Chatter
The Voice in Our Head and How to Harness It
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Publisher Description
Turn your inner voice from critic to coach
As humans, we all have a special ability that is unique to our species: an inner voice. It helps us focus, achieve our goals and reflect on life’s most joyful moments. But it can also be our biggest enemy, chewing over painful emotions and replaying embarrassments, hijacking our thoughts to run amok with ‘chatter’. How does this source of wisdom turn into our biggest critic? And how can we take back control?
These are the questions one of the world’s leading experts on the conscious mind set out to answer twenty years ago, when he started on an audacious mission — to study the conversations we have with ourselves. In this hugely anticipated book, that expert, the award-winning neuroscientist and psychologist Ethan Kross, reveals the sheer power of the inner voice, and shows us that we all possess a set of tools for harnessing it. Hidden in plain sight, they are in the words we use and the stories we tell ourselves, in the conversations we have with our loved ones and in the habits we undertake when tackling our goals. They are even sometimes in our bizarre rituals and lucky charms.
Fascinating, entertaining and full of original insights and tips, Chatter will change the conversations you have with yourself forever, and help you lead a happier, more productive life.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Ever wonder how sportsmen and women can psych themselves out at crucial moments or a trained actor can feel their mind go blank as they step onto the stage? In this fascinating book, psychologist Ethan Kross explores the way we talk to ourselves inside the privacy of our own minds and the potentially staggering outcomes of that chatter. Using scientific research and relatable real-world examples, Kross explains how the things we say to ourselves can have a measurable impact on our lives—and he provides advice for guiding that internal conversation to make sure the impact is positive. For example, Kross explains how to identify negative self-talk when it happens, so that we can consciously steer our mind back in the right direction. His guidance on learning to distance yourself from your own thoughts (remember, feelings aren’t facts) is incredibly empowering, plus it feels practical and attainable. Chatter isn’t just thought-provoking—it’s thought-transforming.
Customer Reviews
Very disappointed as the review in the Guardian led me to believe it excellent !
This book jumps from one boring and cheesy anecdote to another. On my ipad it ran to 556 pages (i read in a larger than normal font), out of that only 340 pages were the book, the rest (200 plus pages) were notes and references he made to hundreds of other sources ! The book was a waste of money. It will not help you reduce chatter. There is nothing at all in this book that is original and definitely nothing new that will help anyone heal from the torture that is the ruminating mind. I am very disappointed I spent money on this book (i live on social welfare benefits as i care for me wife who had a stroke, so the cost of a book is expensive for me).