Self-talk
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Self-talk works best as a cue for what to do and badly as a claim about who you are
How do you keep the second voice from just agreeing with the first?
When the dialogue turns into an argument with yourself
What does your inner critic actually want from you?
Does inner dialogue journaling work for people who hate self-talk?
Talking to yourself in the second person changes how an anxious moment feels
Why does telling yourself you are great not work when you already doubt it?
Naming the critical voice as a separate character changes how much authority it has
Instructive self-talk helps on a difficult task while motivational self-talk helps on a heavy one
You often do not know what you think until you hear yourself say it
How children turn the way they were spoken to into the way they speak to themselves
Why does a single sentence repeated in the mirror feel ridiculous before it feels convincing?
The voice in your head mostly rehearses arguments with people who are not in the room
Why do affirmations fail for the people who need them most?
The gap between what athletes say to themselves and what the rest of us say to ourselves
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