Worklife with Adam Grant
Worklife with Adam Grant
TED
ReThinking: What we’re getting wrong about mental health with RaQuel Hopkins
33 minutes Posted Oct 7, 2025 at 4:00 am.
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RaQuel Hopkins is a therapist and HR professional whose hot takes on growth and well-being have challenged how many people talk and think about mental health. In this episode, Adam and RaQuel explore how some people use mental health labels as a crutch, discuss ways to expand our capacity instead of simply coping with emotional wounds, and address the problems with trigger warnings. They also debate what it takes to grow after trauma.


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Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant | LinkedIn: @adammgrant | Website: adamgrant.net/)

Guest: RaQuel Hopkins (Instagram: @raquel_the_capacity_expert


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