465: How to Stop Overthinking and Master Your Inner Voice for Better Mental Health | Ethan Kross, PhD
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Dr. Ethan Kross is an award-winning psychologist, University of Michigan professor, and director of the Emotion & Self-Control Lab, known for his research on inner dialogue.
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on, everybody? It's episode 465 of The Genius Life. Let's go. What's going on, everybody? Welcome |
| 0:10.8 | here. Max. What is the Genius Life line to you? The Genius Life. |
| 0:24.1 | What's going on, everybody? |
| 0:25.8 | Welcome back to another episode of the show. |
| 0:27.4 | I'm your host, Max Lugavir. |
| 0:30.2 | And today we have an absolutely fascinating conversation with Dr. Ethan Cross, a world-renowned psychologist, |
| 0:34.0 | best-selling author, and one of the leading experts |
| 0:36.1 | on controlling the voice in our heads. |
| 0:39.3 | Ethan is a professor at the University of Michigan and the director of the Emotion and Self-control Lab, |
| 0:44.7 | where he studies how we can harness our inner dialogue to improve performance, decision-making, and |
| 0:50.4 | mental well-being. In this episode, Ethan breaks down the science of emotional regulation |
| 0:55.7 | and shares practical tools to help you navigate stress, anxiety, and negative self-talk. We explore |
| 1:02.3 | Ethan's Whoop framework, which is a powerful method for reshaping your mindset and achieving goals, |
| 1:07.4 | and he explains how our environment influences mental resilience, the role of music and |
| 1:13.2 | emotional well-being, and how to engage with social media in a way that protects your mental |
| 1:17.8 | health rather than harms it. And of course, we discuss Ethan's brand new book, which is called |
| 1:22.2 | Shift, Managing Your Emotion so that they don't manage you, which lays out science-backed |
| 1:27.4 | strategies for transforming |
| 1:28.7 | the way we think, feel, and act in everyday life. This conversation is packed with actionable |
| 1:33.3 | insights. You can start using right away. So listen all the way through to the end. You're not |
| 1:37.3 | going to want to miss a beat. And as always, if you find this episode valuable, share it with friends |
| 1:40.8 | and loved ones who might benefit from it. Don't keep it to yourself. And if you want a free research pack newsletter where I break down the latest science on health, nutrition, |
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