Social Media Ideas for Self-Talk

A study of 103 young adults doing a visual-spatial memory task found that talking out loud to themselves as much as poss...

Talking to yourself out loud isn't eccentricity—it's a cognitive tool that measurably sharpens memory and performance, especially for those already prone to self-narration. The pos...

71 Positive Self-Talk Examples to Improve Your Mindset

We all have an inner dialogue, even when we aren't consciously paying attention to it. The words we say to ourselves can influence how we interpret challenges, respond to mistakes,...

Beating yourself up is not the secret motivator it is sold as, but two kinds of negative self-talk help: for anxious peo...

The phrase “use negative self-talk to your advantage” usually smuggles in a bad idea: that being harsh with yourself is secretly motivating, that the inner drill sergeant is the th...

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Is it so odd to talk to yourself? No one knows you better – or is better at keeping your secrets | Polly Hudson

I’ll happily chat to plants and pets, but when I really need to get something off my chest I’m my own best listener. And that’s absolutely fine, according to my new favourite exper...

Brain, We Need to Talk

Listen to your mind when it's helpful, not every time it hands you a thought.

I Didn’t Realize My Self-Talk Was Destroying Me

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Why You Keep Replaying Conversations in Your Head

Replaying conversations after the fact is common. Your personality may contribute to this, but you can change the pattern.

Breakfast Babble: Why I Mentally Rehearse Conversations That Never Even Happen

Letter to Yourself

When you let your conscious mind take a break from a task, your subconscious mind continues to process the information in the background. Sometimes, insightful ideas will flash in...

How to Manage Your Inner Posse of Lawyers When It Pipes Up

Personal Perspective: The nasty voice in my head that pops up isn't trying to make me feel bad; it’s trying to keep me safe.

Are These 5 Thoughts Secretly Sabotaging Your Success?

We all have an inner voice—a constant monologue that swings between cheering us on and, unfortunately, holding us back. This inner dialogue can be our best ally or our worst enemy....

A child who narrates their every move is not a budding narcissist but someone whose perspective-taking is still coming o...

Anyone who spends time around a four-year-old knows the running commentary. Look what I made, watch me, I did this, I have a red one, at my house we, and on it goes, a near-constan...

New Ways to Deal With the Inner Critic

Do you have a negative voice in your mind that tells you you're not good enough? Research reveals how to keep this inner critic from sabotaging you.

Time to Think

I listen and my anxieties...