by Avie | Feb 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week I had shared how Susan E. has experienced a shift in the listening at Loussac Library. She noticed guests seeking out listening – and how it felt like listening was starting to take hold in the community at the Library. Interestingly, I had the...
by Avie | Jan 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Most weeks as I prepare to send out our newsletter, I start by looking through picture after picture on the internet – often for a very long period of time. I may or may not have a sense of what I will be sharing, I just look at pictures. Even when I do have a...
by Avie | Jan 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Thurs I was sitting on one of the benches in the DTC and noticed this fellow looking into the bus station. I have seen him before. He stands out to me. I have not yet had the honor of being his listener. As it turned out, last Thurs I sat in the DTC for pop-up...
by Avie | Dec 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I first came across this picture I couldn’t figure out what was going on. I stared and stared. It just seemed wrong. The interesting thing about that is I have been talking with a friend about how I feel called to write a book on The Way of Failure, as I...
by Avie | Nov 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Listening is delicate. Yet it is paradoxical because listening is also quite powerful. The value of being heard (empowered) is sometimes most noticeable when the opposite has taken place – when one hasn’t been heard at all. We are seeing the impact of what...
by Avie | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Early on in the first year of the Listening Post, a woman came to the door with some hesitancy, so I rose to greet her. With a quizzical look on her face, she asked what a Listening Post was. Eager to tell her about our unique offering, I explained we offered a quiet...
