When 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 Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter.

Celeste Headlee — Conversations that Matter:

• Celeste shares what inspired her to write We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter. {2:05}
• Fed by our devices, our dopamine addiction keeps us from in-person conversations and interactions. {6:35}
• How to start having serotonin-inducing conversations. {10:27}
• Why email and texts are inefficient ways of communicating. {15:33}
• Ways to become a better listener and conversationalist. {25:38}

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About Lisa’s guest:

Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist, professional speaker, and author of Heard Mentality and We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter. Celeste’s TEDx Talk sharing 10 ways to have a better conversation has over 20 million total views to date.

“We need to engage more with people we care about and self-regulate our smartphone use.” - Lisa Cypers Kamen 

To learn more, visit www.harvestinghappiness.com