Chatter

Chatter examines the inner monologue - that endless stream of self-talk - and the ways it can spiral into corrosive rumination that harms our decisions, relationships and health. Kross, who directs a psychology lab at the University of Michigan, translates his research into practical tools: distanced self-talk, ritual, time in nature, the careful use of other people.

The result is a rare self-help book built on solid science and delivered without hype. intendle recommends it for anyone whose mind replays arguments at 3 a.m. or talks them out of things they want to do. An instant New York Times bestseller and a #1 Wall Street Journal business bestseller, translated into dozens of languages, it makes the most intimate part of our mental life newly legible.