The Five Keys to Mindful Communication
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The Five Keys to Mindful Communication
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See moreGood communication is essential to any healthy relationship, whether it's between spouses, family members, friends, or co-workers. Mindfulness—the practice of nonjudgmental awareness—can help us communicate more effectively and meaningfully with others in our personal and professional lives.
Here, Susan Chapman, a psychotherapist and long-time Buddhist practitioner, explains how the practice of mindfulness awareness can change the way we speak and listen, enhance our relationships, and help us achieve our goals. Chapman highlights five key elements of mindful communication: silence, mirroring, encouraging, discerning, and responding. These elements make it possible for us to listen more deeply to others and to develop greater clarity and confidence about how to respond.
Other topics include identifying your communication patterns and habits; uncovering the hidden fears that often sabotage communication; staying open in the midst of difficult conversations so that we can respond wisely and skillfully; and learning how mindful communication can help us to become more truthful, compassionate, and flexible in our relationships.
Through The Five Keys to Mindful Communication, readers are provided with a guide to fostering more understanding and authentic connections in both personal and professional realms.
Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?
Praised for its clear, engaging, and sometimes humorous style, the book integrates Buddhist practices with psychology to open readers' hearts, according to David Richo, author of Coming Home to Who You Are. Karen Kissel Wegela highlights it as an invaluable resource offering practical tools that shift communication from a 'me-first' to a 'we-first' perspective, enhancing connection and recognising shared humanity.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781590309414
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 April 2012
Country: United States
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 215.0mm
Weight: 295g
Pages: 224
About the Author
"Susan Gillis Chapman is a marriage and family therapist who has been studying and teaching mindfulness meditation for over thirty years. She is the founder of Greenlight Communications (www.greenzonetalk.com), through which she offers training in mindful communication to couples, therapists, and business people."
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