Category Archives: active listening

Thinking about democracy & the dinner table

Posted on December 12, 2015 by fearlessanalyst

“This is what has to change,” my brain whispered to me one morning.  I had wakened up remembering a dinner the night before, when ten of us managed to eat and drink too much for a whole evening without ever discussing the … Continue reading →

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The Listeners

Posted on August 6, 2013 by fearlessanalyst

The other day in my favourite café, I was listening to a friend who’s been dealing with mental illness all the decades of her adult life.  Diagnosed long ago with so-called ‘schizophrenia’, she clearly needs to talk about her feelings, … Continue reading →

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