Tag: stories

If you were asked, "Are you a good listener?" chances are you’d answer, "yes."

Maybe you pride yourself on your ability to stay quiet even when you really want to interject, or maybe you believe that you give sound advice after hearing another person’s problem or dilemma. But you might not be listening as well as you think. To illustrate what I mean, here’s an exercise I participated in during a mindfulness course.

The dreaded one-word answer when you ask your child "How was school?" is something every parent has faced from generation to generation. Now with technology, it can be even harder to get your child to look up and connect.

You get answers like "Fine" or "OK." Instead of asking your child that question say, "Tell me a story about the best part of your day." Then your child has the choice to tell a story of what happened before, during or after school. You can help your child tell a story and teach them that a story has a beginning, middle and end.