third-person observer

…But to as this third-person observer, monitor yourself, to monitor your smoking habits, to monitor your thoughts, to monitor your emotions.…

…And then remember that a part of cognitive behavioral therapy always has to be rooted in your ability, as I mentioned before, to go into the perspective of a third-person observer.…

…Well, it simply means that you again, as a third-person observer, become aware of all the negative beliefs, all the negative perceptions, all the negative thoughts that you have in association with yourself and with cigarettes, and with your ability or inability, or let's better say, your ability and perceived inability of quitting smoking.…