The following is a list of sources used in my most recent podcast episode, which you can download here.
- Harvard Health article on the placebo effect.
- Medical News Today on the placebo effect.
- Healthline on the benefits of Positive Self Talk.
- Research shows that self-talk improves performance in athletes.
- NPR on the link between self-talk and body image in eating disorder patients. (This article also mentions how imagining doing something uses the same parts of the brain as if you actually did it.)
- Psychology Today on constructing effective self talk.
- Info on positive affirmations.
- Imagination uses the same neurological pathways as doing things for real.
- Visualizing an image uses the same part of the brain as when you actually look at something.
- The Power of Visualization.
- Visualization/Guided Imagery in the treatment of Breast Cancer.
Sam Wise 
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