Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsMeet Celeste HeadleeWhy Celeste Headlee Is Mentally StrongWhat You’ll Hear on the ShowWhat You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental StrengthQuotes From CelesteMore About the Podcast
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Table of Contents
Meet Celeste Headlee
Why Celeste Headlee Is Mentally Strong
What You’ll Hear on the Show
What You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental Strength
Quotes From Celeste
More About the Podcast
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OnThe Verywell Mind Podcast, Amy Morin, LCSW, interviews experts, authors, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and other inspirational people about the strategies that help them think, feel, and do their best in life.
Celeste Headlee is a journalist, author, speaker, and co-host of Retro Report, a weekly series on PBS.
She’s the author of several books includingWe Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That MatterandDo Nothing.
Her TEDx 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.
Many relationship problems and mental health issues stem from communication problems. Communication mistakes, like avoiding uncomfortable subjects and delivering bad news in an unhelpful manner, contribute to a lot of suffering in life.
Celeste is invested in teaching people how to communicate differently. She tackles uncomfortable subjects and wants other people to know that talking about difficult topics can be the key to healing.
Whether you want to create a boundary with your mother who gives you unsolicited advice or you want to bring up your concern about your friend’s drug use, it’s tempting to avoid tough subjects. But avoiding those conversations can take a serious toll on your emotional well-being.
It takes mental strength to speak up and to listen to others who don’t share your viewpoints. And although those conversations may be distressing, they can help you feel better in the long term.
Holding uncomfortable conversations can improve your relationships. However, they can also create positive changes that might reduce your distress.
Fortunately, there are skills you can learn to help you hold better conversations. And Celeste is teaching people how to develop those skills to tackle uncomfortable subjects and become better communicators.
Celeste HeadleeAll of the other problems that we have, no matter how tragic, transient and difficult—whether it be climate change, whether it be vaccinations, whether it be the pandemic period—all of those things are impossible to solve without good communication.
Celeste Headlee
All of the other problems that we have, no matter how tragic, transient and difficult—whether it be climate change, whether it be vaccinations, whether it be the pandemic period—all of those things are impossible to solve without good communication.
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