Science and Spirituality

291 | Why Talking to Yourself is a Self-Regulation Superpower


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In this episode, Chris and Kevin dig into one simple, but powerful habit for lowering stress and thinking more clearly: speaking your thoughts out loud or writing them down.

While breaking down why talking out loud or writing your thoughts is one of the simplest ways to regulate stress. They explore:

-How naming emotions activates the prefrontal cortex and quiets the stress response

-Why unspoken problems drain mental energy and keep your brain in “swirl mode”

-How externalizing thoughts creates clarity and frees up cognitive load

-A comparison to the double-slit experiment: unspoken problems = probability cloud; speaking/writing = collapsing it into focus

-How this process returns you to awareness, reminding you that you’re not your problem, you're the observer of your problem

As always, they end the episode with a practical tool you can use right away to start applying this into your life.

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