And so if you make it your job to listen word by word and understand the point of what it is that they're saying,

A, you're being respectful to them, but also when you reply, you know that you're going to be

replying to what they actually said, because we've all had this experience.

You get stuck in your head, you don't even hear half of what your partner says.

Taking that one level farther is an exercise called reflective listening.

Happy Monday, everyone. It's Sophie. And a D. level farther is an exercise called reflective listening.

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A lot of times in communication relationships, one of the

things that goes awry though when you try to communicate is that listening in a

healthy way that promotes ongoing trustworthy communication can be difficult. I don't

know if anybody here has had this experience before, but you get

uncomfortable with your partner. There's something you need to talk about. And then you are both

standing there talking at your partner. And they're saying things. And as they're saying them,

you're sitting there going, yeah, but not in this, and you start collecting the

examples in your brain in your head about why they're wrong, and then you present your case,

...