If your inner critic's voice says, "see those people over in the corner, they're all laughing and probably talking about me and laughing at my new hair style." you can fight back by telling yourself:

If your inner voice begins to tell you that the people who are laughing and talking in the corner are probably making fun of your new hairstyle, you can fight back by telling yourself it was more likely that the moment you walked in the door was the exact same time that someone in the corner told a really funny joke and everyone was laughing at it. Tell yourself to go say hello to them instead because they look like they are having a lot of fun.

Americans often speak of their country as one of several large regions.  these regions are cultural units rather than governmental units --  formed by history and geography and shaped by the economics, literature and folkways that all the parts of a region share. what makes one region different from another? a region's multicultural heritage as well as distinct demographic characteristics like age and occupation make regions different and special. within several regions, language is used differently and there are strong dialects. there are also differences in outlook and attitude based on geography.