Supplementary Practices to Support the Skill of Active Listening
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Explore Who You Are in Trance Using Other People as Mirrors
Use the exercise "Explore Who You Are in Trance Using Other People as Mirrors" when life seems to constantly be filled with too much drama, and you just wish everyone would settle down and stop being so crazy. to make sense of the situation by distinguishing how you have projected parts of yourself into it. to move beyond misunderstandings by sorting out your contribution to them.
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Co-Mentoring for Conscious Life Patterning
Use the exercise "Co-Mentoring for Conscious Life Patterning" to form co-mentoring relationships in which each person has a mentoring role that you both understand, so that both people feel comfortable, appreciated, and clear about what you're each doing. to be able to follow a flexible (but predefined) agenda that supports both people in attaining your goals and moving forward, not only in the direction that you are already each committed to, but in areas which you'll discover during your work together.to create a relationship in which each of you can guide meditations and lead exercises that apply directly to your individual goals, learning skills that require two people to practice, and providing access to feedback when either of you needs it.
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Clarify and Reframe an Unpleasant Interaction with Empathy
Use the exercise "Clarify and Reframe an Unpleasant Interaction with Empathy" to work towards resolution and healing after an unpleasant interaction with a partner or friend. when a situation involving a co-worker or other acquaintance has become nasty, or when you've presented your opinions publicly, and received a response that you didn't want. to telepathically tune in to people you've just met to determine how you want to interact with them in the future.
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Commit Yourself to Reciprocal and Equal Relationships
Use the exercise "Commit Yourself to Reciprocal and Equal Relationships" to make sure that you say how you feel more deeply, as well as supporting other people in being themselves. to teach yourself to ask questions that entice other people to express their emotions more fully and more accurately.to avoid unhealthy differences in power that can create unconscious differences in opportunity for self-expression.
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Use Visualization to Build Reflective Listening Skills
Use the exercise "Use Visualization to Build Reflective Listening Skills" to maintain and improve your most important relationships--or all of them, and to prepare for presentations, job interviews, and other interactions. to effectively prepare for confrontations or to stop creating conflict by putting yourself or someone else into a righteous, polarized position. to stop wasting time and energy mentally defending yourself, haranguing others, and otherwise upsetting your balance with fantasies.
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