You are your own book of knowledge. Learning to read yourself is the greatest book you can read to help improve your mental health.

Want to add a caption to this image? Click the Settings icon. Particularly children with their parents, if a persons small everyday...

Sometimes giving advice when somebody shares is what is needed. But often by listening effectively offers the person the empowerment to...

A previous post talked about ensuring you appear available, which means not disappearing into your phone while you wait. However,...

Only 80% of listening comes from 'words'. The rest comes from body language, empathy, connectivity. If you are looking at the tv or your...

One of the fundamental tools in counselling is time and space. Space for the client to settle their feelings sufficiently to find words...

The key to showing a person that you are listening is too not keep talking over them. They don't need to hear lots of advice at this...

It is very easy to get distracted by your own need and self pressure to fix a persons problem. This can block any capacity you have to...