How to look past the chatter and manage your inner voice Posted MonMonday 1 updated TueTuesday 2 MarMarch 2021 at 2:23am Your inner voice can be a problem-solving 'superpower' but can also be an emotional echo chamber. ( Share Print text only It can be tough to manage your inner voice. That little critic in your head can help you wade through some of life's biggest challenges — but it can also be a cruel tormentor living rent-free in your mind. Professor Ethan Kross, a psychologist and neuroscientist at the University of Michigan, has spent the last 20 years researching how we evolved to live with this internal dialogue.