363: The Simple Way to be a Better Listener Today!
Foreplay Radio – Couples and Sex Therapy
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Listening to Your Partner, Reflection and Validation
When you are listening to your partner, reflection and validation are like the meat and potatoes of listening. Call Rogers said reflection is really revelation. We are all deprived of being listened to when we have somebody give us the space to just kind of repeat back what they're saying. The beautiful thing about that is their body picks up on your body's experience that is the same as theirs and we feel better. It's how we co-regulate. That's a great way to start tapping into that power.
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