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The Model Health Show

TMHS 866: What Is This Voice in My Head? And How Do I SHIFT My Emotions? - with Dr. Ethan Kross

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Motivation, Wellness, Nutrition, Health, Sex, Selfhelp

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

The human mind has an innate superpower to perceive a wide range of emotions. However, many people lack the understanding of what their emotions actually are or how to manage them. Learning how to manage our emotions can have numerous benefits on our physical health, relationships, careers, and so much more.

On this episode of The Model Health Show, our guest is psychologist and professor, Dr. Ethan Kross. He is one of the world’s leading experts on emotion regulation, and today you’re going to learn the science and strategies for better emotional fitness.

You’re going to learn why all emotions, even the ones we perceive as bad, can serve as a useful tool. You’ll hear how your emotions can impact all other aspects of your life, what it means to shift your emotions, and powerful ways to break toxic psychological patterns. Emotion regulation is something we can all strive to improve; I hope you enjoy this interview with Dr. Ethan Kross!  

In this episode you’ll discover: 

  • What internal chatter is and how it works.

  • The dark side of having an inner voice that can undermine our health.

  • What emotions are and the fascinating science of when they begin.

  • How our emotions can manifest physical symptoms.

  • The importance of understanding how to manage your emotions.

  • How often most people are experiencing emotions.

  • The weird history of emotion regulation.

  • How emotions and feelings differ.

  • What metacognition is.

  • The truth about controlling your emotions.

  • How to become emotionally fit.

  • Why all emotions are a useful tool.

  • How your ability to manage your emotions affects other aspects of your life.

  • The importance of recognizing negative emotional loops.

  • Why emotions are akin to a fingerprint.

  • What it means to shift your emotions.

  • How changing your environment can shift your mood.

  • Why learning emotion regulation is a lifelong process.   

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson. For more, visit themodelhealthshow.com.

0:11.4

Have you ever wondered what that voice inside your head actually is? Have you ever wondered where your

0:17.7

emotions come from and why you actually have them?

0:21.5

Today we're gonna be talking about this and so much more.

0:25.9

And please understand that our thoughts and our emotions

0:29.3

have a huge impact on every area of our lives.

0:35.3

And you're gonna hear about some studies today

0:37.1

demonstrating how being able to

0:39.1

better manage our emotions lead to better health outcomes, better outcomes in our finances, better

0:45.8

outcomes in our relationships. The list goes on and on and on. Some of these things might seem

0:51.1

capped and obvious on the surface, but now we've got data to affirm how

0:55.7

important this actually is. Just one example of how our emotions impact our health. I think a lot of

1:02.1

people don't realize there's an entire field of psycho neuroimmunology. There's also psycho neuroendocrinology. And these fields are looking at how our thoughts

1:14.0

and our emotions are deeply controlling and impacting, helping to regulate or create some dysfunction

1:22.1

with our immune system, with our endocrine system, our hormone production. So please remember this. Your thoughts

1:30.9

create chemistry in your body. Your thoughts can literally change what's going on with your hormones.

1:37.3

These powerful messengers that are sending data to all the other cells in your body trying to tell

1:43.0

everybody what's up, trying to keep everybody on

1:45.6

the same page responding to a potential threat or letting you know that this is good times are good

1:51.9

you can relax and focus on burning fat and having a strong immune system the list goes on and on

1:58.2

our thoughts can deeply impact what's going on with our immune system and with our hormones.

2:02.8

So again, this is something for us to put more focus on because we tend to be focused so much more on the external environment versus our ability to healthfully interact with the external environment and to have an appropriate emotional response.

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