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e-child\" data-id=\"afc21da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1053b4d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1053b4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac8e3ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ac8e3ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/chat\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 24px;\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/carl_rogers_204.jpeg\" alt=\"Carl-Rogers\" title=\"Carl-Rogers\">\n<div style=\"height:1px;\"><\/div>\nCarl Rogers\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17cdfce 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href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/harmony_mindset\/?#harmony_mindset\">IFS Self<\/a> \n\n<a class=\"buttone\" href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/ifs-spirit\">IFS &amp; Spirit<\/a>\n\n\n<a class=\"buttone\" href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/harmony_mindset_nvc\/\">NVC<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n        .button-section {\n            text-align: center;\n            margin: 40px 0;\n        }\n        \n        .buttone {\n            display: inline-block;\n            padding: 8px 12px;\n            margin: 4px;\n            background-color: #fff;\n            color: black;\n            text-decoration: none;\n\/*            border-radius: 18px; *\/\n            border-radius: 24px;\n            transition: all 0.3s ease;\n            border: 1px solid darkgray;\n            font-weight: 600;\n        }\n        \n        .buttone:hover {\n            background-color: rgb(7, 143, 34);\ncolor: white;\nfont-weight: 610;\ntransform: translateY(-1px);\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d16e75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d16e75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aeeb49 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5aeeb49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-870c3bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"870c3bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4b0568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4b0568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; border: thin solid white; padding: 2%; margin: 1px; line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; background-color: #fff; color: #000000; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nPersonal Thoughts on Teaching <br \/>\nand Learning (1952) ~Carl Rogers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I wish to present some very brief remarks, in the hope that if they bring forth any reaction from you, I may get some new light on my own ideas.<\/p>\n<p>My experience is that I cannot teach another person how to teach. To attempt it is for me, in the long run, futile.<\/p>\n<p>It seems to me that anything that can be taught to another is relatively inconsequential and has little or no significant influence on behavior.<\/p>\n<p>I realize increasingly that I am only interested in learnings which significantly influence behavior.<\/p>\n<p>I have come to feel that the only learning which significantly influences behavior is self-discovered, self-appropriated learning.<\/p>\n<p>Such self-discovered learning, truth that has been personally appropriated and assimilated in experience, cannot be directly communicated to another.<\/p>\n<p>As a consequence of the above, I realize that I have lost interest in being a teacher.<\/p>\n<p>When I try to teach, as I do sometimes, I am appalled by the results, which seems a little more than inconsequential, because sometimes the teaching appears to succeed. When this happens I find that the results are damaging. It seems to cause the individual to distrust his own experience, and to stifle significant learning. Hence, I have come to feel that the outcomes of teaching are either unimportant or hurtful.<\/p>\n<p>When I look back at the results of my past teaching, the real results seem the same &#8211; either damage was done &#8211; or nothing significant occurred. This is frankly troubling.<\/p>\n<p>As a consequence, I realize that I am only interested in being a learner, preferably learning things that matter, that have some significant influence on my own behavior.<\/p>\n<p>I find it very rewarding to learn, in groups, in relationships with one person as in therapy, or by myself.<\/p>\n<p>I find that one of the best, but most difficult, ways for me to learn is to drop my own defensiveness, at least temporarily, and to try to understand the way in which this experience seems and feels to the other person.<\/p>\n<p>I find that another way of learning for me is to state my own uncertainties, to try to clarify my puzzlements, and thus get closer to the meaning that my experience actually seems to have.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>~Carl Rogers<\/p>\n<p>REF:\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/somnus\/humanistic-existential-psychologies\/carl-rogers\/rogers-freedom-to-learn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/somnus\/humanistic-existential-psychologies\/carl-rogers\/rogers-freedom-to-learn<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ccab0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25ccab0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fac574 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9fac574\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f646c76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f646c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3113b39 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3113b39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1ca929 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b1ca929\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ca29b9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9ca29b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36a824d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36a824d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; border: thin solid white; padding: 2%; margin: 1px; line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; background-color: #fff; color: #000000; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Empathy Practice&#8221;<\/span><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; border: none; padding: 10px; margin: 10px;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An empathic \u201ctraining regimen\u201d might contribute to becoming more empathic.\u00a0 In addition to practicing mindfulness or empathic meditation, such a regimen could include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n\t<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Committing to the intention of becoming a person who listens to others in ways that are accepting, empathic, and respectful.<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Developing an empathic listening practice.\u00a0\u00a0Reflecting on these experiences and then\u2026 repeating\u2026 repeating\u2026 and repeating them over time and across situations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Carl Rogers wrote in personal ways about his core conditions.\u00a0 Contemplating his perspective is part of developing an empathic orientation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI come now to a central learning which has had a great deal of significance for me. I can state this learning as follows:\u00a0<em>I have found it of enormous value when I can permit myself to understand another person.\u00a0<\/em>The way in which I have worded this statement may seem strange to you. Is it necessary to\u00a0<em>permit\u00a0<\/em>oneself to understand another? I think that it is. <br \/>\n<br \/>\nOur first reaction to most of the statements that we hear from other people is an immediate evaluation or judgment, rather than an understanding of it. When someone expresses some feeling or attitude or belief, our tendency is, almost immediately, to feel \u201cThat\u2019s right\u201d; or \u201cThat\u2019s stupid\u201d; \u201cThat\u2019s abnormal\u201d; \u201cThat\u2019s unreasonable\u201d; \u201cThat\u2019s incorrect\u201d; \u201cThat\u2019s not nice.\u201d Very rarely do we permit ourselves to\u00a0<em>understand\u00a0<\/em>precisely what the meaning of [the] statement is to him [or her or them]. I believe this is because understanding is risky. If I let myself really understand another person, I might be changed by that understanding.\u201d (Rogers, 1961, p. 18; italics in original)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; border: none; padding: 10px; margin: 10px;\">\n<hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 1px; border: none;\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsommersflanagan.com\/2022\/12\/09\/neurogenesis-and-ideas-for-training-your-brain-to-listen-with-empathy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/johnsommersflanagan.com\/2022\/12\/09\/neurogenesis-and-ideas-for-training-your-brain-to-listen-with-empathy\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 1px; border: none;\" \/>\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR:<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 4px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/fundamental-attribution-error\/\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/fundamental-attribution-error\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 1px; border: none;\" \/>\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6278e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b6278e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0516dbf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0516dbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42a361d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"42a361d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d2ff63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d2ff63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fe7f5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9fe7f5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dabbd16 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dabbd16\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d7833 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24d7833\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 3px;\">workplace Work-place work Work Workplace<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; border: thin solid white; padding: 2%; margin: 1px; line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; background-color: #fff; color: #000000; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Conflict: Empathy vs. Managerial Action<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carl Rogers&#8217; person-centered approach (PCA) in a workplace setting encounters significant challenges when dealing with traditional management practices, particularly regarding disciplinary actions like firing an employee. The core tension lies between the manager&#8217;s need for performance metrics and the PCA&#8217;s emphasis on trust, empathy, and unconditional positive regard.<\/p>\n<p>Managers often operate from a framework of performance, efficiency, and clear standards, where removing an underperforming or non-compliant individual is a necessary solution for the team&#8217;s overall productivity. This is a results-oriented, often &#8220;biomedical&#8221; or &#8220;mechanistic&#8221; approach to organizational health.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers&#8217; approach, in contrast, posits that an environment of unconditional positive regard (accepting individuals without judgment), empathy, and congruence (genuineness) is necessary for people to feel safe enough to grow, self-actualize, and find their own solutions. In the specific scenario you described:<\/p>\n<p>Manager&#8217;s Perspective: Removing an individual is a customary managerial function (a &#8220;gatekeeping&#8221; role) to maintain &#8220;standards&#8221; and motivate the team&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers&#8217; Perspective: Unconditional acceptance and empathy are paramount for fostering a secure environment. Terminating someone without fully understanding their perspective, involving them in the solution-finding process, and providing an environment for potential growth would violate the trust of the entire group. The remaining employees would perceive a lack of fairness and a risk to their own security, leading to a breakdown in psychological safety and trust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 80%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8950126\/#:~:text=5.,as%20a%20barrier%20to%20PCC. \" target=\"_blank&quot;\">https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8950126\/#:~:text=5.,as%20a%20barrier%20to%20PCC.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; border: thin solid black; padding: 2%; margin: 1px; line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; background-color: #fff; color: #000000; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/empathymatters.org\">EmpathyMatters.org<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eb0883 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0eb0883\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf9c754 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bf9c754\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f75c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"11f75c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-485f09f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"485f09f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b036b9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b036b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f69c1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"96f69c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8212a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8212a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a name=\"industry\"><\/a><br \/><a name=\"Johann_Galtung\"><\/a><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- div style=\"text-align: center; border: thin solid black; padding: 10px; margin: 10px;\" --><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ACTIVE LISTENING (excerpt)<\/span><\/h1>\n<div style=\"line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; color: #000; font-size: 120%;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">by Carl R. Rogers and Richard E. Farson<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A person&#8217;s listening ability is limited by his ability to listen to himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ACTIVE LISTENING AND COMPANY GOALS<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><br \/>( Common mistaken management assumption.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Sometimes we have to sacrifice an individual for the good of the rest of the people in the company.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Response:<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Those of us who are trying to advance the listening approach in industry hear these comments frequently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Individual Importance:<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our (Carl Rogers) answer is based on an assumption that is central to the listening approach. That (Carl Rogers) assumption is: the kind of <strong>behavior that helps the individual<\/strong> will eventually be the best thing that could be done for the group. Or saying it another way: the things that are best for the individual are best for the company. This is a conviction of ours, based on our experience in psychology and education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We find that putting the group first, at the expense of the individual, besides being an uncomfortable individual experience does not unify the group. In fact, it tends to make the group <strong>less a group<\/strong>. The members become <strong>anxious<\/strong> and suspicious. We are not at all sure in just what ways the group does benefit from a concern demonstrated for an individual, but we have several strong leads. One is that the <strong>group feels more secure when an individual member is being listened to<\/strong> and provided for with concern and sensitivity. And we assume that a secure group will ultimately be a better group. When each individual feels that he need not fear exposing himself to the group, he is likely to contribute more freely and spontaneously. When the leader of a group responds to the individual, puts the individual first, the other members of the group will follow suit, and the group comes to act as a unit in recognizing and responding to the needs of a particular member.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This positive, constructive action seems to be a <strong>much more satisfying experience for a group<\/strong> than the experience of dispensing with a member.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/empathy-circles#industry\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/empathy-circles#industry<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Active Listening<\/strong> | Carl R. Rogers, Richard E. Farson (Audiobook) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IA41SChXXsU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IA41SChXXsU<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/div --><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc53170 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc53170\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d06a180 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d06a180\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cea3f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4cea3f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76af1fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76af1fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b07860f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b07860f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a name=\"Reflective-Listening\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Reflective Listening<\/h2>\n<div style=\"line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; color: #000; font-size: 120%;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Carl Rogers observed that:\u00a0 &#8220;Apparently the act of attending carefully to another person is a difficult task for most people. They are usually thinking what they will say when the speaker stops. Or they focus on some specific point made by the speaker and then fail to attend to the rest because they are thinking up arguments against that specific point.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So what exactly is reflective listening?\u00a0 A reflection makes a guess about what the speaker means.\u00a0 However a good reflection is not phrased as a question but as a statement. That requires at least two specific changes in language.\u00a0 First, you eliminate any front-end words that mark it as a question: &#8220;Do you .\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0&#8221; &#8230; &#8220;Are you .\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0&#8221; &#8230; &#8220;Is it .\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0&#8220;, and so on. Thus from the question &#8220;Do you mean that you are talented?&#8221; you would drop the words, &#8220;Do you mean that,&#8221; leaving only, &#8220;You are talented?&#8221; However that&#8217;s still a question. The other change is to get rid of that question mark at the end. When speaking English and most other European languages the difference is to inflect your voice down rather than up at the end of the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Try it. Note the difference in spoken words between: You are talented? and You are talented. You&#8217;re unhappy? and You&#8217;re unhappy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It has to do with how you use your voice. So in order to turn a question into a reflection, remove the question words and also inflect your voice downward at the end so that it is a statement instead of a question. If you&#8217;re having trouble coming up with a reflective statement, you can start out by first thinking the question (Do you mean that you .\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0 ) and then make those two changes. Just start with &#8220;You&#8221; and turn your voice down at the end. Good reflective listening is more complex than this, but it&#8217;s a head start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It usually feels strange at first to be making a statement rather than asking a question. After all, you know that what you are saying is a guess, so shouldn&#8217;t you be asking instead of telling? Isn&#8217;t that putting words in the person&#8217;s mouth? What if your guess were wrong? Something in you mightily wants to turn the inflection up at the end to make it a question. Trust me that it&#8217;s usually better to use the form of a statement when reflecting, even though it feels odd to you at first. Here is one reason why. Linguistically a question places a demand on the person for an answer. It is a subtle pressure, a micro-interrogation. Statements typically don&#8217;t have that effect. Suppose for example that someone were expressing some frustrations to you about a conversation with her mother. Speak these two lines aloud as a listener: You&#8217;re angry with your mother?&#8230; You&#8217;re angry with your mother&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s all in the inflection of the voice, and there are many different ways to read these lines. Can you sense a subtle difference, though, in how the speaker may respond depending on whether you ask a question or make a statement? There is just something about a question that often makes the speaker want to take it back, or at least have second thoughts about whether she should have said it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now imagine that you&#8217;re talking to a teenager who has misbehaved in some way. Speak these two lines aloud as a listener: You don&#8217;t see anything wrong with what you did?&#8230; You don&#8217;t see anything wrong with what you did&#8230; Can you feel the difference? Somehow the question implies that the person should see something wrong, even if that&#8217;s not your intention. The statement does not have this connotation, inviting the person to respond more honestly and less defensively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">~Miller, William R.. Listening Well: The Art of Empathic Understanding<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/empathy-circles\/?#Reflective-Listening\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/empathy-circles\/?#Reflective-Listening<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LINK: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/_\/KOtFDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;pg=PA27&amp;dq=So+what+exactly+is+reflective+listening?+A+reflection+makes+a+guess+about+what+the+speaker+means.+However+a+good+reflection+is+not+phrased+as+a+question+but+as+a+statement.+That+requires+at+least+two+specific+changes+in+language.+First,+you+eliminate+any+front-end+words+that+mark+it+as+a+question:+%22Do+you+.+.+.+%22+%22Are+you+.+.+.+%22+%22Is+it+.+.+.+%22,+and+so+on.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Google Books :: ~William R..Miller, Listening Well:<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d271c3f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d271c3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bd858 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4bd858\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c14b418 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c14b418\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90365cd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"90365cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ad4e52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ad4e52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>\u201dEmpathy is the ability to listen and consider others\u2019 thoughts and feelings (appreciating their perspective). This approach has allowed us to foster stronger relationships with one another.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Carl Rogers himself detailed these steps in his seminal works, such as &#8220;On Becoming a Person&#8221; and &#8220;A Way of Being&#8221;. He defined the three essential conditions for growth as Empathy, Congruence (genuineness), and Unconditional Positive Regard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nThe Refinement Process: Psychologist Eugene Gendlin, a colleague of Rogers, explicitly described the &#8220;cycle&#8221; of listening you mentioned: making a summary, checking it with the speaker, and letting them correct or add to it until they agree you have it exactly as they feel it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nActive Listening Fundamentals: The 1957 paper &#8220;Active Listening&#8221; by Carl Rogers and Richard Farson is the primary source for the technique of paraphrasing feelings and meaning to ensure a speaker feels fully validated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clinical Applications: Modern resources like Mind Beacon and the UNSW Staff Teaching Gateway provide structured guides on these exact steps: listening for underlying emotions, paraphrasing to ensure understanding, and asking the speaker to correct misconceptions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;\">Summary of the Rogerian Process<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deep Listening: Focus on both the factual content and the emotional &#8220;flavor&#8221; of the speaker&#8217;s words.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nReflective Paraphrasing: State back what you understood, specifically naming the feelings you perceived.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Collaborative Correction: Explicitly ask, &#8220;Did I get that right?&#8221; or &#8220;Is there more to it?&#8221; to allow the speaker to refine your understanding.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Validation: The goal is not to agree or disagree, but to provide a &#8220;mirror&#8221; that makes the speaker feel heard without judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d0c53c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d0c53c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d1ac0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d1ac0b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-755801d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"755801d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6f958a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6f958a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b97154f\" data-id=\"b97154f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9727790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9727790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8090c63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8090c63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9caab18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9caab18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a931d18 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a931d18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac8379 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ac8379\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3de1aa5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3de1aa5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d16efb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d16efb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; color: #000; font-size: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Empathic Civilization<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; color: #000; font-size: 120%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Through all of the great stages of human history\u2014forager\/hunter, hydraulic agriculture, and the First, Second, and emerging Third Industrial Revolutions\u2014human consciousness, expanded to encompass the complex energy\/communications structures we created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mythological consciousness, theological consciousness, ideological consciousness, psychological consciousness, and now dramaturgical consciousness mark the evolutionary passages of the human psyche. And with each successive reorientation of consciousness, <strong>empathic<\/strong> sensibility reached new heights. But the increasing complexity of human social arrangements also came with greater stresses, and more terrifying implosions, especially when the strains produced by increasing differentiation and individuation came up against the demands for increasing integration into the new complex systems we created. Human beings have not always been successful at readjusting their own spatial and temporal orientations to accommodate the many new societal demands made on their physiology and psyche. Even though we are a deeply social animal that seeks inclusion and yearns for a universal embrace, our biology predisposes us to intimate units of 30 to 150 individuals. And herein lies still another of the enigmas that makes us the only creature to exhibit a true sense of awe and angst.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The search for intimacy and universality at the same time continually forces the human mind to stretch itself in both directions. Although the two realms often appear at odds, the reality is that human beings are forever searching for \u201cuniversal intimacy\u201d\u2014a sense of total belonging. What appears to be a strange confluence of opposites is really a deeply embedded human aspiration. It is our <strong>empathic<\/strong> nature that allows us to experience the seeming paradox of greater intimacy in more expansive domains. The quest for universal intimacy is the very essence of what we mean by transcendence. Occasionally, the pull between individuation and integration and the related drive for both intimacy and universality becomes too strained. Either the new connection fails or the existing connection snaps. It is in these moments of pure terror and dread, when the society stumbles, losing a firm grip on its own sense of intimacy and universality, that the wholesale fears of humanity are let loose, in the form of uncontrollable oppression and violence. Every great civilization has had its fair share of holocausts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The <strong>empathic<\/strong> predisposition that is built into our biology is not a fail-safe mechanism that allows us to perfect our humanity. Rather, it is an opportunity to increasingly bond the human race into a single extended family, but it needs to be continually exercised. Lamentably, the <strong>empathic<\/strong> drive is often shunted aside in the heat of the moment when social forces teeter on disintegration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We may be approaching such a moment now. The Third Industrial Revolution and the new era of distributed capitalism allow us to sculpt a new approach to globalization, this time emphasizing continentalization from the bottom up. Because renewable energies are more or less equally distributed around the world, every region is potentially amply endowed with the power it needs to be relatively self-sufficient and sustainable in its lifestyle, while at the same time interconnected via smart grids to other regions across countries and continents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Empathic Civilization<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rifkin, Jeremy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab9d746 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab9d746\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77f75f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77f75f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fedd29\" data-id=\"7fedd29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4863768 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4863768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HWvYeX6Heqk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Listening Well :: The Art of Empathic Understanding&#8221;<br \/>\u00a0W. R. Miller and Edwin Rutsch<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad7e5a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad7e5a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3779a29\" data-id=\"3779a29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb8a86e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"eb8a86e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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\/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ce999 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"93ce999\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67c1f6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67c1f6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27fd5d3\" data-id=\"27fd5d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7e0225 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name=\"roadblock\"><\/a>roadblock <a name=\"road-block\"><\/a>road-block <a name=\"roadblocks\"><\/a>roadblocks <a name=\"road-blocks\"><\/a>road-blocks<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; border: thin solid black; padding: 4%; margin: 1px; line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; background-color: #fff; color: #000000; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;\"><br \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 27px;\">What Active Listening is not:<br \/><br \/><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Jumping in with &#8220;help&#8221; in the form of &#8220;good advice&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Questioning to get at the &#8220;facts&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Reassuring to make them &#8220;feel better&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/><br \/>Simply put, <br \/>roadblocks take the conversational ball <br \/>out of the speaker&#8217;s hands <br \/>and puts it firmly into the listener&#8217;s.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The 12 Roadblocks to Communication<\/strong>:<br \/><br \/><a title=\"https:\/\/www.gordonmodel.com\/work-roadblocks.php\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gordonmodel.com\/work-roadblocks.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.gordonmodel.com\/work-roadblocks.php<\/a> <br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; border: thin solid black; padding: 2%; margin: 1px; line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; background-color: #fff; color: #000000; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/empathymatters.org\">EmpathyMatters.org<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e4a824 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e4a824\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbc77ea\" data-id=\"cbc77ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b2fb77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b2fb77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"height: 21px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #999999;border-radius: 20px; text-align: center; border: thin solid black; padding: 10px; margin: 1px;line-height: 180%; font-weight: 600; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 100%; text-align: center;padding: 3%;\">\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/how-to\/\">HOW TO EMPATHY CIRCLE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 21px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9deeac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b9deeac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd4e61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"3bd4e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"55573\" class=\"elementor elementor-55573\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a574f4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a574f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b04a1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8b04a1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55278b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55278b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6478e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b6478e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b31aa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5b31aa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/chat\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 24px;\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/carl_rogers_204.jpeg\" alt=\"Carl-Rogers\" title=\"Carl-Rogers\">\n<div style=\"height:1px;\"><\/div>\nCarl Rogers\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bcf57a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3bcf57a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ff2d6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5ff2d6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align:center; border-radius: 24px;\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/chat\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 24px;\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/marshall_rosenberg.jpeg\" alt=\"Marshall_Rosenberg\" title=\"Marshall_Rosenberg\">\n<div style=\"height:1px;\"><\/div>\nMarshall Rosenberg\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d939d83 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d939d83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a44ccbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a44ccbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align:center; border-radius: 24px;\">\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/chat\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 24px;\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/richard_schwartz.jpeg\" alt=\"Richard_Schwartz\" title=\"Richard_Schwartz\">\n<div style=\"height:1px;\"><\/div>\nRichard Schwartz\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf4f5e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf4f5e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94ed03f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"94ed03f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f52b74e 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data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-sectionh\">\n\n<a title=\"Truth Chat\" \n   class=\"buttonh\" \n   href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/truth-101\/\" \n>Truth 101:<\/a>\n\n<div style=\"display: block; max-width: 400px;  margin: 12px auto 21px auto; border-radius: 10px; text-align: center; border: thin solid #F4F1E1; padding: 1%; line-height: 180%; font-weight: 300; background-color: #F4F1E1; color: #000; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none;\">Promting AI to be direct.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"width:150px; height:1px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<style>\n        .button-sectionh {\n            text-align: center;\n            margin: 1px;\n\n        }\n        \n        .buttonh {\n            display: inline-block;\n            padding: 2px 31px;\n            margin: 1px;\n            text-align: center;\n            background-color: #fff;\n            color: black;\n            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href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/chat\/\">\n    Wisdom 101:<\/a>\n    \n<div style=\"display: block; max-width: 400px;  margin: 12px auto 21px auto; border-radius: 10px; text-align: center; border: thin solid #F4F1E1; padding: 1%; line-height: 130%; font-weight: 300; background-color: #F4F1E1; color: #000; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none;\">\n    Imagine the wisdom of Carl Rogers, Marshall Rosenberg & Richard Schwartz\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"width:150px; height:1px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72298d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72298d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d34d650 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d34d650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">\n        <span style=\"display: inline-block;font-size: 150%;\" title=\"Home\">\ud83c\udfe0<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n    \n    <span style=\"font-size: 100%; color: #000; padding: 0 4px; vertical-align: middle;\"><\/span>\n    \n    <a title=\"Daily Self CheckIn\" href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/chat\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;\">\n        \n        \n                <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: -4px;\">Wisdom 101:&nbsp;<\/span>\n        <span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000; display: inline-block; font-weight: 400;\">Patience is the first step.<\/span>\n        \n        \n\n    <\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n-->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e057e98 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e057e98\" 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