In this 11th video, “Listening a Person into Life: How to Listen Well,” participants explore the process of active listening, the five levels of listening, and common barriers to listening. Listening well to another involves intentional body language, silence, and verbal/physical cues that demonstrate understanding. Good listening also requires empathy, which allows us to listen without applying the filter of our own experience, judgment, values, and needs. Listening well to another opens a beautiful space for the Holy Spirit to work in the situation.
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