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This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of truly listening (today and every day).
COMMENT BY MARIE: Listening to others when they are speaking requires 100% of our attention. We can't be thinking of our to-do list, or thinking of how to respond. It means being in the moment, right here and now, listening fully to the person who is speaking.
InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
December 19, 2024
The focus for today is:
i choose to listen to others,
seeking to truly understand what they are saying.
Today's inspiration was written by Jude Bijou:
Listening means seeking to truly understand what someone is saying and encouraging their speech. Almost no one feels listened to enough! Listening is a practice that brings closeness.
When you don't listen to someone, you're failing to acknowledge that person as an equal. And that's never going to inspire good feelings. The other person perceives it as a violation and may respond accordingly.
Listening well, on the other hand, promotes love. It's a form of selfless giving and an invitation to connect.
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
To Have Good Relationships, Avoid These Four Bad Habits
by Jude Bijou.
Read the complete article here.
The focus for today: i choose to listen to others, seeking to truly understand what they are saying.
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RELATED BOOK: Attitude Reconstruction
Attitude Reconstruction: A Blueprint for Building a Better Life
by Jude Bijou, M.A., M.F.T.
With practical tools and real-life examples, this book can help you stop settling for sadness, anger, and fear, and infuse your life with joy, love, and peace.
Jude Bijou's comprehensive blueprint will teach you to: cope with family members' unsolicited advice, cure indecision with your intuition, deal with fear by expressing it physically, create closeness by truly talking and listening, improve your social life, increase staff morale in just five minutes a day, handle sarcasm by visualizing it flying by, carve out more time for yourself by clarifying your priorities, ask for a raise and get it, stop fighting via two easy steps, cure kids' tantrums constructively. You can integrate Attitude Reconstruction into your daily routine, regardless of your spiritual path, cultural background, age, or education.
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as a Kindle edition.
About the Author
Jude Bijou is a licensed marriage and family therapist (MFT), an educator in Santa Barbara, California and the author of Attitude Reconstruction: A Blueprint for Building a Better Life.
In 1982, Jude launched a private psychotherapy practice and started working with individuals, couples, and groups. She also began teaching communication courses through Santa Barbara City College Adult Education.
Visit her website at AttitudeReconstruction.com/
