Mindfulness: Emotion and Ethics Case Studies
1. Discuss mindfulness and its pertinence to effective listening in interpersonal communication. In your discussion, indicate whether mindfulness is a technique or an attitude and explain how we express our mindfulness to others whom we are interacting.
The first step in listening is choosing to be in the present moment and to attempt to fully experience what is being said by the other person. This is no small feat as our minds tend to wander when we are listening. keeping eye contact (this has cultural implications for some people), and indicating interest in what another person says.
Mindfulness in listening also presupposes that you attempt, as best you can, to grasp the meaning of what the other person is saying. This may mean that you ask for greater clarification in order to attempt to understand how the person is feeling about what they are saying. When people sense we are really listening, they tend to feel appreciated, understood, and more fully alive.
Here are some listening guidelines:
Empty your mind of thoughts, ideas, plans, and concerns so that you are open to the other person.
Concentrate on the person with whom you are interacting. Say to yourself, "I want to focus on this person and what he or she is feeling and thinking."
If you find yourself framing responses to the other person, try to push those aside; they interfere with your concentration on what the other person is saying.
If your mind wanders, don 't criticize yourself; that 's distracting. Instead, gently refocus on the person you are with and what that person is communicating to you. It 's natural for other thoughts to intrude, so just push them away and stay focused on the other person.
Let the other personal know you are attending mindfully by giving nonverbal responses (nods, facial expressions), asking questions to encourage elaboration, and keeping eye contact.
Evaluate how mindfully you listened. Did you understand the other person 's thoughts and feelings? Did you
The first step in listening is choosing to be in the present moment and to attempt to fully experience what is being said by the other person. This is no small feat as our minds tend to wander when we are listening. keeping eye contact (this has cultural implications for some people), and indicating interest in what another person says.
Mindfulness in listening also presupposes that you attempt, as best you can, to grasp the meaning of what the other person is saying. This may mean that you ask for greater clarification in order to attempt to understand how the person is feeling about what they are saying. When people sense we are really listening, they tend to feel appreciated, understood, and more fully alive.
Here are some listening guidelines:
Empty your mind of thoughts, ideas, plans, and concerns so that you are open to the other person.
Concentrate on the person with whom you are interacting. Say to yourself, "I want to focus on this person and what he or she is feeling and thinking."
If you find yourself framing responses to the other person, try to push those aside; they interfere with your concentration on what the other person is saying.
If your mind wanders, don 't criticize yourself; that 's distracting. Instead, gently refocus on the person you are with and what that person is communicating to you. It 's natural for other thoughts to intrude, so just push them away and stay focused on the other person.
Let the other personal know you are attending mindfully by giving nonverbal responses (nods, facial expressions), asking questions to encourage elaboration, and keeping eye contact.
Evaluate how mindfully you listened. Did you understand the other person 's thoughts and feelings? Did you
References: : 1. Abcdef In the Company of Others: An Introduction to Communication. New York: Oxford University Press. 2010. pp. 157–166. ISBN 0-19-533630-5.OCLC 276930486. 2. Wurman, R. (1989). Information anxiety. New York: Doubleday. 3. Arliss, Laurie P.Gender Communication. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. 4. "Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication." In Intercultural Communication: A Reader. 4th Ed. Eds. Larry A. Samovar & Richard E. Porter. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1985, pp. 330-338.