Debunk with Empathy: How to Talk About Health When Emotions, Uncertainty, and Misinformation Are Involved

Vaccines. Abortion. Mental Health. Conversations about health topics like these often stir deep emotions, challenge beliefs, and-most concerning of all-test relationships.

Whether you're a parent trying to protect your family, a caregiver facing tough decisions, a grieving friend searching for the right words, or a healthcare professional dealing with life-or-death matters, you've felt the strain of difficult health conversations.

In Debunk with Empathy, Wan Naszeerah-a Nusantara infodemiologist and public health advocate-offers a fresh approach to these challenges. Drawing from her lived experiences as a stateless-born Malay woman raised amidst the Nusantara's plurality of traditional and modern healing practices, and her education at Yale and UC Berkeley, Wan invites readers to embrace empathy-not as a buzzword, but as a skill rooted in the hati, the heart-mind connection central to Nusantara wisdom.

Through practical tools, psychology-backed strategies, and heartfelt stories from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, Debunk with Empathy will show you how to:

  • Uncover hidden barriers that make discussing health topics so challenging-and discover how empathy can overcome these roadblocks.
  • Build trust in emotionally charged discussions by calming tensions, addressing power dynamics, and responding to deeply held beliefs.
  • Transform conflict into connection with adaptable strategies that shift perspectives, manage uncertainty, and address emotional complexity.

This is not just a book about communication-it's a guide to creating meaningful, healing conversations. Debunk with Empathy will help you build healthier relationships, deepen understanding, and confidently approach life's most vital dialogues.

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Debunk with Empathy: How to Talk About Health When Emotions, Uncertainty, and Misinformation Are Involved

Vaccines. Abortion. Mental Health. Conversations about health topics like these often stir deep emotions, challenge beliefs, and-most concerning of all-test relationships.

Whether you're a parent trying to protect your family, a caregiver facing tough decisions, a grieving friend searching for the right words, or a healthcare professional dealing with life-or-death matters, you've felt the strain of difficult health conversations.

In Debunk with Empathy, Wan Naszeerah-a Nusantara infodemiologist and public health advocate-offers a fresh approach to these challenges. Drawing from her lived experiences as a stateless-born Malay woman raised amidst the Nusantara's plurality of traditional and modern healing practices, and her education at Yale and UC Berkeley, Wan invites readers to embrace empathy-not as a buzzword, but as a skill rooted in the hati, the heart-mind connection central to Nusantara wisdom.

Through practical tools, psychology-backed strategies, and heartfelt stories from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, Debunk with Empathy will show you how to:

  • Uncover hidden barriers that make discussing health topics so challenging-and discover how empathy can overcome these roadblocks.
  • Build trust in emotionally charged discussions by calming tensions, addressing power dynamics, and responding to deeply held beliefs.
  • Transform conflict into connection with adaptable strategies that shift perspectives, manage uncertainty, and address emotional complexity.

This is not just a book about communication-it's a guide to creating meaningful, healing conversations. Debunk with Empathy will help you build healthier relationships, deepen understanding, and confidently approach life's most vital dialogues.

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Debunk with Empathy: How to Talk About Health When Emotions, Uncertainty, and Misinformation Are Involved

Debunk with Empathy: How to Talk About Health When Emotions, Uncertainty, and Misinformation Are Involved

by Wan Naszeerah
Debunk with Empathy: How to Talk About Health When Emotions, Uncertainty, and Misinformation Are Involved

Debunk with Empathy: How to Talk About Health When Emotions, Uncertainty, and Misinformation Are Involved

by Wan Naszeerah

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Vaccines. Abortion. Mental Health. Conversations about health topics like these often stir deep emotions, challenge beliefs, and-most concerning of all-test relationships.

Whether you're a parent trying to protect your family, a caregiver facing tough decisions, a grieving friend searching for the right words, or a healthcare professional dealing with life-or-death matters, you've felt the strain of difficult health conversations.

In Debunk with Empathy, Wan Naszeerah-a Nusantara infodemiologist and public health advocate-offers a fresh approach to these challenges. Drawing from her lived experiences as a stateless-born Malay woman raised amidst the Nusantara's plurality of traditional and modern healing practices, and her education at Yale and UC Berkeley, Wan invites readers to embrace empathy-not as a buzzword, but as a skill rooted in the hati, the heart-mind connection central to Nusantara wisdom.

Through practical tools, psychology-backed strategies, and heartfelt stories from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, Debunk with Empathy will show you how to:

  • Uncover hidden barriers that make discussing health topics so challenging-and discover how empathy can overcome these roadblocks.
  • Build trust in emotionally charged discussions by calming tensions, addressing power dynamics, and responding to deeply held beliefs.
  • Transform conflict into connection with adaptable strategies that shift perspectives, manage uncertainty, and address emotional complexity.

This is not just a book about communication-it's a guide to creating meaningful, healing conversations. Debunk with Empathy will help you build healthier relationships, deepen understanding, and confidently approach life's most vital dialogues.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798889262633
Publisher: Manuscripts LLC
Publication date: 01/17/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 312
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Wan Naszeerah is an author, public health researcher, and social impact leader dedicated to transforming how we communicate about health in an era of digital information overload. Born stateless and raised in Southeast Asia, Wan grew up immersed in Nusantara traditions, where traditional and modern approaches to healing coexist. The Yale and UC Berkeley alumna is also an epidemiologist-turned-infodemiologist. In other words, she's passionate in two areas: how viruses shape an epidemic and how human narratives shape an infodemic. As the co-founder of Projek Infodemik, she actively collaborates with Southeast Asian communities on their experiences with the digital health infodemic in low-resource languages like Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia. Every month, Wan shares her insights on trending health topics and practical tools to help with difficult health conversations through her email newsletter. Connect with her on www.Naszeerah.com.
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