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Active listening is perhaps the most important skill you can have if you would like to develop a stronger relationship with others and with yourself.  

 

This podcast episode attempts to provide a perspective to anyone asking these questions:

• Active listening examples?
• Active listening exercises?
• Benefits of active listening?
• How can I be a better active listener?
• How can I be a better listener?
• How to be a better listener?
• How to be a better listener in the workplace?
• How to be a good listener?
• How to be an active listener in a relationship?
• Why is active listening important?

 

The difference between active listening and simply just hearing is the difference between a deep, heart-felt connection and a superficial relationship.  Active listening means that you are not just hearing the words that are being said, but rather you are attempting to truly comprehend the intention the manifests them.  Comprehending the intention then gives you the actual ability to respond more authentically and meaningfully. Being an active listener is important because it forms the basis of a meaningful relationship.  Without active listening in communication, there are not meaningful responses, and people are simply talking AT each other.

 

Active listening is also the foundational skill of utilizing the wisdom that comes through your higher self to you.  You could even say that we PRACTICE this active listening with others, only to really use active listening with ourselves.  Actives listening to your self means paying attention to the subtleties - the thoughts, the sparks of inspiration, the synchronistic phones call or signs, the momentary sharp pain in your side as you were having a particular thought, all of it - they are forms of communication from your higher self.  An active listener will recognize those forms of communication and intuit the meaning of them...then the active part - take action upon them. This way of being is the way of the wise - the path of least resistance towards your intentions / desires. So, it's so, so important to develop this skill, as it applies to pretty much every area of our lives.  

 

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