455: Ethan Kross on How to Harness the Chatter in Your Head

<p>Ethan Kross is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind.&nbsp;He is an award-winning professor at the University of Michigan and the Ross School of Business and also the Director of the Emotion &amp; Self Control Laboratory.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode, Ethan and Eric talk about his book,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780525575238" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Chatter:&nbsp;The Voice in Our Head, Why it Matters, and How to Harness It.</em></a></p><p>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.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p>Ethan Kross and I Discuss How to Harness the Chatter in Our Head and…</p><ul><li>His book,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780525575238" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Chatter:&nbsp;The Voice in Our Head, Why it Matters, and How to Harness It</em></a></li><li>How we have both emotional and cognitive needs when dealing with the “chatter” in our heads</li><li>Common&nbsp;triggers for internal chatter are uncertainty and lack of control</li><li>The three main categories of tools to work with chatter</li><li>Learning to zoom out and broaden our perspective</li><li>Distance self-talk is talking to yourself like you’d talk to another person</li><li>Temporal distancing (mental time travel)&nbsp;</li><li>Expressive writing about negative experiences</li><li>Using your imagination to replay a past experience to gain objectivity</li><li>Harnessing our internal chatter rather than silencing it</li><li>How to think about thinking a