Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

Your life can reflect the words you speak. “A gracious word may smooth the way / A joyous word may light the day / A timely word may lessen stress / A loving word may heal and bless.” Hence, could it ...

You have the power to get through the hard times with a booster shot of positive self-talk. Self-talk is exactly what it sounds like: It’s how we talk to ourselves, our internal dialogue. When our ...

Positive self-talk is a great tool for personal growth, as well as overcoming mood disorders. It can take the form of affirmations, internal dialogue or prayer. You can choose the method that works ...

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 you’re on the spot, be it during a job interview, a big presentation at work, or a midterm exam, how do you respond? Do you start to sweat and shake? Do you have trouble forming sentences? Or are ...

Researchers studying over 20,000 daily experiences found that people mostly talk to themselves in the first person, while ...

That little voice in your head – or sometimes the one that escapes your lips – is a constant companion. Self-talk, the act of internally or externally verbalizing thoughts, has often been stigmatized ...

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 ...