Hello everybody.

My guest today is a clinical psychologist who prizes freedom of speech and independent thinking.

She believes freedom of thought and speech are essential to mental health as well as to the quality of media and academic research.

Do the words freedom of speech

rub you or someone you know the wrong way? I think you're going to enjoy my guest today.

Dr. Chloe Carmichael is a clinical psychologist and the best-selling author of Nervous Energy

Harness the Power of Your Anxiety. Her latest book, Can I Say That, Why Free Speech Matters

on How to Use It Fearlessly, Explores the psychological impact of censorship and the mental

health benefits of honest unfiltered dialogue. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, has

trained at major hospitals in New York York and regularly consults with global organizations

on emotional resilience and communication. Her work has been featured everywhere from the New

York Times to ABC Nightline, and she's someone deeply committed to helping people think clearly,

speak freely, and live more authentically. Did I leave anything out?

No, that's exactly correct. Yeah, it explores those

benefits and gives practical tips on how to do it. I love it. I'm excited about this chat.

I have a lot of questions for you today. Why this book, why was this book important for you to

write? Well, I was honestly kind of alarmed as a psychologist

watching this rise in cancel culture. And even on myself, I noticed I even myself had become

afraid to say things that I knew were just absolutely true or that I believed to be true, that I

believed to be common sense.

Not that I thought everybody had to agree with me, but I just noticed I felt like I couldn't

even speak my peace.

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