Everybody talks to themselves, and millions of people struggle with the toll negative self-talk takes on our minds, bodies, and relationships. But problems with self-talk vary dramatically from one person to the next, ranging from mild but persistent inner criticism to full-blown self-loathing or the pain of internalized social bias.      Based on over a decade of experience working with hundreds of individuals, psychologist and mindfulness teacher Rachel Turow offers the “self-talk workout”—six doable exercises to help you replace self-criticism with self-kindness. Strategies such as ”Nonjudgment (or at least a lot less judgment),” ”Fail forward,” and ”Spot the success” require just a few minutes a day and work together to build a cycle of positive reinforcement.    Each chapter features a “core exercise” and a section on “what does it look like when this exercise is working,” encouraging your progress. Sharing stories from her own life and experiences as a psychotherapist, as well as lessons from respected public figures such as Michelle Obama and Thich Nhat Hanh, Turow shows that the burden of negative self-talk need not go on forever: the way we talk to ourselves is workable.