by Avie | Feb 23, 2020 | difficult conversations, experiences of Listening, real contact and intimacy, silence
Dear Listener, A few years ago during one of our Volunteers’ Monthly Meeting we posed a question about trust. We broke into small groups and listened to one another explore what trust meant to us and how we experienced it. While I don’t remember the...
by Avie | Dec 23, 2019 | difficult conversations, respect
Why did they do that? Recently I was listener to someone describing a difficult situation they had found themselves in. They were venting, letting it all go, telling every detail of what had happened and how they reacted to what was happening. At first, I was...
by Avie | Nov 30, 2019 | difficult conversations, experiences of Listening, hone our listening skills
At the Listening Post we have experienced the underbelly of the holiday season since we opened our doors over 11 years ago. The experience of grief and isolation during holiday time is often masked by the emphasis on giving and receiving of gifts and holiday...
by Avie | Oct 12, 2019 | difficult conversations
Dear Listener, For a while now, I have been thinking about courage. Not that I have drawn any conclusions about it, but for some reason courage and bravery are qualities I am wondering about. Just this past week I was speaking with a woman in North Carolina who is...
by Avie | Sep 22, 2019 | difficult conversations, respect
Today, along side my parents, I went into a nursing home to visit my aunt. As we walked down the hall toward my aunt’s door, another resident called out repeatedly from their room. I turned to my mother, ‘Will someone go to her?’ My mother replied...
by Avie | Sep 8, 2019 | difficult conversations, hone our listening skills
Recently, Kathleen M. offered us an article about a man, Mark Lloyd, who found himself compelled to respond to the homeless encampments in Seattle. You can read the article by clicking here. Mark’s actions – getting to know those in the homeless encampment...
