When Ellie Shoja goes for a walk, she slips on her headphones and starts talking—but there’s no other voice ricocheting through the speakers. It’s merely a convenient way to disguise the ...

A cat owner who heard unusual, loud voices in the middle of the night was left speechless when he got out of bed to ...

Writer tells about a friend who talked out loud to his muscles, a practice he found effective & necessary. In a footnote he refers to his previous story "The Case in Favor of Talking Out Loud to ...

Her long-unpublished novel was the culmination of a years-long fascination. What does it reveal about her fraught views on civil rights?

Do you ever talk to yourself? Out loud? Here, a psychotherapist explains why we do it, and offers tips on how to reap the mental health benefits of your self-talking habit, too. In a pre-Covid ...

The key to finding your center starts with the words you say aloud. Talking out loud to oneself is called external self-talk. This practice helps you to be centered and better cope with stress.