The Five Keys to Mindful Communication

Using Deep Listening and Mindful Speech to Strengthen Relationships, Heal Conflicts, and Accomplish Your Goals

By: Susan Gillis Chapman

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Good communiation is essential to any healthy relationship, whether it's between spouses, family members, friends, or co-workers. In this book Susan Chapman, a marriage and family therapist and a longtime meditation teacher, explains how mindfulness can be brought to bear in the way we speak and listen to each other so that we can strengthen our connections and better accomplish our goals. Drawing on Buddhist principles and on her training as a psychotherapist, Chapman explains how the practice of mindfulness - learning to become fully present in the moment - makes it possible for us to listen more deeply to others and to develop greater clarity and confidence about how to respond.

Chapman highlights five key elements of mindful communication: silence, mirroring, encouraging, discerning, and responding, and she dedicates a chapter of the book to each. Other topics include identifying your communication patterns and habits; uncovering the hidden fears that often sabotage communication; staying open in the midst of difficult conversations so that we can respond wisely and skillfully; and learning how mindful communication can help us to become more truthful, compassionate, and flexible in our relationships.

©2012 Susan Gillis Chapman (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Wow

I think this just saved my relationship. This was perfect for me! I know a lot of it was beyond my ability to apply it to my life right now but I will re listen to it starting immediately 😄. I've already noticed a huge difference in me when conflict arises! Amazing! I'm so grateful for this book! Thank you!

Whimsical, magical and romantic

Hated for it to end it was so good. A real page turner, with or without pages

Worth a full listen.

Content was highly relevant to the topic "mindful communication". Narrator did a good job in delivering the message. Thank you :-)

Fantastic

I really enjoyed this. So many times I found myself nodding along with the advice she was giving, and once I even wrote something down so I could use it later with my own clients. I hope I can find a hard copy of this book, I'd love to be able to revisit so much of the advice in here later on.

A very helpful and informative guide!

I've struggled with proper communication most of my life. Learning to understand how people perceive the way of communicating was very frustrating. I tried to get my point across without knowing that I was not going about it properly!

A book about empathy

It focuses on the empathy and loosing the concept ( like in the movies) of villains and heroes. But I felt that it relies on the hope that not only you'll put yourself in the other person's shoes but that the other person will do the same, in reality this doesn't happens all the time, you cant control that and sometimes people do bad things or behave like assholes, and you just cant make them turn green again.
You have to listen to it several times to really get it in.

Highly recommend even if you feel you don't need it.

I highly recommend this book even if you feel you don't need coaching on communication. This book puts communication in perspective with many examples and tips. I wish every person who has ever written a nasty attacking comment on a blog or Facebook post would read this book! Or better I wish every person who has ever experienced a nasty comment or response online could read this book - you'll have a new perspective on the writer of those comments. Enjoy!!

Great self help

Very good book, easy to follow along and user friendly. I loved it. Thank you

Mindfulness is the key to my enlightenment.

love it the stories hit me hard I saw a bit of myself in in every situation.. very insightful

INCREDIBLE

This is my second time listening to this book. And I think I'm going to turn it on for a third time!!!
Highly recommend this to any human being!!!