I attended a seminar once where we were paired off with a stranger... and we each had to talk to the other for 10 mins .. and the one listening could not say a word.
It was insightful to myself how many times I wanted to break in when she was speaking... and how "heard" I felt when the girl I was doing this with simply listened with a smile to me.
It really drove home how badly we miscommunicate.
The facilitator then went on to explain "active listening"...
A very eye opening day.
I recognized myself a few times in the invalidation section....
I'll have to work on that.
Thanks for the post Ann. It's in a very easily referenced format... good for quick checks on behavior.
Actually.. this will probably end up on my fridge...
No sense me being the only one that is aware of it...
