When you are talking to yourself, is there anyone listening?

When you are talking to yourself, is there anyone listening?

Do you often find yourself chatting with your inner voice? If yes, you are not the only one. Inner dialogue refers to speaking words in one's own voice, and according to some estimations, people spend one fourth of their life engaged in an inner dialogue. 

While talking to ourselves, we still preserve some dynamics of social exchange by engaging in an internal dialogue similar to conversing with another person. In that sense, someone - an imaginary person - is listening to our inner conversations. Inner talk has a substantial role in creation of ourselves and meaningful autobiographical narratives are constructed through inner speech.

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What is a good life?
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What is a good life?

Do you ever wonder what makes a good life or how to make the most of your remaining days? 

Research shows that a good life is often linked to happiness or a sense of meaning. A happy life is connected to things like contentment, joy, security, and stability, often including financial security, close relationships, and an optimistic mindset. Personal satisfaction plays a central role. A meaningful life, on the other hand, is linked to a greater purpose, coherence, and principles - life seems to have a more purpose than just the pursuit of personal happiness. Meaningful life aims to make a (societal) impact. 

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Mindfulness in coaching

Mindfulness in coaching

Mindfulness refers to a heightened non-judgmental awareness in the experiences of the present moment such as body sensations, thoughts, or emotions. Long-lasting mindfulness meditation practice helps to enhance attention control, emotion regulation, and self-awareness, and thus, mindfulness practices have been increasingly incorporated into coaching or psychotherapeutic interventions.

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The impact of using a non-native language in coaching or counseling: How are emotions, empathy, and trust affected?
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The impact of using a non-native language in coaching or counseling: How are emotions, empathy, and trust affected?

Acquisition of a mother tongue occurs in emotionally rich and diverse contexts while foreign languages are typically acquired in academic environments, resulting in non-identical emotional reactivity in response to native and foreign languages. Sometimes we might even experience an emotional distance when engaged in conversation in a foreign language.

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