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Looking after ourselves as listeners so that we can sustain our capacity to listen for the long haul.
Listening is one of the core skills of supporting one another, building our communities, changing our behaviours and resolving our conflicts. It can also significantly contribute to our overwhelm and burnout. Given how important it is, we need to find ways of listening well, that are sustainable for the long haul. In this blog I am going to share what I have learned from decades of training and supervising crisis service teams to listen. I have also taught multi disciplinary
jennysmith123
Nov 4, 20256 min read
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What does Nervous System Regulation have to do with Therapy?
A regulated nervous system describes a state where we can move through stressors, stay present, engaged and relational, and have the...
jennysmith123
Sep 29, 20238 min read
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What Does Nervous System Regulation Have to Do with Me?
A regulated nervous system describes a state where we can move through stressors, stay present and engaged and have the capacity to...
jennysmith123
Nov 9, 20226 min read
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What sustains our capacity to truly listen?
Before I started to work for myself, I worked on several crisis support services that specialised in offering non-judgemental listening...
jennysmith123
Jan 31, 20226 min read
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The Courage to Turn Towards Shame.
There was a time when the energy of shame had grown out of control on our earth. So much so that people became unable to hear each other...
jennysmith123
Apr 22, 20219 min read
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Journeying with Uncertainty ~ Coming into relationship with anxiety and building our resilience.
In times of global insecurity and converging pressures most of us are experiencing increased uncertainty and heightened anxiety. The...
jennysmith123
Feb 6, 20214 min read
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Deepening Into Being Together ~ reflections and insights.
Nine months in.... In April 2020 I started offering a simple weekly online audio only guided meditation with the intention of supporting...
jennysmith123
Dec 5, 20204 min read
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My Ingredients for Deep Listening
On my website there is a description of the one to one sessions that I offer, one that is both beautiful and meaningful to me, yet it...
jennysmith123
Sep 7, 20205 min read
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Finding Rest In Meditation
Meditation contains within it, a bottomless invitation, To rest ever more deeply, As the river of our heart finds her way around the...
jennysmith123
May 21, 20203 min read
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