(old/ignore – BF/CM) The Five Keys to Mindful Communication

Good communication is essential to any healthy relationship, whether it’s between spouses, family members, friends, or co-workers. Mindfulness—the practice of nonjudgmental awareness—can help us communicate more effectively and meaningfully with others in our personal and professional lives.

You’ll learn five key elements of mindful communication — silence, mirroring, encouraging, discerning, and responding — that make it possible for us to listen more deeply to others and to develop greater clarity and confidence about how to respond. Other topics include:

• identifying your communication patterns and habits;
• uncovering the hidden fears that often sabotage communication;
• staying open in the midst of difficult conversations so that we can respond wisely and skillfully;
• and learning how mindful communication can help us to become more truthful, compassionate, and flexible in our relationships.