(Listened as audiobook)

What's it about?
It's a book by a psychologists into the effects of "chatter" (our inner voice) and how to improve it.

What did I think?
I wasn't a huge fan of the book. I believe that I have an overactive inner voice. I am prone to rumination, mostly me replaying past conversations, where I deliver monologues that make me feel good. Sometimes I find myself repeating negative phrases. I was curious about what studies into inner voices have found and how other people experience things.

This book wasn't too illuminating. It is mostly a self help book. I can't remember the definition of "chatter' that the author provided, but the way he used the word so much, it seems like "chatter" was a stand in for any negative thoughts you might have.

The book had some good tips such as switching talking to yourself in second or third person voice when engaged in negative self talk in order to create distance. I think that at one point I used to use "you" a lot in my self talk, but purposely switched to using "I". Now it might be good to switch back to using "you" more often.

The book falls into the typical self help trap of being super general. The author cite studies, but often just a single study. I mean, isn't there a replication crisis in psychology? And these studies don't seem to prove much since most of them are along the lines of "If you engage in negative self talk, you will feel bad". No duh...

I am going to try to avoid these kind of self help books. You can get most of the same information from a podcast or article.