24 // How to be a Mindful Listener
The Mindful Kind
Rachael Kable
4.6 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2016
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to episode 24 of The Mindful Kind podcast!
In this episode, I've shared my top ten tips for being a more mindful listener. These tips can easily be applied in every day life and can also be applied when you're providing meaningful support.
1. Create space to listen
2. Be in the right headspace
3. Eye contact is key
4. Use open body language
5. Lean in
6. Use silence
7. Ask open questions
8. You don't need to fix the person or situation
9. Check in about a self-care plan
10. Follow up
Registration is open until May 15th for The Mindful Kind Challenge at www.rachaelkable.com/themindfulkindchallenge
Sign up today to secure your space in the Challenge, with 15 of my mindfulness techniques, Q and A sessions, exciting give-aways of mindfulness tools, access to my favourite mindfulness resources and daily support in the private Facebook group!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey |
| 0:12.3 | and inspire you to create your own. |
| 0:14.9 | Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness, |
| 0:19.7 | from my personal experiences to useful tools and different |
| 0:23.6 | mindful techniques. |
| 0:29.6 | Hello, Mindful Kind and welcome. This is episode number 24 and today I'm talking about how to be a mindful listener. |
| 0:41.1 | After I shared my experiences with connection and support last week, I received such amazing and |
| 0:48.0 | kind and thoughtful feedback. So such a very, very big thank you to everybody who took the time to share |
| 0:55.7 | their thoughts. Honestly, I am so incredibly grateful. I was also super excited to find a new review |
| 1:03.2 | on iTunes for my podcast saying that listening to my podcast is like chatting with a friend |
| 1:08.5 | and that they've had great results using my techniques |
| 1:12.1 | and tips. Thank you so much for those lovely words. It really does mean a lot to me. |
| 1:19.5 | Also, I just wanted to remind you that registration is open until the 15th of May for the |
| 1:26.4 | Mindful Kind Challenge. |
| 1:27.7 | So feel free to head to www.w.w.orgal.com |
| 1:34.2 | forward slash the Mindful Kind Challenge if you would like to join. |
| 1:40.0 | It's only $10 to sign up and I'll be providing 15 different mindfulness practices |
| 1:45.7 | every weekday for three weeks, including video guided meditations, Q&A sessions, |
| 1:53.0 | mindfulness resources and some really exciting giveaways. |
| 1:57.7 | The challenge is run via email and a private Facebook group so you can take part in the challenge |
| 2:03.9 | no matter where you are in the world. Now let's get on to this week's topic. After the episode |
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