MENTAL DIET
HEART TO HEART
Heart to heart is listening with the heart and communicating with the heart. Heart to heart goes beyond understanding the words of another to understanding the feelings behind the words of another. Heart to heart is at the heart of effective communication.
Until there is an emotional connection behind the verbal communication there will be room for misunderstanding. Until there is an emotional connection the other person will feel unloved and misunderstood in your interpersonal relationships. Until you understand the feelings involved you will be unable to resolve the issue that revolves around your interpersonal relationships. Until you get the emotional message behind the verbal communication you will never get to understand the other person. Understanding births empathy-empathy implies walking in the other person’s shoes; standing where they stand because where they stand determine what they see; it is feeling what they feel. Empathy produces compassion and when the other person senses and feels that he or she is emotionally understood-the individual feels loved and cared for. And when decisions flow from a compassionate heart the other person would not resist.
Listening with the heart to understand the other person does not equate consent or agreement to what the other person is saying but rather acknowledging the feelings and the right to feel that way. Empathic communication or heart to heart is not an easy pie to chew but it is a complex pie to chew as you must interpret the verbal communication according to the individual’s emotional state; at times the non-verbal communication or body language speaks volume more than mere words.
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About the Author
Udeme Archibong is a prolific writer, an astute communicator and a model of excellence. Her writings have made profound impact on thousands of lives around the world through her blog: successrecipeblog.com, which has followings in over 70 countries in continents of the world.
She is a Self-Development Expert, who passionately works towards helping people maximize their destinies.
At some point, she was a motivational columnist, writing Success Recipe and Destiny Catalyst, for two Nigerian national newspapers, Vanguard and ThisDay, respectively. She is the initiator of the Revolution Series Seminars
