Dr. Ethan Kross: Taking Control of The Voice in Your Head, Lessening The Chatter, and Distanced Self-talk | EP 402

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 923 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Do ruminating thoughts regularly disrupt your sleep and keep you awake at night? In this episode of the Align podcast, Dr. Ethan Kross and I chat about how to effectively deal with chatter, and self-criticism. We also talk about high individualism as well as our relationship with others and our thoughts towards them. Lastly, we also touch on having internal dialogues to switch our overall perspective in life. Ethan Kross, PhD, is one of the world's leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. He is an award-winning professor at the University of Michigan and the Ross School of Business, and is the director of the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory. He has also participated in policy discussion at the White House and has been interviewed on CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper Full Circle, and NPR's Morning Edition. Ethan Kross, PhD, wrote a book called Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It 3:50: What are the physical toggles to change our state of mind? 6:33: How do we find our awe triggers? 8:25: Paradox of high individualism 11:52: When is self-criticism a good thing? 14:00: How can "splitting oneself" help in overcoming struggles? 16:00: How congruent is our relationship with ourselves and others? 18:23: Should we be held accountable for EVERY thought we have? 23:20: What is the value of shame? 29:10: Does our brain have sovereignty over life occurrences? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Line Podcast. My name is Aaron Alexander. This is a place that we bring together
0:07.2	the world's leading experts in all things health and wellness help be
0:09.8	optimized your mind, body, and Movement. Today's fantastic conversation.
0:14.5	So with someone that I have grown to respect very much since getting into his work, his
0:18.9	name is Dr. Ethan Cross.
0:21.6	He is one of the world's leading experts on controlling the conscious mind.
0:26.0	Right, say, gaining a relationship with the conscious mind.
0:28.0	He's a award-winning professor at the University of Michigan and the Ross School of Business.
0:32.0	He's the Director of the Emotion and
0:34.4	self-control Laboratory. He has participated in policy discussion in the White House and
0:40.3	has been interviewed on CBS Evening News. Good morning America.
0:43.7	I'm PR's morning edition. He's in Wall Street. He's all over the place.
0:48.3	He's got a PhD at Columbia University. He's incredible. He's got a book
0:51.5	referred to as Chatter, in our head why it matters and how to harness it that is what this conversation is about harnessing that voice in our head where is it who is it where is it coming from how do we gain a relationship with that? I think you guys going to enjoy it and I appreciate you tuning in. I want to thank you for leaving reviews.
1:09.0	Wherever you listen to this, Spotify, iTunes, whatever, Apple Podcasts Podcast I'm going to read one from
1:14.8	Colby this says Aaron is inspiring five stars I follow the line podcast and
1:20.4	Aaron's Instagram exercise for over three years. I am consistently inspired to
1:24.2	achieve my own health goals as a result. I want to thank you all y'all for
1:30.0	leaving us reviews and for just the general support for tuning in for engaging with these
1:36.3	conversations sharing them subscribing all of that stuff let's get to it with my
1:42.0	new friend Dr. Ethan Cross.
1:47.0	What do you do when you're stressed out, Dr. Cross?
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