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The Model Health Show · February 3, 2025 · 72m

What Is This Voice in My Head? And How Do I SHIFT My Emotions?

Ethan Kross
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Ethan Kross on the neuroscience of inner dialogue: the voice in your head is not your enemy, but it needs management. Distanced self-talk, temporal distancing, and nature exposure as tools for emotion regulation.

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The inner critic is the false self speaking — distanced self-talk reveals the true self
Kross's research shows that switching from first-person ('I'm failing') to third-person self-talk ('Ethan is feeling anxious') reduces emotional reactivity by engaging the same brain regions used when advising a friend.
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Highlights

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Nature exposure as emotional regulation — green spaces reduce rumination
Kross presents evidence that 20 minutes in green spaces reduces activity in the subgenual prefrontal cortex, the brain region associated with rumination and depressive self-focus.
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