"Boomerasking" is a conversational trick where questions are used to talk about oneself. Behavioral researchers found it's perceived as insincere, regardless of good intentions. Boomerasking is one 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 ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. When Ellie Shoja goes for a walk, she slips on her headphones and starts talking—but there’s no other ...

It's hard to get much done in psychotherapy without talking about yourself. Yet, one of the most common problems for people in therapy is the feeling that initiating a conversation and talking about ...

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 ...

Self talk has been misconstrued as weird or awkward socially. Nevertheless, according to the current psychology, the opposite is true, that self- talk is a strong mental tool that is associated with ...

The ability to answer "Tell me about yourself" during a job interview could determine if you get the offer. Here's how to prepare.