Where did the love go? Using your 5 senses to bring the love back (part one)
Part 1: Listening It seems to be a genetic defect in the human gene pool, as we get older we learn more ways to not really listen. How to tone things out so to speak. Granted you do journey through many areas in your life that may require a lot more patience, time investment, or a smart way to tone out the noise. For example, being at work with a fast deadline approaching and it’s a co-worker’s birthday. So there’s cake, laughing, fun, and a fast approaching headache. I see how toning out the noise can come in handy here. But where do we decide the line has been crossed? You go home and your partner wants to tell you their fantastic day, all you want to do is eat and go to bed, how easily does that tone out policy come home with you? Did we forget how to really listen? In relationships hearing and really listening to your partner can really bring and keep you closer together. It should really be a well-developed habit for a couple to share a conversation. Of course it gets harder a...