97 - Learn Ways to Have a Better Conversation with Best-Selling Author Celeste Headlee

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Celeste Headlee is a journalist, speaker, and co-host of Retro Report, a weekly series on PBS. She’s also the author of several books including We Need to Talk and Do Nothing. Her TED Talk, "10 ways to have a better conversation," is one of the most viewed talks of all time. She’s a well-respected expert in communication and how to hold uncomfortable conversations. Some of the things she talks about in this episode are how to hold difficult conversations with people, how to become better at making conversation, and how to deliver bad news effectively. 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.
0:47.4	Okay. I'm talking to Celeste Hadley about how to have better conversations.
0:51.7	Celeste is a journalist, TEDx speaker, and a best-selling author.
0:56.2	I recently read her book, We Need to Talk, How to Have Conversations That Matter. And I loved it. It was filled with simple and effective recommendations for becoming a
1:01.9	better communicator. I invited her to be on the show to talk about it because right now, so many
1:06.8	people seem to be struggling with figuring out how do you talk to someone? Most of us haven't had
1:12.4	that many in-person conversations for over a year. And there are so many polarizing issues people
1:18.0	are struggling to talk about right now. On the show today, she talks about how to have better
1:22.7	conversations with people and not just about tough topics, but how you can communicate better with anyone.
1:29.5	As a therapist, I happen to know that communication problems are at the heart of most
1:34.1	relationship issues, as well as many of our struggles with mental health. So I think everyone
1:39.7	can learn something from the tips that Celeste shares. Make sure to stick around until the end of the
1:44.9	episode for the therapist take. It's a part of the show where I'll break down Celeste's mental
1:49.7	strength strategies and share how you can apply them to your own life. So here's Celeste Headley
1:55.1	on how becoming a better communicator and make your girl mentally stronger. Celeste Headley,
2:00.7	welcome to the very well-mind
2:01.8	podcast. Thank you for asking me. So I know that you have a couple of books under your belt,
2:08.7	but the one I really want to talk about for the most part today is we need to talk because I found
2:14.1	that book to be so helpful. I know you did a TED talk about this and I think it's got like 25 million views. So clearly people are interested in hearing more about conversations.
2:25.2	I was just going to say that during the pandemic, there's been a spike in sales. Yeah, I think. And do you think that's because people are sitting at home and they're
2:35.7	with their partner for the first time and they're thinking, what do we even talk about?
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