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QUESTION EVERYTHINGTools For Deeper Connection: How To Have Better Conversations with Celeste Headlee— TED’s Most-Watched Expert on CommunicationCeleste Headlee: journalist, bestselling author, NPR host, and one of TED’s most-watched speakers (31 million views+) has spent decades studying the art (and science) of conversation. But she didn’t always get it right. In fact, she says she used to be “the worst.” In this episode, Celeste shares how she rewired her communication style, what most people get wrong about connection, and the powerful tools anyone can use to become a better conversationalist. Celeste shares: How to start a conversation when you don’t know what to say Why the common advice about conversation (like “maintain eye contact”) do...2025-05-291h 06
It's a Good LifeS2E298 We Need to Talk - How to Have Better Conversations with Celeste HeadleeIn today’s technological world, people feel less connected and more divided than ever before. In this episode, Celeste Headlee shares why real conversations matter so much and why we need to start talking to one another if we want to survive as a species. YOU WILL LEARN:· The difference between communicating and conversing.· The importance of listening.· Actionable steps to improve conversation. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: celesteheadlee.com TED Talk headwaytraining.org “We Need to...2025-05-2731 minIt's a Good LifeS2E298 We Need to Talk - How to Have Better Conversations with Celeste HeadleeIn today’s technological world, people feel less connected and more divided than ever before. In this episode, Celeste Headlee shares why real conversations matter so much and why we need to start talking to one another if we want to survive as a species. YOU WILL LEARN:· The difference between communicating and conversing.· The importance of listening.· Actionable steps to improve conversation. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: celesteheadlee.com TED Talk headwaytraining.org “We Need to...2025-05-2731 min
How To Talk To Kids About AnythingHow to Talk to Kids about having meaningful conversations that matter with Celeste HeadleeSpecial Guest: Celeste Headlee
Celeste Headlee is the host of "On Second Thought" at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta and has been a host and correspondent for NPR and PRI since 2006. She is the author of the book, We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter (Harper Wave, September 19), a practical guide to the lost art of conversation. Celeste’s TEDx Talk sharing 10 ways to have a better conversation was listed as one of the most watched TED Talks in 2016 (CNBC) and named the #1 must-watch TED Talk by Glassdoor (with over 11 million total views to date...2025-03-1800 min
How To Talk To Kids About AnythingHow to Talk to Kids about having meaningful conversations that matter with Celeste HeadleeSpecial Guest: Celeste Headlee
Celeste Headlee is the host of "On Second Thought" at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta and has been a host and correspondent for NPR and PRI since 2006. She is the author of the book, We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter (Harper Wave, September 19), a practical guide to the lost art of conversation. Celeste’s TEDx Talk sharing 10 ways to have a better conversation was listed as one of the most watched TED Talks in 2016 (CNBC) and named the #1 must-watch TED Talk by Glassdoor (with over 11 million total views to date...2025-03-1853 min
The Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Do Nothing: Our Toxic Relationship with Work and What to Do About It, with Celeste Headlee (rebroadcast)Happy New Year everyone! As you contemplate your resolutions for 2025, sit back and listen to Celeste Headlee's pitch for... Doing Nothing. It's a replay of one of our favorite episodes of 2024, and we're hoping it helps you kick off the new year on the right foot. Enjoy.“People who overwork - more than 55 hours a week - which is most Americans, will die younger. Not that it's correlated with early death. It causes it. This is serious”.Celeste Headlee wants to start a revolution.In her new book Do Nothing: How to Break Away...2025-01-0132 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Do Nothing: Our Toxic Relationship with Work and What to Do About It, with Celeste Headlee“People who overwork - more than 55 hours a week - which is most Americans, will die younger. Not that it's correlated with early death. It causes it. This is serious”.Celeste Headlee wants to start a revolution.In her new book Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, she’s asking out loud the question we’ve likely all been wondering: Why are we so obsessed with productivity and efficiency? Even when it's making us miserable?Celeste is an award-winning author and broadcast journalist with NPR and PBS. She’s also a p...2024-08-1432 min
MGMA PodcastsMGMA Insights: Celeste Headlee on Beating Burnout and Reclaiming Work-life BalanceIn this episode of the MGMA Insights Podcast, host Daniel Williams welcomes journalist, author and public speaker Celeste Headlee to discuss themes from her book Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving. Headlee shares her personal experiences and surprising insights from her research along with practical strategies for finding balance and reclaiming one's sense of self.Key Takeaways:Sharing her personal journey into addressing burnout, Headlee discusses the parallels between the demands of journalism and the medical field while noting the common links of burnout in journalism and healthcare.As Headlee researched...2024-08-1436 min
Marriage Kids and Money: Personal Finance for FamiliesParents, It's Okay to Do Nothing | Celeste Headlee (BEST OF MKM)Feeling overworked and overstressed? As a parent, I have experienced this way too much for my liking. According to our guest Celeste Headlee, it may be time for us all to do nothing!In today’s “Best of Marriage Kids And Money” episode from 2022, Celeste Headlee, internationally recognized journalist and radio host, professional speaker and author, shares how to fight back against the overworking lifestyle.RESOURCES:Sponsors + Partners + DealsGUEST BIO:Celeste Headlee is an internationally recognized journalist and radio host, professional speaker and author of Do Nothing: How to...2024-05-2732 min
Beyond the Mic with Sean DillonSweet Secrets Sours "Big Sugar" : Celeste Headlee explains"It is time for the reckoning for the sugar industry, which is another massive industry that is cloaked in secrecy, that has manipulated the science of what we know about sugar." Award-winning journalist Celeste Headlee delves into the secretive multi-billion-dollar world of the sugar industry in her latest podcast "Big Sugar." Join her Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon as she uncovers hidden truths and the impact of big sugar on our lives. Celeste pulls back the curtain on this powerful industry including one story that will amaze you. Get your coffee ready and listen to Celeste H...2024-03-1608 min
9natree[Review] Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving (Celeste Headlee) SummarizedThe book information. Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081K7ZSLZ?tag=9natree-20 Read more: https://mybook.top/read/B081K7ZSLZ/ #worklifebalance #stressmanagement #digitaldetox #mindfulness #productivitymyth #historicalworkculture #restandhealth These are takeaways from this book. Firstly, The History of Work and Leisure, Celeste Headlee delves into the historical evolution of work and leisure to lay the foundation for understanding our current crisis of overwork. She traces back to the pre-industrial era when work and life were more intertwined but less invasive, through to the industrial revolution, which introduced the notion of work-time and off-time. Headlee illustrates how...2024-03-1305 min
Depression Detox Show | Daily Inspirational Talks694 | Celeste Headlee: "Apologies Are Rough."Speaker, author, and journalist Celeste Headlee is giving us the most essential communication rules. Source: Celeste Headlee, Communication Keynote SpeakerConnect with Celeste Headlee: Website: https://celesteheadlee.comInstagram: celesteheadleeBook: We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter Previous Episodes:360 | Celeste Headlee: "Enter Every Conversation Assuming That You Have Something To Learn."Hosted by Malikee Josephs (Pronoun...2024-02-0810 min
The Author's CornerEpisode #123: Overcoming Bias in Books with Celeste HeadleeSummary:The human species is the only species on earth that suffers from confirmation bias. And with today’s divisive political climate, confirmation bias is on the rise. Bias is inevitable. It’s impossible to know the experience of every single person, so you must speak from your own. But how do you, as an author, combat the biases that show up in your writing? What can you do to ensure that you’re not inadvertently alienating or excluding segments of your audience?In episode #123 of The Author’s Corner, Robin is joined by Celest...2023-10-2640 min
I Am Refocused RadioCeleste Headlee, host of the podcast Big SugarABOUT BIG SUGAR Come explore the secretive, multi-billion-dollar sugar industry and the epic court battle that exposes how sugar is grown, cultivated and sold. Big Sugar is a deep dive into the inner workings of the industry. Hear firsthand from the workers, lawyers and journalists exposing the lies, exploitation and ultimately the truth. We travel from the Oval Office to the nightclubs of Havana to the sugarcane fields of Florida. This is a story of our time, an untold story that focuses on human rights, lobbying, nutrition and the environment. Hosted by Celeste Headlee. Episodes available...2023-08-3110 min
Beyond the Mic with Sean DillonHelp Catch the Freeway Phantom with Celeste HeadleeCarol Spinks, Darlenia Johnson, Brenda Crockett, Nenomoshia Yates, Brenda Woodard and Diane Williams were murdered and discarded alongside D.C. highways in the early 1970’s. Podcaster Celeste Headlee host of “Freeway Phantom” wants to solve this crime. Maybe you can help. Time for a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.Welcome Celeste Headlee:We’re joined on the Starline by a radio journalist, bestselling author, speaker and former opera singer. Her latest project is a podcast on a 50 year old cold case investigating the deaths of six young women around the DC freeways. It’s called “Freeway Phan...2023-08-2009 min
Harvesting Happiness Talk RadioConversationally Connected: More Meaningful Talk with Celeste HeadleeWhen we put down our digital devices and engage with others through personal interactions and conversations, our brains sync up, we build rapport and form relationships. The human voice transmits a plethora of information, including our emotional state, which assists the people interested in our well-being to respond accordingly. To explore how we can become more conversationally connected, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with an author who shares ways to reignite conversations that matter in our vital relationships. Celeste Headlee describes the neuroscience that drives different types of communication and takeaways from her book, We Need to...2023-08-1635 min
Arroe Collins Pod-CrashingPod Crashing Episode 242 Celeste Headlee From The Podcast Freeway PhantomPod Crashing Episode 242 With Celeste Headlee From Freeway Phantom Between 1971 and 1972, six black girls went missing in the Washington D.C. area. Their bodies were discarded alongside DC freeways. And their killer was never found. The media dubbed him "The Freeway Phantom." From iHeartRadio and Tenderfoot TV, a new podcast reinvestigates the 50-year-old unsolved murders of these young girls. Journalist and Public Radio veteran Celeste Headlee (NPR, PBS, TEDx) examines old case files and interviews the investigators and family members who are still haunted by these killings. Headlee will ask the questions: Why didn't these murders make the news headlines...2023-06-1719 min
Sound JudgmentThe Art of the Interview with Conversation Expert Celeste HeadleeCeleste Headlee has anchored many programs, including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, Here and Now, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She also served as co-host of the national morning news show, The Takeaway, and served as executive producer of Georgia Public Radio’s On Second Thought.Her best-selling books include We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter, Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing and Underliving, and Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk about Racism — and How to Do It. She also wrote Heard Mentality, a book spec...2023-06-0849 min
The Well-Tended LifeEPISODE 40: How to Break Away from Overdoing with Celeste HeadleeWhy listen? Here are just a few “heart taps” from this episode with journalist, radio host, author and podcaster Celeste Headlee: It’s important to know what you do well and don’t do well. You are not a 7-11…the “business of you” needs to have an opening and closing time.Human beings only have the capacity to focus for about 4 hours a day.Working more hours does not help us get more done. Many times, the more successful you are, the busier you are, and the less likely you’ll be to be able to enjoy your success and fi...2023-05-2448 min
Shooting it RAW with Ran Elfassy154 – Celeste Headlee on How to Openly Honour Ourselves and Our HistoryClosing Season III of the podcast, we start with some heavy questions. How do you self-manage your biases? Where is your place in history? What do you carry from your family's past? These only hint at what Celeste Headlee brings to the table, and yet she radiates joy, laughter, and light.
Cognitive science communicator, author, advisor, TED speaker, and more, Celeste shared some of the deeper insights she's learned and how they can help you get beyond your hidden biases to be thankful and lead a good life.
* To view the full episode, click here...2023-03-0954 min
GRACE under Pressure John BaldoniGRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Celeste HeadleeCeleste Headlee is an internationally recognized journalist and radio host, professional speaker and author of bestselling book We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter and Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving. Her latest is Speaking of Race: Why Everyone Needs to Talk About Racism and How to Do It. Her TEDx Talk, 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation, has been viewed over 26 million times. Close to 50,000 talks have been given at 10,000 events since the TED program launched in 2009, and Celeste’s talk is one of the 10 most-watched talks posted on TED’s homepage...2022-11-0129 min
The Heart Speaks with Chloé ValdaryThe Folly of Objectivity with Celeste HeadleeWhat if I told you that when folks in antiracism spaces decry objectivity as not a real thing, they're alluding to a fact proven by quantum physics? What if I told you when the so-called woke protest against the limitations of the written word, they are echoing something that Socrates himself observed hundreds of years ago? In this new episode of the Heart Speaks pod, I discuss all this and more with esteemed journalist Celeste Headlee, whose work if internalized could revolutionize journalism for the better, make us more empathetic, and rehumanize us.My new episode is...2022-10-2652 minThe Heart Speaks with Chloé ValdaryThe Folly of Objectivity with Celeste HeadleeWhat if I told you that when folks in antiracism spaces decry objectivity as not a real thing, they're alluding to a fact proven by quantum physics? What if I told you when the so-called woke protest against the limitations of the written word, they are echoing something that Socrates himself observed hundreds of years ago? In this new episode of the Heart Speaks pod, I discuss all this and more with esteemed journalist Celeste Headlee, whose work if internalized could revolutionize journalism for the better, make us more empathetic, and rehumanize us.My new episode is...2022-10-2652 min
College Recruiting Weekly PodcastEpisode 133: Celeste Headlee on How to Have Conversations with Your RecruitsOn this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we talk to a very special guest, Celeste Headlee, on the topic of how to talk and have a conversation with the teenagers you are recruiting.
(Turns out, a lot of us struggle with it!)
Celeste Headlee made headlines when her TedTalk, "Ten Ways to Have Better Conversations", went viral and has been seen nearly 30 million times online.
CNBC voted Celeste as having one of the most watched TED talks in 2016 and Glassdoor named Celeste as having the #1 must-watch TED talk for every recruiter and hiring manager in the business world...2022-10-1036 min
Counsel CastWhy are smart lawyers so bad at conversation? with Celeste HeadleeWhy are smart lawyers so bad at conversation? What makes one person excellent at conversation and another terrible? Does it come down to listening? And are there ways to develop these skills?Joining me for this conversation is Celeste Headlee, an internationally recognized journalist and radio host, professional speaker and author of bestselling book We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter and Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving. Her latest is Speaking of Race: Why Everyone Needs to Talk About Racism and How to Do It. Her T...2022-10-0439 min
Marriage Kids and Money: Personal Finance for FamiliesDo Nothing: The Cure for the Overworked Parent | Celeste HeadleeFeeling overworked and overstressed? According to our guest, Celeste Headlee, it may be time for you to do nothing.As parents, we can definitely overdo it. Statistically, this overworked lifestyle can shorten our lives. Celeste Headlee shows us how to fight back. RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsorsDo Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing and Underliving (Book) Celeste Headlee (Website)GUEST BIO - Celeste Headlee:Celeste Headlee is an internationally recognized journalist and radio host, professional speaker and auth...2022-09-1935 min
Depression Detox Show | Daily Inspirational Talks360 | Celeste Headlee: "Enter Every Conversation Assuming That You Have Something To Learn."We are more divisive now than at any time in history. Ghosting, blocking, and censoring are more commonplace now than ever, but this may be causing more harm than good. What we could do rather than ignore challenging conversions is to encourage them constructively and respectfully. Our newest featured speaker, author, and journalist, Celeste Headlee, is here to give you the top ten rules to have more meaningful conversations. Source: How to Have a Good Conversation | Celeste Headlee | TEDxCreativeCoast Connect with Celeste Headlee: Website: https://celesteheadlee.com Instagram: celesteheadlee Book: We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter Hosted by Ma...2022-09-1616 min
My Voice, Our Story Talks with CieloHow To Have A Better Conversation w/ Celeste HeadleeIn this episode, Celeste provides practical advice and insight on how to address uncomfortable topics such as race to facilitate better conversations. She also shares her tips to avoid burnout so we can take better care of our wellbeing.
BACKGROUND:
Celeste Headlee is an American radio journalist, author, public speaker, and co-host of the weekly series Retro Report on PBS.
In her 20-year career in Public Radio, Celeste has served as the host of the Georgia Public Broadcasting program "On Second Thought", and co-host of the national morning news show The Takeaway.
Before 2009, sh...2022-08-1741 min
Be Well Sis: The PodcastA Conversation on Race and How to Breakaway from Overdoing ft. Celeste HeadleeAre you overworked or are you over working? Today we’re joined by, award-winning journalist and best-selling author, Celeste Headlee! A self-described “light-skinned Black Jew,” Celeste Headlee has been forced to speak about race—including having to defend or define her own—since childhood. In her career as a journalist for public media, she’s made it a priority to talk about race proactively. She’s discovered, however, that those exchanges have rarely been productive. In today’s conversation, we discussed a bit of everything from hard conversations around race, the things s...2022-05-0435 min
Pulling The Thread with Elise LoehnenHaving Conversations We’d Rather Avoid (Celeste Headlee)"So if we take that off the table, if we take off this, this goal of changing somebody's mind, then what are you left with? What's what's your purpose in the conversation? And I feel like not only is that more attainable to have a conversation in which you are exchanging ideas, just exchanging ideas, changing information, that's attainable every time. But also it relieves some pressure, right? I mean, sometimes I feel like people see conversations as frustrating because they keep trying to do something that's impossible. Maybe it would be more enjoyable for you if you weren't...2022-03-2449 min
Create Out Loud With Jennifer Louden36 | Transform Your Work Into A Conversation Starter w/ Celeste HeadleeHow many Opera singers/wellness experts/radio broadcaster/racial reconciliation thought leaders do you know? You'll meet one today: the remarkable Celeste Headlee. Celeste is a 3-time bestselling author, including of her most recent book Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism — And How To Do It, who specializes in studying, articulating, and teaching about the complicated nuance of human conversation. Whether that's professionally, creatively, or even culturally, I promise that Celeste will fundamentally shift the way we view human communication. She will blow your mind.
1:40 - Why Celeste has had conversations about race thrust upon her al...2022-02-0146 min
Active Allyship...it's more than a #hashtag!"EP #80: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism - and How to Do It with Celeste HeadleeSunni and Lisa are joined by Celeste Headlee who talks about her latest book, Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism - and How to Do It. Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist who has appeared on NPR, PBS World, PRI, CNN, BBC and other international networks. She was formerly a host at National Public Radio, anchoring shows including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition. For many years, Celeste has been a mentor and managing editor for NPR’s Next Generation Radio Project, training young reporters and edi...2022-01-2655 min
You, Me and An Album53. Celeste Headlee Discusses The Gospel At Colonus (OCR)Send us a textJournalist, author and musician Celeste Headlee pays You, Me and An Album a visit to introduce me to the 1988 original cast recording of The Gospel At Colonus. In addition to discussing an album that she has listened to hundreds of times over more than three decades, Celeste talks about the experience of seeing the show live as well as her career in journalism, the musical influence of her maternal grandparents and her new book, Speaking of Race: Why Everyone Needs to Talk About Racism -- and How To Do It.If...2021-12-1958 min