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Minds On: Active Listening

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Minds On: Active Listening

Unsolicited Advice (Again) Youtube Short

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Caption:

when you vent to your friends and they start giving unsolicited advice

Voiceover:

Thank you so much for this. Um, it was entirely unhelpful, but I thank you nevertheless.”

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Discussion

What message is this video trying to convey?

Have you ever experienced a situation where you just wanted someone to listen and you didn’t feel you were being heard, or that the person was more focused on telling you what to do than listening to what you wanted/needed?

How did that make you feel?

Have you ever offered advice when it wasn’t asked for?

How did the other person respond/receive this advice?
What could you have done differently? What could you have said or done instead?

Why is active listening so important, particularly when someone is sharing a mental health struggle with you?

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Additional Activity: Reflection

On the following slide are several quotations.
Choose one or more of the quotations to write about in a journal entry.
Prompts (if needed):

What does this quotation make you think about?
What does this quotation make you feel?
What ideas do you agree or disagree with? Explain.
What about this quotation resonates with you? Why?

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“Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear; all [they need] is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for [their] suffering can be a big comfort.”

― Roy T. Bennett

“There’s magic in being seen by people who understand—it gives you permission to keep going.”

― Alok Vaid-Menon

“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.”

― Brené Brown

“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.”

― Ralph G. Nichols

“Listening doesn't always equate to hearing.

Hearing doesn't always lead to understanding

but active listening helps each person

truly ‘see’ the other.”

― Sanjo Jendayi

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Minds On: Active Listening