“If I realize at any point that I’m not truly listening, I pause right where I’m at, I stop my line of thinking that is taking me away from my focus on you, then I reflect: what am I doing wrong? I’m not paying attention.
Then I make my adjustment to quiet my mind and focus on you. Then I act empathically to listen to what you are saying.
I want to be there for you, and listening is one of the most powerful ways we can be there for each other.
– Bento Leal
What are the keys to effective communication? What is empathic listening? How can couples who find themselves arguing a lot move toward more effective communication?
Learn the answer to these questions and more in this week’s episode of the Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the author and educator Bento Leal on The Power of Empathic Listening.
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about Bento Leal:
Bento Leal is a Relationships Skills Trainer and Author who has taught marriage and relationship skills classes and parenting skills classes to more than 2500 couples and singles at family resource centers, community organizations, churches, schools, substance abuse recovery programs, county jails, and federal prison in California.
In 2017, he published his first book 4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work—Anywhere! It continues to be an Amazon Best Seller in several categories and has sold more than 75,000 copies to date. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Bento has been happily married for 41 years with three adult children.
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People and things mentioned in the show
- Steven Covey and his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- XYZ Message
- The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- Tony Robbins
- The Bible
- Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
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