Self Talk

4.7

You would not speak to a friend the way you speak to yourself on a bad Thursday. This book hands you a different sentence and a reason to use it.

Soft floral backdrop behind the cover of Self Talk
Front cover of the book Self Talk

Pages

136

Reading time

3 hours

Category

Mindset

Published

You would not speak to a friend the way you speak to yourself at the end of a bad Thursday. The voice you use on yourself decides what you attempt next. This is a short book about changing it.

What you will walk away with

A record of what you say

One week of catching the sentence you reach for when something goes wrong, in your own words.

A replacement that holds up

How to swap that sentence for one that is true and still gets you back to the work.

A test for your own advice

Would you say it out loud to someone you like? The answer sorts most of it.

Who it is for

Anyone who works hard and still ends the day feeling behind. If you can name your failures faster than your wins, start here.

Thank you all <3

Readers, three months later

Readers, three months later

  • I’d started four books this year and finished none of them. I read this one in two sittings, then finally finished the thing I’d been avoiding since January.

    Sarah Chen

    Reader in Toronto

  • I stopped checking my phone before I got out of bed. That one change has done more for my mood than anything else I’ve tried.

    Photo of the reader who left this quote

    Maya Ellis

    Reader in Bristol

  • I read the chapter on saying no twice. My evenings are mine again, and my family noticed before I did.

    Priya Raman

    Reader in Leeds

  • Bought one. Read it in a weekend. Bought the rest that Monday. Three years later I still reread the chapter on finishing every January.

    Nina Alvarez

    Reader in Mexico City

  • I’ve read every book like this. It’s the first one that didn’t make me feel behind. It made me feel like I could start.

    Lina Torres

    Reader in Madrid

  • It didn’t hand me a system. It took three things off my plate and explained why they were there. I’ve been calmer ever since.

    Grace Okafor

    Reader in Lagos

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