Listening Now Blog

“Very early in my work, I discovered that simply listening to my client very attentively was an important way of being helpful.  So when I was in doubt as to what I should do, in some active way, I listened.  It seemed surprising to me that such a passive kind of interaction could be so [...]

Birdy Diamond and I are afflicted by the same bug – we are fascinated by the power and magic of listening in everyday lives.  When Birdy first suggested a series of posts on Listening Currency, I was fascinated.  And delighted that she wanted to write four posts about it.  Then four grew to five, and [...]

Brenda Ueland was one of the most fascinating women of her time.  She died in 1985 at the age of 94.  She wrote one of the first “agony aunt” radio shows (Tell Me More), was married three times and had an affair with an anarchist who ended up leaving her for Isadora Duncan. She was [...]

We had such a successful reception to the series of posts from Birdy Diamond on Listening Currency (and if you missed them, you can check in here to catch up) that we decided to finish 2010 with a special Hollydayze post.  Birdy specialises in encouragement and encouraging – and if there’s a time of year [...]