Dr Haru Yamada is a PhD sociolinguistics researcher and writer from Georgetown University, and expert on listening, and author of Kiku: The Japanese Art of Good Listening.

We discuss: how listening impacts our relationships, how through observational listening we conform to social groups around us, how conflicts can be avoided by breaking down relationship tension, the links between our mental and physical health, connection with memories and nostalgia through listening, and breaking down fight, flight and freeze.

My Links: https://linktr.ee/emilyereilly

Dr Yamada's new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kiku-Japanese-Art-Good-Listening/dp/1035411822/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=ca3Sj&content-id=amzn1.sym.f7cacb80-afed-4bd2-a630-ebf24465f0d7&pf_rd_p=f7cacb80-afed-4bd2-a630-ebf24465f0d7&pf_rd_r=258-5436987-2131838&pd_rd_wg=fKCw8&pd_rd_r=37d3b8e8-d9f2-4946-ac06-fec14a7a485a&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

Time stamps:

00:00 relationships and listening

02:30 how listening and observing help us fit in

05:00 how conflicts occur

15:00 links between mental and physical health

22:00 connecting with the world around you

23:50 the connection with memories and nostalgia through listening

26:00 understanding fight, flight or freeze

31:00 how our listening alerts us to danger

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