{"id":1241,"date":"2019-02-15T07:01:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T07:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2019-02-04T19:03:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:03:50","slug":"how-can-i-be-a-good-listener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/2019\/02\/how-can-i-be-a-good-listener\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I be a good listener?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Listening is really important in supporting others and building relationships. Many people are simply craving someone to listen to them. How can you listen well?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focus, pay attention<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen is an anagram of silent \u2013 a lesson we can apply<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They might not want to have advice or solutions, simply a\nlistening ear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t deny someone\u2019s feelings \u2013 they are real to the\nindividual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflective listening is a really helpful technique. This\nmeans repeating back to the person \u2013 I can hear you feel very angry or I\nunderstand this is really difficult for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sympathetic ear is different from pity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listening is really important in supporting others and building relationships. Many people are simply craving someone to listen to them. How can you listen well? Focus, pay attention Listen is an anagram of silent \u2013 a lesson we can apply They might not want to have advice or solutions, simply a listening ear Don\u2019t deny [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[84,93,83],"tags":[107,88],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/girls-3764698_640.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How can I be a good listener? - Pain Puzzle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/2019\/02\/how-can-i-be-a-good-listener\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How can I be a good listener? - Pain Puzzle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Listening is really important in supporting others and building relationships. 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