Read more about the article Listening: Your Superhero Power of Choice
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Listening: Your Superhero Power of Choice

If ever you get to choose your Superhero power I recommend you go for LISTENING. It can be a world changing, life changing, valuable and important power to have. And you can build this superhero power for yourself. A start here with a look at 10 quotes to stimulate thinking, tips and strategies for great listening.   1. “The difference between listening and pretending to listen, I discovered, is enormous. One is fluid, the other is rigid. One is alive, the other is stuffed. Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you. When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of duelling monologues.” Have you ever been involved in "duelling monologues"? I am embarrassed to confess I certainly have. Imagine how different communication would be if each of us was open to what the other person is saying.…

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Read more about the article Open Ears, Open Eyes, Open Mind, Closed Mouth: Supporting Family after Brain Injury – Part 3
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Open Ears, Open Eyes, Open Mind, Closed Mouth: Supporting Family after Brain Injury – Part 3

A starter kit for supporting family after brain injury. Here are four simple actions that you can practice to better support family after brain injury, with compassion and empathy. Over the past couple of posts I have talked about being alongside family after brain injury. Firstly the responses and reactions family members might experience and then about responding with empathy and compassion. How can you put this into practice? It can seem so overwhelming when you begin. Think Open Ears, Open Eyes, Open Mind, and Closed Mouth The following are some tips for how you can begin to offer relevant support to a family after brain injury: OPEN EARS Listen closely to what each family member is telling you about their own experience and the impact on their family after brain injury. Listen as they talk about their needs, and what you can do to best support them. Listen, and let the family know you are hearing and understanding them.  Acknowledge that…

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