Build Your Listening Skills

Join our 6-Week Listening Course

  • Small Group (6-8 people) Cohort

  • Weekly Virtual Training Meetings (2 hours each)

    • Time and Date determined by cohort members after sign up.

  • Weekly Practice Exercises

  • Online Chat Space to support each other outside of group meeting time

  • Cost - FREE

    • This program has been paid forward from past participants like you!

    • At the end of the program we will invite you to pay it forward in the form of a donation of any amount or volunteer work. The cost of training one person is ~$150.

Course Outline

1.Cultivating Presense

  • Learn techniques to tap into presence, even in tense situations.

  • Practice present listening and experience how transformational it can be!

2. Recognizing Language Patterns

  • Learn common response patterns, like “giving advice”, “defending”, “validating”

  • Practice recognizing these patterns in everyday conversation

  • Notice which patterns lead to connection and understanding, and which tend to create distance.

3. Self-Empathy

  • Learn the importance of giving empathy to ourselves to increase our capacity to offer it to others.

  • Practice self-empathy techniques and see what works best for you.

4. Presence

  • Learn how to hold space for others. “The quality of our attention determines the quality of other people’s thinking.” -Nancy Kline

  • Practice deep listening and experience what unfolds.

5. Reflective Listening

  • Learn about the surprising impact of reflective listening for both the listener and the person sharing.

  • Practice reflective listening responses, learn how to make it sound more natural.

6. Getting to the Heart of the Matter

  • Learn techniques for moving beyond the story and surface feelings to reveal the true source of pain or joy.

  • Learn how to stay present with hard feelings and discomfort.

  • Practice co-holding difficult emotions without attempting to change it or get out of it. This is the hardest part!!

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