There’s an old joke that you’re not crazy if you talk to yourself. You’re only crazy if you reply. But some recent research suggests it might actually be the other way around. People who talk at and ...

Negativity from another person is bad enough, but when it comes from your own head, that's rough. Self-talk is what you say to yourself, in your head. It is the monologue running through your mind as ...

Turns out, that inner dialogue could be one of your most powerful wellness tools. I’ve been talking to myself out loud since I was a young girl—at home, on the playground, at the grocery store, you ...

When Ellie Shoja goes for a walk, she slips on her headphones and starts talking—but there’s no other voice ricocheting through the speakers. It’s merely a convenient way to disguise the fact that she ...

Everyone has a few comforting quirks that they only indulge in behind closed doors. For some, it’s lying on the floor to relax. For others, it’s talking to themselves out loud. These unhinged habits ...

I’ve been talking to myself out loud since I was a young girl—at home, on the playground, at the grocery store, you name it. But what started out as a seemingly weird quirk I thought I’d grow out of ...

I was at a conference where the speaker posed the question, “Do you talk to yourself?” My immediate reaction was, “I don’t talk to myself.” So maybe I do. But talking to yourself is a useful way to ...