When we don't feel heard, we often feel misunderstood, invisible, irrelevant, discarded, ignored, and perhaps even non-existent. There's an epidemic of feeling unheard in our society. People are so busy talking (or otherwise trying to get attention), that few people are actually listening. The reason for that is because people are starving to be heard so they're consumed with their own need to be
heard. There's little to no space to focus on your need to be heard. Even when they're not talking and are presumably listening, they're either thinking about what they want to say next, or are busy judging what they think you're saying, or are making assumptions about what you're saying based on the filter of their own experience, etcetera. So, they're actually not really listening because their attention is on their own thoughts. True listening with an intention to understand requires effort and our full attention. It's a developed-skill, and is an uncommon phenomenon. People are hurting because no one is listening. This page (and its corresponding blog and book that are in-process), was born from a desire to fulfill the tremendous need to be heard by providing a forum to speak. So, I invite you to spill your heart here. I am listening. I will hear you and understand you. And I will respond to you. (Please be respectful of what others have to say. There is no need for any sort of negativity on this page, and it will be deleted if it occurs.) Thank you for spilling your heart!
