I am preparing for the second season of the Listening with Love Series. This preparation reminds me of the power of listening with love. That’s why I decided to get AI’s help. I asked it to create lists of the most inspiring quotes from each episode. Let me know what you think of this list.

Ep. 02 Listening with Love: The Problem with Feeling Unseen and Unheard

1. “There are moments in life when there are no words to express the pain we feel collectively in our souls.”

2. “Allow people to express their feelings and thoughts without cutting them off. STOP, trying to sweep people’s pain under the rug. STOP, trying to fix them when the path to getting through it is to let it out.”

3. “When people don’t feel seen and heard, BAD THINGS HAPPEN: addiction, violence, abuse, overeating, not eating, mental health disorders, spiritual crisis, violent prejudice attacks, attention-seeking behaviors, and the list goes on.”

4. “We refuse to look at the damage we do to ourselves through our own negative self-talk, self-abuse, and self-neglect.”

5. “How can we be available to show up for someone else’s pain when we are constantly trying to hide from our own?”

6. “I WANT to get better at helping people feel seen and heard, because that is what I CAN DO! I’m not capable of changing other people’s behaviors or beliefs, but I CAN show up with compassion.”

7. “We can feel grief and not get trapped in a story about us being forever without.”

8. “I can’t listen with love if I’m focused on my own trauma.”

9. “Feeling our feelings is the key to set us free in order to consciously help another feel seen and heard.”

10, “Seeing and hearing our own needs is ESSENTIAL to be able to be there for anyone else.”

Which are your favorites?

Bringing in 2025

January 2025 New episodes of the Listening with Love Series

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With Love and Gratitude,

Rachael Wolff