At first, it’s simple: you sleep when you are tired. At some point, you start worrying about the fact that you’re worrying.” – Ethan Kross And, like, when we’re worried about stuff we keep on, you know, we start worrying, like, think about what worry is, there’s something in the future that you’re concerned about. And I think we spend a lot of time doing this in ways that create misery. “Basically, Metacognition refers to exactly what you’re talking about: thinking about thinking. For Ethan, most people actually do a lot of thinking about thinking, or metacognition. We bring up the topic of “thinking about thinking”, and Ethan shares his thoughts on the matter. But the idea here is that you’re just getting stuck in this negative thought loop, and you can’t break free. Sometimes it’s an inner monologue filled with anger and aggression. Sometimes, it’s a self-disparaging voice. And that’s what I call chatter.” – Ethan KrossĬhatter sometimes takes the form of an inner critic. You end up for lack of a better term spinning, worry, ruminating catastrophizing. “Sometimes when you experience adversity, you reflexively tried to use this tool to think through a problem, but you don’t come up with a clear solution. Stories that help us understand who we are.” – Ethan Kross ChatterĪccording to Ethan, there are times when this inner voice we possess doesn’t work so well. You use this inner voice to do something I find to be magical, which is tell stories about our experiences in this world.

You use language silently in your head to do all sorts of things like, simulate and plan for the future. It’s a tool that that distinguishes us from every single other animal species. Ethan explains that we all have an inner voice, which is the ability to silently use language to reflect on our lives. The conversation starts off with the topic of Ethan Kross’ new book, Chatter. So if you want to know how you can work with those voices in your head to make your life better, stay tuned to this episode. Bestselling author Adam Grant says, “this book is going to fundamentally change some of the most important conversations in your life, the ones you have with yourself.” He has a new book out called Chatter: the voice in your head, why it matters and how to harness it. Ethan Kross is an award-winning psychologist and professor at the University of Michigan and the Ross School of Business. Who knows, you might learn something useful from listening to it.ĭr. On this episode of Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different, we talk about those voices in your head with our award-winning guest, Dr. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | RSS | More Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:16:56 - 52.8MB) | Embed Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on Email

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