Mental Health

  • Are you listening? What are we teaching ourselves and our children about listening?

    Written by Sara Nuahn, MSW, LICSW,CBIS   …..Yeah, but. “Yes! I’m listening, but….” Have you ever talked to another person and become so distracted by the quivering of their lips?  I’m not talking sad quivering. I’m talking, the quivering where you know they are dying! absolutely dying! to say something the moment you stop talking.  Or they actually do and start by giving you an answer when you weren’t asking a question.  We all know that person, those people, and at the end of those conversations, we walk away feeling unheard and frustrated.  It’s as if the big thought bubble is completely empty, because truly, there was no exchange of information.…