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146. Stress Resets: How to Change Your Internal Dialogue to Communicate Better

146. Stress Resets: How to Change Your Internal Dialogue to Communicate Better

Update: 2024-06-1121
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Stress can get in the way of our communication with others. To manage our stress, psychologist Jenny Taitz says, we first need to adjust the conversations that we have with ourselves.

Taitz is an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of several books, including Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes. According to her, much of the stress we experience is self-created through negative thought patterns and harsh self-criticism. “We're doing this to ourselves all the time,” she says. But as we become aware of these unhelpful mental loops, Taitz’ “resets” can help us disrupt them and reframe self-talk in more productive ways

In addition to changing our self-talk, Taitz offers tools for refreshing our communication with others. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, she and host Matt Abrahams explore her G.I.V.E. framework — how being gentle, interested, validating, and easy-mannered equips us for more positive conversations with ourselves and others


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146. Stress Resets: How to Change Your Internal Dialogue to Communicate Better

146. Stress Resets: How to Change Your Internal Dialogue to Communicate Better

Matt Abrahams, Think Fast Talk Smart