Lesson 4: Talking to Others | Ethan Kross

You’ve likely experienced a difficult situation you needed to talk through with someone else. But have you ever noticed that after venting, you still feel stressed? One definition of the word vent is “the expression or release of a strong emotion.” However, you may wonder, “How do I move past expressing an emotion to releasing it?”

In this lesson, psychologist Ethan Kross explains how to share your mental “chatter” more productively.

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About Ethan Kross:

Ethan Kross is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. An award-winning professor and bestselling author in the University of Michigan’s top ranked Psychology Department and its Ross School of Business, he studies how the conversations people have with themselves impact their health, performance, decisions and relationships.