Celeste 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,_ _Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving_, _Speaking of Race: Why Everyone Needs to Talk About Racism and How to Do It, _and _You're Cute When You're Mad: Simple Steps for Confronting Sexism_. Her newest Scribd Original, _It Starts with Self-Compassion _was released in May 2023. Her TEDx Talk, _10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation, _has been viewed over 36 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. In her 20-year career in public radio, Celeste has been the Executive Producer of _On Second Thought _at Georgia Public Broadcasting and anchored 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_, from PRI and WNYC, and anchored presidential coverage in 2012 for PBS World Channel. Celeste is a regular guest host on NPR and American Public Media, serves as an advisory board member for ProCon.org [http://procon.org/] and The Listen First Project, and received the 2019 Media Changemaker Award. She is the host of "Women Amplified," a podcast from the Conferences for Women, the largest network of women's conferences in the nation, drawing more than 50,000 people to its annual events. Celeste also hosts the _Hear Me Out _podcast from Slate and the _Freeway Phantom _and _Big Sugar _podcast series. Celeste is also the president and CEO of Headway DEI, a non-profit that works to bring racial justice and equity to journalism and media through targeted training and interventions, and she serves on the board for the National Center for Race Amity. Celeste is the granddaughter of composer William Grant Still, known as the Dean of Black American Composers and she is a trained operatic soprano. She lives in the DC area with rescue dog, Samus.