From Inner Critic to Inner Coach: Taming the “Chatter” Inside Our Heads

2675 North Harrison Street,Shawnee OK 74804

28 June, 2022

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From Inner Critic to Inner Coach: Taming the “Chatter” Inside Our Heads From Inner Critic to Inner Coach: Taming the “Chatter” Inside Our HeadsWe all have a voice in our head. This voice helps shape our lives, work, and relationships. When we talk to ourselves, we hope to tap into our inner coach but often find our inner critic instead. “Chatter” is the negative side of self-talk and can tank our health, sink our moods, strain our social connections, and cause us to fold under pressure. The good news is we already have the tools needed to make our inner voice work in our favor. This presentation will highlight these tools are and how to use them to harness our chatter. Join us on Tuesday, June 28th for a Lunch and Learn with Dr. Steven Aragon to learn how to tame our chatter! Dr. Steven Aragon has been the Equity/Diversity Specialist at the Oklahoma Department of CareerTech since September 2019. Prior to joining the agency, he was a faculty member in the colleges of education at the University of Illinois and Texas State University including serving as Interim Department Head of Human Resource Education at Illinois. His teaching and research focused on multicultural education, social justice, and equity and inclusion practices geared towards the retention and learning success of diverse high school and community college students which he now applies through his work with Oklahoma tech centers and sending schools. Dr. Aragon served on numerous national committees of the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), is Past-President of the Association for Career and Technical Education Research (ACTER), former editor of the Career and Technical Education Research (CTER) Journal and conducted CTE research funded by the previous Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE). He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of New Mexico and is currently working on a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of Oklahoma.