How can you help someone during the virus crisis? Just listen

We must love one another or die.                                          From the poem September 1, 1939 by W.H. AudenAs a society, our survival depends on loving each other, but our culture doesn’t know how to do it very well.Especially now, when there’s so much fear and stress, we need to connect more than ever with each … [Read more...]

The rarely taught but important skill of listening

November 27, 2017—It was about seven or eight years into my marriage when I learned a very important needed lesson. When Sandy would get home from work, we'd usually talk about our day while I made dinner. Every once in a while, she’d be frustrated, and vent about a problem at the office, which invariably involved various people. As she was speaking, I would start formulating my solutions to her quandary, cut her short, and prescribe my … [Read more...]