What does it mean to listen? What do we hear? What is it about these sounds that enter our ears, and create countless emotions?
My question for each of us: what do you hear when you listen?
The shadow of being human — and potentially very often with men — is this desire to resolve/give advice/etc. during conversation.
When you are speaking with someone, what listening habits do you see? Do the words you hear translate to
- thoughts/memories of your life experience
- Advice on how to resolve the problem
- Judgement of the other
- Emotional connection of their experience
- Something else?
When have you felt heard? When you have not felt heard? When do you think you have heard someone, but they do not feel heard?