Chatter: The Voice in Our Head and How to Harness It

· Ebury Digital · Narrated by Ethan Kross
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Brought to you by Penguin.

'This book is going to fundamentally change some of the most important conversations in your life-the ones you have with yourself.' - Adam Grant, bestselling author of Give and Take

Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Adam Grant, and Daniel H. Pink's Next Big Idea Club Winter 2021 Winning Selection

One of the best new books of 2021 - BBC Science Focus Magazine, The Washington Post, CNN Underscored, USA Today, Shape, Behavioral Scientist, People, PopSugar * Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf Awareness starred reviews *

As featured in Apple's 'Best Audiobooks of 2021 so far'!

Turn your inner voice from critic to coach

We all have a voice in our head. We tune into its endless chatter to look for guidance, ideas and wisdom. Except sometimes, this voice leads us down a rabbit hole of negative self-talk and endless rumination.

These silent conversations are so powerful they can sink our mood, trip us up and even impact our health. How can we take back control? This is the question award-winning psychologist Ethan Kross set out to answer twenty years ago when he began an audacious mission - to study the conversations we have with ourselves.

In Chatter, Kross interweaves cutting-edge science with real-world case studies to explain how these inner conversations shape our work and relationships. Then he reveals the tools you need to harness your own voice so that you can be happier, healthier and more productive.

Brilliantly argued and expertly researched, Chatter will explain how the conversations we have with ourselves shape our lives, and will give you the power to change them.

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4.9
14 reviews
Florian S
December 3, 2022
Provides you with interesting studies and stories about using techniques to make yourself and others feel better about bad experiences or thoughts. In the last chapter Ethan Kross concludes categorizing and listing all in the previous chapter mentioned techniques. This list of techniques together with the science behind them explained can be a huge help in daily live. I immediately wrote them down and tried creating a selection that hopefully works for me to cope with challenges in my live. A great topic and a great book. Thanks!
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Sangita Singh
June 1, 2021
nice expla ation sir kya padhate hai
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Mateusz Karauda
January 26, 2024
Einfach genial!
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About the author

Ethan Kross PhD is one of the world's leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. An award-winning professor at the University of Michigan and Ross School of Business, he is the director of the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory. He has participated in policy discussion at the White House, and has been interviewed about his work on Good Morning America and NPR Morning Edition. His pioneering research has been featured in the New York Times, New Yorker and New England Journal of Medicine and Science. He completed his BA at the University of Pennsylvania, and his PhD at Columbia University.

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