Dr. Ethan Kross

You go to the grocery store and you try to remember what you were supposed to get. Most people don't do that out loud. Like, oh crap, what was I supposed to get? Milk, cheese, eggs. You repeat that silently in your head. So that's one thing your inner voice allows you to do. Keep information active, verbal information. Your inner voice also helps you simulate and plan.

So before presentations or interviews, a lot of people report going over what they're going to say before that event.

So before presentations or interviews, a lot of people report going over what they're going to say before that event.

So before presentations or interviews, a lot of people report going over what they're going to say before that event.

remembering the first line of each paragraph in my head and then the rest just kind of falls out yeah we have a very similar similar style i will i will bullet out what the key ideas are and as long as i could bullet that out i am good to go but i will also rehearse those bullets in my head abcd so uh That's you using your inner voice as well.

remembering the first line of each paragraph in my head and then the rest just kind of falls out yeah we have a very similar similar style i will i will bullet out what the key ideas are and as long as i could bullet that out i am good to go but i will also rehearse those bullets in my head abcd so uh That's you using your inner voice as well.

remembering the first line of each paragraph in my head and then the rest just kind of falls out yeah we have a very similar similar style i will i will bullet out what the key ideas are and as long as i could bullet that out i am good to go but i will also rehearse those bullets in my head abcd so uh That's you using your inner voice as well.

Now, before a big presentation like a live event, I will go over the opening to my presentation and sometimes just carry that dialogue through when I'm going for a walk around the hotel before the event.

Now, before a big presentation like a live event, I will go over the opening to my presentation and sometimes just carry that dialogue through when I'm going for a walk around the hotel before the event.

Now, before a big presentation like a live event, I will go over the opening to my presentation and sometimes just carry that dialogue through when I'm going for a walk around the hotel before the event.

Yeah. I love the fact that you brought up songs there. So if you want to take a little detour here. So in my new book, Shift, we talk about, or I talk about how the different shifters that exist to push your emotions around and sensation, sensory experiences are one powerful, and I would argue often overlooked modality for shifting our emotions. So if you ask people, why do you listen to music?

Yeah. I love the fact that you brought up songs there. So if you want to take a little detour here. So in my new book, Shift, we talk about, or I talk about how the different shifters that exist to push your emotions around and sensation, sensory experiences are one powerful, and I would argue often overlooked modality for shifting our emotions. So if you ask people, why do you listen to music?

Yeah. I love the fact that you brought up songs there. So if you want to take a little detour here. So in my new book, Shift, we talk about, or I talk about how the different shifters that exist to push your emotions around and sensation, sensory experiences are one powerful, and I would argue often overlooked modality for shifting our emotions. So if you ask people, why do you listen to music?

What do you think most people say?

What do you think most people say?

What do you think most people say?

Feel, right? It's about emotions, feel good. So one study, the number was around like 95, 96% of participants who were asked said exactly gave the answer that you just gave. But then if you look at in other studies, hey, the last time you felt anxious or angry or sad, what did you do to push your emotions around?

Feel, right? It's about emotions, feel good. So one study, the number was around like 95, 96% of participants who were asked said exactly gave the answer that you just gave. But then if you look at in other studies, hey, the last time you felt anxious or angry or sad, what did you do to push your emotions around?

Feel, right? It's about emotions, feel good. So one study, the number was around like 95, 96% of participants who were asked said exactly gave the answer that you just gave. But then if you look at in other studies, hey, the last time you felt anxious or angry or sad, what did you do to push your emotions around?

The number of people who report using music to modulate their experience drops way down 10 to 30%. Music is a really powerful tool for modulating our emotions. I actually, an unintentional parenting victory for me was when my youngest daughter was around five or six and I was coaching soccer. I lived for these experiences. soccer games on the weekend.