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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
I enjoyed Kross's take on the voices inside our heads. He references a lot of studies citing his experience in dealing with our inner demons.
Title is kind of misleading. Thought this was a book to help harness the mind’ chatter in new ways. It’s more of a self help book to help curb panic. Not completely useless, just misleading.
Overdramatic and the author is selling you on his other books the entire time. Put it in the capsule along with the other pop nonfiction and shoot it into the sun. Malcolm Gladwell should be made a pariah for starting this.
Insight read on self talk and how it benefits and harms us.
I read this book for my library's non-fiction book discussion group. Overall a solid, practical, well-written book, especially if a person is distracted by the "chatter" in their head. This is geared more toward the need of teenagers and younger adults, as old readers may have figured out more of this on their own by the trials and errors of life.
One really nice thing about the book is that it gives you practical advice that you can use right away. Many self-help books require you to take "quizzes" to identify your issues and then give very situation-specific advice. This book gives real-world examples that one can identify with and simple practical solutions that you can try in everyday situations. There is also a "cheat sheet" in the last chapter that highlights to various techniques for quick reference.
One really nice thing about the book is that it gives you practical advice that you can use right away. Many self-help books require you to take "quizzes" to identify your issues and then give very situation-specific advice. This book gives real-world examples that one can identify with and simple practical solutions that you can try in everyday situations. There is also a "cheat sheet" in the last chapter that highlights to various techniques for quick reference.
I really liked how this author tied his strategies to stories and research studies. He also summarized all his strategies at the end, so it was helpful to go back and review them.
“A 2015 high-resolution satellite imagery study of the Canadian city of Toronto found that having just ten more trees on a city block was associated with improvements in people’s health comparable to an increase in their annual income of $10,000 or being seven years younger."
This was a book I needed—and right at the time I read it. Sure, it’s watered down for a lay audience, but the takeaways are helpful. Yes, many of us have negative self-talk, but there are tested methods to stop it from hijacking you. Meditate, get out into green space, exercise, journal. We know that, but I needed reminders. And the author advises against airing negative thoughts on Facebook—if you do, you won’t have time to counter the thoughts or let them float away. Misery doesn’t love company IRL or on unfiltered social media. We lose our social graces on social media.
Rounded up from 4.5. Fantastic book. It was a great addition to one of my favorite books read last year (What To Say When You Talk To Yourself)
Fascinating book regarding the investigation of one's inner dialogue and how it affects your personality, learning and temperament. I appreciate the way the author connects the ongoing narrative in our heads to dreams and how we use it to cope, understand and learn. The most valuable tools are provided to help facilitate your inner dialogue to arriving at a better understanding of your problems; using you and third person instead of I when assessing a memory or situation helps the individual generate distancing; distancing from emotions and spiraling into repetitive rumination. One aspect I struggled with (as an engineer and scientist) is the validation of the placebo affect. It doesn't place the placebo affect over science but it does state it as an effective means to treat ailments. This includes religion, lucky charm, etc. This is antithetical to the way I was raised and all that I have been taught. To end on a positive note, it does end with stressing the importance of ritual and since I was young the rituals I have learned have helped me focus on my behaviors and look to have more good behaviors than bad.