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The Health Benefits of Listening
by Mimi O' Connor
"I knew an innovative middle school teacher who wrote the word JUDGMENT in bold letters on a large poster board and hung it from the ceiling in her classroom. The first day of school, her students were intrigued. They had a lively discussion about their teacher’s message and her intention for how she would like them to treat each other. Her message, they concluded: “In this classroom, we suspend judgment of one another.” She then proceeded to write on the blackboard the one word of instruction on how to achieve her lesson: LISTEN.
The ability to listen empathically is a trait we can acquire!"
IIRP Associate Professor Dr. Frida Rundell talks about one way restorative practices can play a part in helping people to heal.
Dialogic Listening nvcc.edu
"Long a neglected skill, many of our respondents stressed the very critical role of listening for both disputants and third party intermediaries."
“Understanding and loving are inseparable. If they are separate, it is a cerebral process and the door to essential understanding remains closed.”