This week, a conversation with health and wellness guru, Systema For Life regular, and possessor of relentlessly regular bowel movements. Here, we ponder the subject of self-talk, which one way or the other has become louder and more frequent over the last, lonely year. We're often told by therapists, leadership gurus, and cocky celebrities that self-talk is all-important - the difference between success and failure. But how important is self-talk, really? What role does it play in our health, our decisions, and our self-development?Here, we discuss: * Positive and negative self-talk * The problem of excessive thinking and rumination * Cognitive (versus behavioural or body-based) solutions * Progressive / attenuated experience as the antidote to fear and self-doubt Follow Howie at plantyourself.com (plantyourself.com), and buy his book (co-authored with Josh Lajaunie) Sick to Fit (https://www.amazon.com/Sick-Fit-techniques-Runners-Morning-ebook/dp/B07L1BWPD6), on Amazon.com.