Chatter, by Ethan Kross | Meeting #48!

What is your relationship with that 'voice' inside your head? Are you friends with it? Are you constantly telling it to shut up and leave you alone?? What if there is a way to cooperate with that 'voice', rather than trying to push it out of your mind? Our book for August, Chatter, by world-renowned psychologist Ethan Kross is about this exact issue. So let's talk about it. If you're in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, come join us in person [location tbd]. Otherwise, join us on Zoom!

@ethankross on Instagram.

Check out this TED talk by Ethan Kross:
Do you talk to yourself? Here's how to harness your inner voice.

This meeting will be facilitated by a full-time Life Coach (me) and former university educator with over a decade of international experience in facilitating discussions across groups from various cultural backgrounds and beliefs. We value inclusivity 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖤💛❤️✊🏽 and insist on respectful discussion. We are not a 'positive vibes only' crew. We invite you to bring your WHOLE self to the discussion! Wanna suss me out ahead of time to see if we'll 'gel'? Then feel free to have a snoop here ☺:

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And, yes, it's okay if you haven't read the book, or if you don't like the book. Join us anyway 😁.

From the book jacket:

An award-winning psychologist reveals the hidden power of our inner voice and shows how to harness it to combat anxiety, improve physical and mental health, and deepen our relationships with others.

Tell a stranger that you talk to yourself, and you'll likely be written off as eccentric. But we all have a voice in our head. When we talk to ourselves, we often hope that our inner coach will buoy us up. But more often, our inner critic sinks us entirely.

In Chatter, acclaimed psychologist Ethan Kross explores the silent conversations we have with ourselves. Interweaving groundbreaking behavioral and brain research from his own lab with real-world case studies, Kross explains how these conversations shape our lives. he warns that giving in to negative and disorienting self-talk--or "chatter"--can tank our health, crash our moods, strain social connections, and cause us to fold under pressure. The good news is that we're already equipped with an astonishing variety of tools we can use to make our inner voice work for us.

Brilliantly argued and expertly researched, Chatter explains how the conversations we have with ourselves influence our lives, and gives us the power to change them.

"[An] instructive guide to both normalizing anxiety and distancing ourselves from it." - Harvard Business Review

"This book is going to fundamentally change some of the most important conversations in your life--the ones you have with yourself." - Adam Grant, author of Think Again

"Chatter is a masterpiece--a landmark book that will change the way you think about human nature." - Angela Duckworth, author of Grit
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Looking forward to seeing everyone 😎

Kindest regards,

Leslie Crudup Villagarcia
-Your No-Nonsense Life Coach-
Visit leslievcoaching.com to book a free online life coaching consultation.

Time/Date: Saturday, 23rd of August 3pm AEST, (12pm GMT +7- Vietnam)

Learn more about our book club by watching the video at
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