by Avie | Feb 3, 2022 | experiences of Listening
Dear Listener, I’ve been taken by the concept of resiliency. Having been a volunteer listener for over a decade now, I have been moved by how the term comes up amongst volunteer listeners. By listening to people in our community we get to see a side of humanity that...
by Avie | Nov 15, 2020 | experiences of Listening, hone our listening skills
Dear Listener, The choice, a personal choice to listen, interests me. The practice of listening, checking oneself – in this moment am I actually listening? – interests me. It especially interests me when the conversation is a difficult one. An emotionally...
by Avie | Nov 14, 2020 | experiences of Listening
(this letter was written on 9/26/2019 – one from our archives) Dear Listener, How many times have you signed up for a listening shift since coming to the Listening Post? For so many of you it would be overwhelming to count. And you do it: you serve. You do it so...
by Avie | Oct 30, 2020 | experiences of Listening, hone our listening skills
Dear Listener, Every fall we hold a retreat for the volunteer listeners of the LP. We’ve referred to these annual events as our Retreat/Advance. This year we held our event online and while we missed being face to face with one another, the time we spent...
by Avie | Sep 27, 2020 | respect
Dear Listener, It has come up before, many times during our decade plus of service as volunteer listeners, that the Listening Post is countercultural. The term counterculture implies not just a way of being that is different from the main stream culture, but a way...
