Our guest today is Smitha Gunturi, a woman’s advocate and podcast host who has overcome just an incredible amount of adversity over the course of her life.

We don’t discuss communications specifically. Instead, Smitha shares a number of life lessons that can inform how we can communicate more effectively in difficult situations: the importance of empathy, or as Smitha puts it, “seeing things from someone else’s perspective.”

Along the way, Smitha shares a poignant moment when she learns a terrible truth from her son and explains that sometimes the most difficult conversations are the most important to have.

To learn more about Smitha and the services she provides, please visit her website at www.smithagunturi.com.

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Finally, as always, a big thank you as always to Jim Cirillo of jimiumgroup.com for our original music and to Rachel Greenberger for our original art.