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Talking to Yourself

In 2012, a 14-year-old Pakistani girl received one of the most 
frightening messages imaginable: a terrorist group was plotting to kill 
her.



Her name was Malala Yousafzai, and two years later, after recovering 
from a gunshot wound to the face, she would become the youngest Nobel 
Peace Prize Laureate. But in that initial moment, when she had just 
heard about the threat against her life, she found herself focusing 
inward trying to make sense of her situation. 



When we're stressed, turning inward is a common response—but it often backfires. Instead of making us feel better, it leads us to experience chatter.



Chatter is the cycle of negative thoughts and feelings that turn our 
capacity for introspection into a vulnerability rather than a 
strength—we worry, ruminate, and catastrophize rather than come up with 
clear solutions for how to improve our circumstances. And chatter is 
even more common now, given the turbulence of a once-in-a-century 
pandemic, a racial reckoning, and extreme political polarization.