Dr. Ethan Kross

I is when we think about ourself. You is someone else. So when I'm talking to myself with you, it's putting me in this advice coaching mode, if you will. This is how I talk to someone else. I'm really good at giving advice to other people. not so good about giving advice to myself.

I is when we think about ourself. You is someone else. So when I'm talking to myself with you, it's putting me in this advice coaching mode, if you will. This is how I talk to someone else. I'm really good at giving advice to other people. not so good about giving advice to myself.

So distance self-talk and, um, and the last tool I'll mention here, the last distancing tool, it's not the only one, but the last one that I'm fond of. Um, it's a bit of a, how can I, it's, um, It's a bespoke tool.

So distance self-talk and, um, and the last tool I'll mention here, the last distancing tool, it's not the only one, but the last one that I'm fond of. Um, it's a bit of a, how can I, it's, um, It's a bespoke tool.

So distance self-talk and, um, and the last tool I'll mention here, the last distancing tool, it's not the only one, but the last one that I'm fond of. Um, it's a bit of a, how can I, it's, um, It's a bespoke tool.

Okay. I don't know if this will work for you, but many people who speak a second language don't that is totally distinct from their main, and I wouldn't say British and English are, find that cursing in a second language doesn't quite have the same level of indignity and inappropriateness. So it's a lot easier. Spanish is my second language, as you know very well from our last podcast.

Okay. I don't know if this will work for you, but many people who speak a second language don't that is totally distinct from their main, and I wouldn't say British and English are, find that cursing in a second language doesn't quite have the same level of indignity and inappropriateness. So it's a lot easier. Spanish is my second language, as you know very well from our last podcast.

Okay. I don't know if this will work for you, but many people who speak a second language don't that is totally distinct from their main, and I wouldn't say British and English are, find that cursing in a second language doesn't quite have the same level of indignity and inappropriateness. So it's a lot easier. Spanish is my second language, as you know very well from our last podcast.

our last conversation, it's easy for me to curse in Spanish. And there's nothing doesn't seem as bad as when I curse in my native tongue, which I'm reluctant to do. So what research shows is that when you think through emotional problems in a second language, You have some mental space from the emotions.

our last conversation, it's easy for me to curse in Spanish. And there's nothing doesn't seem as bad as when I curse in my native tongue, which I'm reluctant to do. So what research shows is that when you think through emotional problems in a second language, You have some mental space from the emotions.

our last conversation, it's easy for me to curse in Spanish. And there's nothing doesn't seem as bad as when I curse in my native tongue, which I'm reluctant to do. So what research shows is that when you think through emotional problems in a second language, You have some mental space from the emotions.

You're learning about your emotions. You're having these emotional experiences in your native language, not your second language.

You're learning about your emotions. You're having these emotional experiences in your native language, not your second language.

You're learning about your emotions. You're having these emotional experiences in your native language, not your second language.

Really, not my ability to skillfully walk you through the conundrum you faced in Guatemala?

Really, not my ability to skillfully walk you through the conundrum you faced in Guatemala?

Really, not my ability to skillfully walk you through the conundrum you faced in Guatemala?

Oh, so one of the stories I tell is of this astronaut slash cosmonaut. So this is someone who... He was an American, became an astronaut, but then also trained with the Russian cosmonauts because he lived on the Mir space station for several months. And while he was on the space station, he had to deal with one of the worst space fires in history. And this fire just happened out of nowhere. And

Oh, so one of the stories I tell is of this astronaut slash cosmonaut. So this is someone who... He was an American, became an astronaut, but then also trained with the Russian cosmonauts because he lived on the Mir space station for several months. And while he was on the space station, he had to deal with one of the worst space fires in history. And this fire just happened out of nowhere. And

Oh, so one of the stories I tell is of this astronaut slash cosmonaut. So this is someone who... He was an American, became an astronaut, but then also trained with the Russian cosmonauts because he lived on the Mir space station for several months. And while he was on the space station, he had to deal with one of the worst space fires in history. And this fire just happened out of nowhere. And