91 - Why It Benefits You to Become a Better Listener with Psychiatrist Mark Goulston

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Today's guest is Dr. Mark Goulston, a psychiatrist who learned the value of listening to people. His wisdom has led him to become a consultant to many major organizations as well as a hostage negotiator trainer. He is also the author of several best-selling books, including Just Listen, Get Out of Your Own Way, and Talking to Crazy. On today's episode, Dr. Goulston explains the benefits you'll gain when you become a better listener, how your listening skills benefit others, and how to start sharpening your listening skills today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.
0:22.9	This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.
0:46.2	Okay. Today we're talking about how to improve your communication.
0:51.0	But we're not going to talk about how to become better at small talk or how to be more persuasive or anything like that. Instead, we're talking about listening.
0:56.0	Becoming a better listener could be the most powerful thing you could do to change your relationships
0:59.7	and even change someone else's life. My guest today is Dr. Mark Goulston. He's a psychiatrist,
1:07.4	executive coach, and a consultant to many major organizations. He's also the best-selling
1:12.8	author of several great books, including Just Listen. On today's show, he shares why it benefits
1:18.7	you to become a better listener, the exact steps you can take to encourage other people to talk more,
1:24.5	and the strategies that can sharpen your listening skills right now. Make sure to stick
1:29.0	around until the end of the episode for The Therapist Take. It's the part of the show where I break
1:33.6	down my guest strategies and share how you can start applying them to your own life. So here's Dr.
1:39.3	Goldston on how becoming a better listener can help you grow mentally stronger. Dr. Mark Gouldston, welcome to the Very Well Mind Podcast.
1:47.2	It's great to be here with you, Amy.
1:49.4	So you and I met a few weeks ago when I got to be a guest on your show.
1:54.4	And I am on several podcasts a week.
1:57.0	And a lot of times when I go on podcasts, people have a prescribed list of questions. Maybe
2:01.4	they're going to get through five, ten questions, and 30 minutes. And no matter what kind of
2:06.5	answers I give, we move on to the next question. My experience being on your show is much
2:11.1	different. You didn't seem to have a really strict agenda. You asked some questions.
2:15.7	And then whatever I answered, you had another amazing follow-up
2:18.8	question to that. So I wasn't surprised to learn that you've written a book about listening.
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