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Hi and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Tuesday. It's Eve here. So the other day my

husband was having a really bad day at work. He was talking a lot about the challenges

he was facing and the stresses he was experiencing. So I started commenting on what he was saying

and in some instances was trying to offer him some solutions. He just seemed to get more

frustrated and he said to me, I'm grateful you're trying to help but I'm not looking for advice.

I just need to vent and to be heard. And for a split second I was a little confused.

And I looked at it in more detail. I could see that rather than really listening to him

I was more focused on what a helpful response might be. So this situation may be thinking

of an exercise that I teach during a mindfulness based stress reduction course or as it's more

commonly known MBSR. It's a communication exercise that is focused on deep and kind listening.

It's listening to hear instead of listening to answer. And it involves getting into pairs

and you each have about three to five minutes to talk about a topic that means something

to you. And the person talking is encouraged to speak openly, tuning into the direct experience

of speaking freely and uninterrupted. The person listening is encouraged to listen with

their whole body, really tuning into the experience of listening with no agenda to respond

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