The Art of Communicating
About This Book
Applying the principles of mindfulness to speech and listening, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a comprehensive guide to communication as a spiritual practice. He examines the sources of unhealthy communication — habitual reactivity, unskillful listening, speech driven by fear or anger — and offers the Buddhist practices of deep listening and loving speech as the foundation of genuine connection, both in intimate relationships and in the world at large.
What You'll Learn
Deep listening — listening with full attention, without planning a response, without judgment — is one of the most powerful healing acts one human being can offer another. Loving speech does not mean saying only pleasant things; it means saying what is true in a way that serves the wellbeing of the listener. The quality of our communication is the quality of our relationships — transforming one transforms the other.
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