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Why Awkward Conversations Can Lead to Greater Success with Henna Pryor: Re-Release
23 minutes Posted Jun 23, 2026 at 11:21 am.
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What if the key to greater confidence, stronger relationships, and more success isn't avoiding awkward moments—but embracing them?

In this re-release episode of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer sits down with Henna Pryor, workplace performance expert and author of Good Awkward, to explore how stepping outside your comfort zone can help you build what she calls your "social muscles."

Tune in to learn practical strategies to navigate uncomfortable situations, develop greater confidence, strengthen your connections, and unlock new opportunities for growth both personally and professionally.

Key Takeaways:

  • Why awkward moments can be valuable opportunities for growth
  • How to build confidence through action
  • Practical ways to strengthen your social muscles
  • Strategies for creating deeper and more meaningful connections
  • How discomfort can become a catalyst for success

ABOUT HENNA PRYOR

Henna Pryor, CSP is a dynamic Workplace Performance Expert who speaks and writes about performance mindset, interpersonal dynamics, high-impact communication, and embracing bumps in a world that keeps optimizing for smoothness. She's a regular Expert Columnist for Inc. Magazine, 18x award-winning author of Good Awkward, and an in-demand global keynote speaker. Her playful personality and insightful talks blend 2 decades of working with corporate leaders and teams, with a fresh, science-based approach to taking more strategic risks and boosting social and mental fitness for success at work.

Connect with Henna:

Order Good Awkward: How to Embrace the Embarrassing and Celebrate the Cringe to Become The Bravest You

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hennapryor/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hennapryor/ 

Website: https://pryoritygroup.com/ 

About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer:

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel's healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to "Live Greatly" while promoting leadership development and team building.
 
Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more. Kristel has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine and she has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, Fox 4's WDAF-TV's Great Day KC, and Ticker News. Kristel lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.

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