(Self)Talking Your Way Out of Just About Anything | John Mohl | TEDxCheltenham

The power of suggestion is often overlooked and undervalued, and it can have a significant positive impact on one’s health, ability to learn, and performance in accomplishing tasks. One way of utilizing this tool is through self-talk. This presentation emphasizes the importance of constructive self-talk and its role in personal development. Research that has found promising uses of self-talk and suggestion, ranging from the facilitation of the medicinal effects to the reduction of implicit bias, will be discussed. An explanation as to why many people’s attempts to engage in self-talk are often unsuccessful and sometimes detrimental will be presented. Finally, strategies for engaging in effective self-talk to improve one’s quality of life will be provided.
Dr. John Mohl teaches psychology at Cheltenham High School and Bucks County Community College in Newtown, Pennsylvania. His experimental research program investigates various facets of consciousness and phenomenology, including fantasy proneness, hypnosis and suggestibility, and anomalous experiences. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Society of Psychological Hypnosis of the American Psychological Association and the Program Committee of the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. He has to his credit eight scholarly publications and over 20 professional conference presentations.
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