Chatter: The Voice in Our Head and How to Harness It

千萬別小看心裡的聲音！

仔細聆聽，幫助你打造更健康、更快樂、更有創造力的人生！

 

　　要是跟一個陌生人說你常常和自己講話，他們大概會覺得你是個怪胎。不過事實上，我們每個人的腦海裡，總是無時無刻湧現各種聲音。當我們和自己對話時，潛意識期待的是能有個心靈導師為我們解惑，卻也常引來自我審判官的批判。每當我們碰上困難，求助內心的聲音，內在的心靈導師會拉著我們的手，鼓舞我們：「你可以的！」內心的審判官則會把我們的手撥開：「你就是做不到啊，一定會被大家嘲笑，幹嘛還不放棄啊？」

 

　　心理學家伊森．克羅斯為了解人們內心的自我對話，針對大腦與行為的關係研究了眾多個案。在這部作品中，他從自己面對一起恐嚇信威脅事件時，在極大恐慌下親身經歷的內心交戰談起，帶領讀者以全新的角度看待我們日常生活中的「隱形對話」，解析這些內在聲音如何形塑了人們的生活、工作與人際關係。

 

　　他更深入分析這些對話的益處和可能的負面影響，提醒我們，如果自我對話總是偏向負面、誘導你往不好的方向前進，將會拖垮我們的身心健康、危及社交關係，並讓我們活在壓力之中。好消息是，我們其實都擁有讓心裡的聲音，成為值得依賴的心靈導師的工具，這些工具早已埋藏在我們對自己的想法裡，在我們撰寫的日記文字、我們與親朋好友的對話中，以及我們在學校和職場所創造的文化裡。

 

　　本書提出自我對話的科學知識和實際案例，結合引人入勝的故事情節，讓我們了解自我對話的重要性，並解析該如何善用內在教練的指導，同時避免被自我質疑擊垮。(文/博客來編譯)

 

　　An award-winning psychologist reveals the hidden power of our inner voice and shows how we can harness it to live a healthier, more satisfying, and more productive life.

 

　　Tell a stranger that you talk to yourself, and you re likely to get written off as eccentric. But the truth is that we all have a voice in our head. When we talk to ourselves, we often hope to tap into our inner coach but find our inner critic instead. When we re facing a tough task, our inner coach can buoy us up: Focus you can do this. But, just as often, our inner critic sinks us entirely: I m going to fail. They ll all laugh at me. What s the use?

 

　　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 from a pitcher who forgets how to pitch, to a Harvard undergrad negotiating her double life as a spy Kross explains how these conversations shape our lives, work, and relationships. He warns that giving in to negative and disorienting self-talk what he calls chatter can tank our health, sink our moods, strain our social connections, and cause us to fold under pressure.

 

　　But the good news is that we re already equipped with the tools we need to make our inner voice work in our favor. These tools are often hidden in plain sight in the words we use to think about ourselves, the technologies we embrace, the diaries we keep in our drawers, the conversations we have with our loved ones, and the cultures we create in our schools and workplaces.

 

　　Brilliantly argued, expertly researched, and filled with compelling stories, Chatter gives us the power to change the most important conversation we have each day: the one we have with ourselves."