to yourself like you’d talk to another person

Temporal distancing (mental time travel)

Expressive writing about negative experiences

Using your imagination to replay a past experience to gain objectivity

Harnessing our internal chatter rather than silencing it

How to think about thinking and what we can and cannot control

Being aware of how easy some of these tools are to implement

Creating if/then plans increases the likelihood you’ll remember to use the tools

Environmental tools and the benefits of getting outside in nature

How cleaning and organizing our physical space impacts our mental state

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