Listening is a Practice

I spent a career studying, practicing and honing a form of listening that has the power to transform relationships. The culmination of which is my listening course and coaching.

After seven years of extensive training in effective communication techniques and four years researching and writing about compassion and mindfulness, it became clear that listening was the key ingredient missing in communication today. Everyone wants to be heard. The irony is that your odds of being heard are exponentially increased through listening. Not the everyday waiting to talk that passes as listening. The access to being heard is Transformative Listening.

Beyond the difference this skill made in the 23 years I served Long Beach schools as a Designated Master Teacher, I witnessed the power of Transformative Listening in my podcast interviews. The intimacy this form of deep listening creates lead to top ranking and a Webby Honor.

My formal education includes a law degree from UCLA. While legal training focuses on what you say to be right and to win, I spent the next thirty years perfecting listening to build connection and promote conversations that heal.