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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment cover

The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle

Mentioned 5 months ago

How To Increase Performance By Working At Your Edge -- Plus A Quick Hack For When Panic or Anxiety Swells

Dan Harris read this book, which presented the thesis that one's inner narrator owns them if they are unaware of its nonstop nattering. However, Harris found the book correct but not useful because it didn't offer much actionable advice.

Power of Now, A New Earth. Oprah Winfrey was, you know, pushing his stuff.

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How to Feel Loved

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Science of Happiness: Five Simple Strategies for Reducing Anxiety and Increasing Connection | Sonja Lyubomirsky and Harry Reis

The book presented an empowering approach to feeling loved, arguing that it is largely within one's control by changing the conversation rather than changing oneself or the other person. It detailed five mindsets designed to help operate the 'relationship seesaw' and foster deeper connection.

In fact, that is the title of their book, How to Feel Love.

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The Art and Science of Connection

Kasley Killam

Mentioned 1 year ago

Optimize This: If You Care About Mental And Physical Health, This May Be The Missing Piece | Kasley Killam

Kasley Killam, a Harvard-trained social scientist, discussed her book, which focuses on social health and its impact on overall well-being. The book explores the importance of connection, different social styles, and strategies for improving social health.

So social health is the dimension of your overall health and well-being that comes from connection.

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Rest

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

The book was briefly mentioned in relation to the concept of rest and its various forms, contrasting with the traditional understanding of rest as simply lying in a hammock.

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Keep Sharp

Sanjay Gupta M.D.

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

The podcast extensively discussed this book, which outlines five pillars of brain health. The five pillars were described in detail, including how movement, discovery, relaxation, nourishment, and connection affect brain health.

It's called Keep Sharp and it's really something that I think is of universal interest which is how do we maintain brain health for as long as possible and you have this very handy sort of five pillars, five ways that we can think about keeping our brains healthy.

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Chasing Life

Sanjay Gupta

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

It was mentioned as one of four of Dr. Gupta's New York Times best-selling books, which were discussed in the podcast introduction.

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Cheating Death

Kenneth M. Valentine

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

This book, along with three others by Dr. Gupta, was mentioned in the podcast introduction as a New York Times bestseller.

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Radical Acceptance

Tara Brach

Mentioned 1 year ago

Tara Brach Has A Counterintuitive Strategy For Navigating Tumultuous Times

It was mentioned as one of several books written by Tara Brach, a meditation teacher and psychologist. The book's title suggests a focus on acceptance as a core concept.

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Radical Compassion

Tara Brach

Mentioned 1 year ago

Tara Brach Has A Counterintuitive Strategy For Navigating Tumultuous Times

This book, along with others by Tara Brach, was mentioned in the introduction. The title suggests the book explores the concept of radical compassion.

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Trusting the Gold

Tara Brach

Mentioned 1 year ago

Tara Brach Has A Counterintuitive Strategy For Navigating Tumultuous Times

It was noted as one of several books written by Tara Brach, implying that it's relevant to her teachings on meditation and mindfulness.

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Look Again

Tali Sharot

Mentioned 1 year ago

Modern Life Numbs You. Here’s The Neuroscience Of Waking Up | Tali Sharot

It explores the neuroscience of habituation, explaining how we become less sensitive to things over time, impacting our joy and motivation. It also offers strategies to disrupt this process and re-sparkle our lives.

each step was so small, so inconsequential, so well explained or on occasion so regretted that people could no more see it developing from day to day than a farmer in his field sees a corn growing. One day it is over his head.

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The Influential Mind

Tali Sharot

Mentioned 1 year ago

Modern Life Numbs You. Here’s The Neuroscience Of Waking Up | Tali Sharot

This book was mentioned as one of the author's previous works, but no details were given in this interview.

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The Family ADHD Solution: A Scientific Approach to Maximizing Your Child's Attention and Minimizing Parental Stress Cover

Mark Bertin MD

The Family ADHD Solution

A Scientific Approach to Maximizing Your Child's Attention and Minimizing Parental Stress

This book was listed as one of the guest's publications which integrates mindfulness into pediatric care.

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He's a developmental pediatrician and author of several books including How Children Thrive, Mindful Parenting for ADHD and The Family ADHD Solution to be clear.

— Episode: Do You Have ADHD? | Dr. Mark Bertin

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Episode: Do You Have ADHD? | Dr. Mark Bertin

This book was listed as one of the guest's publications which integrates mindfulness into pediatric care.

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He's a developmental pediatrician and author of several books including How Children Thrive, Mindful Parenting for ADHD and The Family ADHD Solution to be clear.

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Phil Stutz

Lessons for Living

What Only Adversity Can Teach You

This book was mentioned as a great source for gaining foresight by learning from the hindsight of others, specifically by interviewing people about their regrets, particularly regarding what scoreboard they played by in life.

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There's a good book by Carl Pilmer which is lessons for the living I think and he talks about interviewing these people and what they regret and what they tend to regret again somebody else told them...

— Episode: How to Make Good Decisions | Shane Parri...

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Episode: How to Make Good Decisions | Shane Parrish

This book was mentioned as a great source for gaining foresight by learning from the hindsight of others, specifically by interviewing people about their regrets, particularly regarding what scoreboard they played by in life.

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There's a good book by Carl Pilmer which is lessons for the living I think and he talks about interviewing these people and what they regret and what they tend to regret again somebody else told them what the scoreboard was they played to that scoreboard at the end of life none of that scoreboard mattered they really wanted to do something different.

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Teen ADHD: Build Executive Functioning Skills, Increase Motivation, and Improve Self-Confidence (The Instant Help Solutions Series) Cover

Mark Bertin

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Teen ADHD

Build Executive Functioning Skills, Increase Motivation, and Improve Self-Confidence (The Instant Help Solutions Series)

Mentioned as a book by the guest that was written in collaboration with someone who researched with Dr. Kristin Neff.

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my most recent book was actually in collaboration with someone who's done research with Kristen now so it's self-compassion for teen ADHD

— Episode: Do You Have ADHD? | Dr. Mark Bertin

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Episode: Do You Have ADHD? | Dr. Mark Bertin

Mentioned as a book by the guest that was written in collaboration with someone who researched with Dr. Kristin Neff.

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my most recent book was actually in collaboration with someone who's done research with Kristen now so it's self-compassion for teen ADHD

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Alex Toussaint

Activate Your Greatness

This new book by Alex Toussaint was described as being both a memoir and a manual for achieving greatness. The book ties in many of the catchphrases and analogies he uses in his teaching to their originating foundation in his life story.

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His new book is called *Activate Your Greatness*.

— Episode: How to Be Great | Alex Toussaint

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Episode: How to Be Great | Alex Toussaint

This new book by Alex Toussaint was described as being both a memoir and a manual for achieving greatness. The book ties in many of the catchphrases and analogies he uses in his teaching to their originating foundation in his life story.

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His new book is called *Activate Your Greatness*.

It's called Activate Your Greatness, which is both memoir and manual.

The book is called Activate Your Greatness and that's a phrase I've heard you utter countless times while I'm internally complaining about what you're asking me to do what actually do you mean by it and how can we do it.

the book is called Activate Your Greatness coming this October I'm the one who did the voice overwork as well so you can get your audible read from your boy directly from the voice in the source

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Vybarr Cregan-Reid

Primate Change

How the world we made is remaking us

This was the most recent book by the guest professor, discussing how the world we created is reshaping our bodies, leading to the concept of "Anthropocene bodies."

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And my most recent book is, Primate Change How the World We Made Is Remaking Us.

— Episode: From the TED Radio Hour | Body Electric

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Episode: From the TED Radio Hour | Body Electric

This was the most recent book by the guest professor, discussing how the world we created is reshaping our bodies, leading to the concept of "Anthropocene bodies."

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And my most recent book is, Primate Change How the World We Made Is Remaking Us.

His latest book is Primate Change, how the world we made is remaking us.

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Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

This book was written after 'No Logo' and focused on corporate power by presenting an alternative history of the rise of free market economics.

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I wrote a book called The Shock Doctrine, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism which was an alternative history of the rise of free market economics

— Episode: Naomi Klein on How To Stay Sane In An In...

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Episode: Naomi Klein on How To Stay Sane In An Increasingly...

This book was written after 'No Logo' and focused on corporate power by presenting an alternative history of the rise of free market economics.

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I wrote a book called The Shock Doctrine, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism which was an alternative history of the rise of free market economics

This Changes Everything: How the Gospel Transforms the Teen Years Cover

Jaquelle Crowe

This Changes Everything

How the Gospel Transforms the Teen Years

This book, released in 2014, focused on the climate crisis, which the author continued to write about after its publication.

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and then my next book was called This Change Is Everything and it was about the climate crisis. And that came out in 2014.

— Episode: Naomi Klein on How To Stay Sane In An In...

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Episode: Naomi Klein on How To Stay Sane In An Increasingly...

This book, released in 2014, focused on the climate crisis, which the author continued to write about after its publication.

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and then my next book was called This Change Is Everything and it was about the climate crisis. And that came out in 2014.

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Mona Oikawa

Out Rage

Dykes and Bis Resist Homophobia

Naomi Wolf published this book, after which she faced intense public shaming on the BBC for a foundational error in her research regarding a misinterpreted historical phrase.

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after she published a book called Out Rages she went on a big BBC radio show and live on the air the host revealed to her that she had made a really foundational error in her research...

— Episode: Naomi Klein on How To Stay Sane In An In...

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Episode: Naomi Klein on How To Stay Sane In An Increasingly...

Naomi Wolf published this book, after which she faced intense public shaming on the BBC for a foundational error in her research regarding a misinterpreted historical phrase.

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after she published a book called Out Rages she went on a big BBC radio show and live on the air the host revealed to her that she had made a really foundational error in her research and misinterpreted a phrase in the historical records

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Jeffrey Foote PhD

The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends

Evidence-Based Skills to Help a Loved One Make Positive Change

This workbook was co-authored by the guest and presents the Invitation to Change approach, which is an evidence-based strategy for helping loved ones struggling with substance use.

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Carrie has also co-authored two books beyond addiction and The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends.

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Episode: A Controversial New Way To Think About Addiction |...

This workbook was co-authored by the guest and presents the Invitation to Change approach, which is an evidence-based strategy for helping loved ones struggling with substance use.

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Carrie has also co-authored two books beyond addiction and The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends.

Beyond addiction, the workbook for family and friends, that's the invitation to change approach.

Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change Cover

Jeffrey Foote

Beyond Addiction

How Science and Kindness Help People Change

This book was co-authored by the guest and discusses how to use the CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) model, focusing on science and kindness in behavior change.

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Carrie has also co-authored two books Beyond Addiction and the Beyond Addiction workbook for family and friends.

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This book was co-authored by the guest and discusses how to use the CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) model, focusing on science and kindness in behavior change.

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Carrie has also co-authored two books Beyond Addiction and the Beyond Addiction workbook for family and friends.

We wrote that about six years ago and that's all about craft really talks about how to use craft and how to think about behavior change in general and how to get your loved one into treatment, how to understand the treatment landscape which is a pretty messy landscape

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Thomas Merton

The Seven Storey Mountain

Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition

The speaker mentioned listening to this autobiography where Merton poignantly discussed the death of his father and argued that without a connection to God, one simply has to endure profound loss like a 'dumb animal.'

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God, you know, I was just listening to this wonderful autobiography by Thomas Merton and he's talking about when his father died and he's such a great writer and he's like, you feel it.

— Episode: Duncan Trussell on: Being a Spiritual Om...

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The speaker mentioned listening to this autobiography where Merton poignantly discussed the death of his father and argued that without a connection to God, one simply has to endure profound loss like a 'dumb animal.'

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God, you know, I was just listening to this wonderful autobiography by Thomas Merton and he's talking about when his father died and he's such a great writer and he's like, you feel it.

It's just so poignant but he was sort of talking about without some connection to God, you just have to take it. You just have to take it like a dumb animal.

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Bruce Feiler

Walking the Bible

A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

This was mentioned as Bruce Feiler's first book, which focused on spirituality.

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In fact his first book was called Walking the Bible.

— Episode: How To Find Meaningful Work in a Rapidly...

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This was mentioned as Bruce Feiler's first book, which focused on spirituality.

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In fact his first book was called Walking the Bible.

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Gene Luen Yang

Avatar

The Last Airbender--The Search Omnibus

This was presented as the author's latest book, offering a toolkit to help people navigate work transitions and find meaningful work in a post-career world.

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He's got a new book, which is why he's back on the show. The new book is called The Search, Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Coreer World.

— Episode: How To Find Meaningful Work in a Rapidly...

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Episode: How To Find Meaningful Work in a Rapidly Changing...

This was presented as the author's latest book, offering a toolkit to help people navigate work transitions and find meaningful work in a post-career world.

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He's got a new book, which is why he's back on the show. The new book is called The Search, Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Coreer World.

The search is built around what I call the three lies and one truth about work and the first lie is that you have a career.

No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work Cover

Liz Fosslien

No Hard Feelings

The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work

The speakers co-authored this book, which presented seven rules for managing emotions at work. They wrote it because they wished they had it when they were going through challenging, ultimately burnout-inducing job experiences.

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Liz and Molly are the co-authors of two books, No Hard Feelings, The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work, and then they followed that up with a book called Big Feelings.

— Episode: How to Handle Your Emotions at Work | Li...

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Episode: How to Handle Your Emotions at Work | Liz Fosslien...

The speakers co-authored this book, which presented seven rules for managing emotions at work. They wrote it because they wished they had it when they were going through challenging, ultimately burnout-inducing job experiences.

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Liz and Molly are the co-authors of two books, No Hard Feelings, The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work, and then they followed that up with a book called Big Feelings.

And so the first book we wrote No Hard Feelings was very much the book that we wish we had had as we were going through these really challenging experiences of again getting those jobs that at first we thought were the successful job right like I think we were both really excited and proud of what we had achieved.

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Liz Fosslien

Big Feelings

How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay

This was the follow-up book to *No Hard Feelings*, and a concept from it--that well-being and resting are the foundation for everything else--was mentioned.

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Liz and Molly are the co-authors of two books, No Hard Feelings, The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work, and then they followed that up with a book called Big Feelings.

— Episode: How to Handle Your Emotions at Work | Li...

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Episode: How to Handle Your Emotions at Work | Liz Fosslien...

This was the follow-up book to *No Hard Feelings*, and a concept from it--that well-being and resting are the foundation for everything else--was mentioned.

"

Liz and Molly are the co-authors of two books, No Hard Feelings, The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work, and then they followed that up with a book called Big Feelings.

One of the things we write in our second book, Big Feelings actually in the chapter on burnout is that your well-being and resting and recharging is the foundation for everything else that you do.

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Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Rest

Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

The host mentioned this book and its author, who had previously been on the show, when discussing the idea that rest and work are two sides of the same coin.

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I could also imagine that and I've heard this argument articulated by people like Alex Sujung Kim Peng who wrote a book called Rest, he's come on the show before and his work has been...

— Episode: How to Handle Your Emotions at Work | Li...

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The host mentioned this book and its author, who had previously been on the show, when discussing the idea that rest and work are two sides of the same coin.

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I could also imagine that and I've heard this argument articulated by people like Alex Sujung Kim Peng who wrote a book called Rest, he's come on the show before and his work has been influential for me and his argument is that Rest and work are two sides of the same coin.

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Erin Meyer

The Culture Map

Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

This book, which discusses cross-cultural team dynamics across eight different scales including emotional expression, was recommended for those working on international teams.

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there's a great book when we reference called The Culture Map by Aaron Meyer which I recommend anyone who works with cross cultural teams which is most of us at this point and she loo...

— Episode: How to Handle Your Emotions at Work | Li...

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Episode: How to Handle Your Emotions at Work | Liz Fosslien...

This book, which discusses cross-cultural team dynamics across eight different scales including emotional expression, was recommended for those working on international teams.

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there's a great book when we reference called The Culture Map by Aaron Meyer which I recommend anyone who works with cross cultural teams which is most of us at this point and she looked at what are the most common ways that cross cultural teams disagree and there's like eight different scales and one of them is on emotional expression

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Ethan Kross

Chatter

The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It

The book's teachings were described as a form of internal counter programming where one talks back to their thoughts, which was listed as one of the five categories of personal development tools the speaker used.

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Dr. Ethan Cross at the University of Michigan wrote a book called Chatter and the way I would describe what he is teaching is a kind of internal counter programming where you kind of...

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The book's teachings were described as a form of internal counter programming where one talks back to their thoughts, which was listed as one of the five categories of personal development tools the speaker used.

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Dr. Ethan Cross at the University of Michigan wrote a book called Chatter and the way I would describe what he is teaching is a kind of internal counter programming where you kind of talk back to your thoughts

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