Service Description

What is Deep Listening? Deep Listening is founded on the principle that listening, and the ability to listen, is the foundation of healthy human connection and relationships. Whether we are at home with loved ones or interacting with colleagues in the workplace, many forget how important listening is. Yet without listening, we do not communicate, we cannot resolve conflict, and we are distrustful and disconnected from those around us. This, of course, leads to a myriad of problems that contribute to relationships crumbling, teams dissolving, and communities falling apart. What does the practice of Deep Listening do? Deep Listening calls us to slow down, find patience and compassion, and be fully present with ourselves and our boundaries. Because of this, it is an inherently safe practice, as the focal point is, surprisingly enough, ourselves as individuals. Deep Listening, in fact, helps us to find a deeper connection with ourselves. It promotes vulnerability, the development of healthy relationships, and a practical place to begin living from the heart. Deep Listening can be scary sometimes; it often calls us to face our fears, name our discomfort, and practice honesty as opposed to fake niceness. Deep Listening is revolutionary and transformative, anti-oppressive and progressive. It is for those willing and wanting to create truly healthy and positive communities, relationships and teams—the kind that our future will depend on. What are the workshops like? This workshop is highly interactive, engaging, and fun. It is a mixture of brief lectures, discussions on topics like the experience of listening/being listened to, boundaries, body-language, communication, fear/judgment, and more, and one-on-one sessions where we get to practice the topics/tools we are talking about with each other in real time. This workshop can fit into almost any time frame two hours and over, and is available to any size group over 6. It can also be done over a period of weeks or months. Depending on your organizational/community needs, this workshop will be curated to fit what you are looking for!