- Increased life span
- Lower rates of depression
- Lower levels of distress
- Greater resistance to the common cold
- Better psychological and physical well-being
- Better cardiovascular health and reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease
- Better coping skills during hardships and times of stress

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Self-talk is comprised of statements, regardless
of whether they are covert or overt, to the self, not to others. Content of self-talk impacts intrapersonal communication and has a tangible effect on the speaker. 

Definition of Self Talk

Sparks, Dana. “Mayo Mindfulness: Overcoming Negative Self-Talk - Mayo Clinic News Network.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 29 May 2019, https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-mindfulness-overcoming-negative-self-talk/. 

Mayo Mindfulness: Overcoming negative self-talk

The four types of self-talk are labled by functional designations and are as follows: 
- self-critical (assessment of negative events)
- self-reinforcing (the assessment of positive events)
- self-managing (general self-regulation behavior)
- social assessing (the assessment of social interactions)

Four types of Self Talk

Health benefits of positive self talk

Mindfulness-based interventions commonly include training
in emotional regulation skills and psychologists have theorized that self-regulation could be a conditional variable for the effectiveness of mindfulness-based treatment. 

Self Talk and Mindfulness

Self-talk is the way one speaks of and to themself, whether it be to other people or within oneself. Negative self-talk both reflects negative internal energy and further feeds into it. 

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