Don't Misanthropomorphize Your Dog

When we project our own thoughts, feelings and motives onto others, that creates a real block in our ability to see them as they are. And when we wake up to that mistake, we get to reconnect to the real person. We get to listen. The way that you would listen to a piece of music, where you're not assuming you know what it's about, you're just letting it wash over you until you feel it. My mentor, Mavis Carn, has a beautiful way of talking about this kind of deep listening, that it's listen until you can feel their heart underneath whatever it is that they're saying.