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Stress Is Hurting You! 5 Proven Steps To Reverse Its Effects: Deepak Chopra

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

CHAPTER

The Importance of Listening to Others

I hope that one thing you can do to alleviate anybody's suffering, to some extent, is fully accept them and listen to them. Don't give them advice. You know, people feel better if you just listen to them; there's neuroscience that their amygdala cools down. When you feel what another person feels, and you deeply listen, there's a phenomenon called limbic resonance. Your emotional brain resonates with their brain. So, acceptance, affection, appreciation, and attention are the key. That's what you do. People go to therapists to get advice. Therapists don't do that. They listen, good therapists listen.

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