“We need to talk,” is one of the most intimidating sentences we hear. I know when I hear it my stress and anxiety levels go up. I hate feeling like I’m in trouble, or going to be lectured. If that’s the main sentence you hear from a family member, or friend it doesn’t endear you to want to ever talk with them for fear of being on their crud list. This book, We Need To Talk by Celeste Headlee took that one sentence filled with fear and opened my eyes to a lot more.

This book covers a lot of different aspects of conversation and how we either help, or hinder communicating effectively. I felt convicted on a lot. I interject similar experiences, I interrupt who I’m talking with and sometimes I go off into day dreamland not fully paying attention. When I get excited I get chatty, but if I’m nervous I go quiet. Another aspect to conversation that was addressed in the book is our lack of attention span and empathy as a society. Those statistics were sobering and disturbing. I think the invention of smart phones has given us access to information, but not made us smarter, or more compassionate.

If you are interested in reading more about the topic of conversation and how to be a great listener and conversationalist I highly recommend this readable book. To grab a copy click here. I got an early copy of We Need To Talk from TLC Book Tours for free in exchange for my honest assessment. What an enlightening read. To find out more about the author visit her website.