In this episode of The Talk podcast, host Ashley Bell talks to Valarie Pearce, director of content development at Friendzy and Joy Roberts, Joy of It co-founder. They talk about the core competency of social awareness and how it connects with relationship skills. They also talk about how to build the muscle of empathy and how to handle tension and conflict in a relationship.

Time stamps

• [00:01] Intro
• [02:11] On today’s episode
• [02:41] Meet Valarie and Joy
• [06:03] A brief story
• [07:23] Something new they learned this week
• [12:28] What is social awareness
• [16:57] The importance of asking questions
• [18:48] What are relationship skills
• [23:08] We are stewards of relationships
• [27:12] The heart of perspective-taking
• [29:31] Healthy relationships have tension and conflict
• [33:42] Sometimes you don’t have to engage
• [41:57] A brief homework assignment