Life is very good at throwing different problems and issues along our way. Sometimes, it gets to the point that we think about things way too much and we need to force ourselves to just stop thinking, or else we’ll never survive or solve these problems. A lot of mantras and tips online on how to relax usually just tell you to ‘empty your mind,’ or ‘respect your inner child.’ But how in the world do you actually do that? Because let’s get real, meditating does not work all the time. Psychologist and professor at the University of Michigan Ethan Kross sat down with Inverse to talk about how to help ourselves not to fully stop the inner voice in our brains, but to master and keep them at bay. Read more about it here.
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