Five senses

In article “Good Communication Starts With Listening”, Nancy Foster talks about the importance of listening during conversations. Most of us think that communication is all about talking, and as we talk we can interrupt, analyze, advise, judge or argue with the person we’re having conversation. But, in order to communicate well, we should build our listening skills. We don’t really get training in great listening and often think that hearing someone means we’re listening to him/her. We can…

Feeling a bit under the weather after reading in the car, or spending some time on the sea? Find out the secret behind motion sickness in humans. Motion sickness happens when the movement that you see around you does not match what the vestibular senses perceive. Your brain takes in information about where you are (through your eyes) and how you are moving (through your inner ear). Your brain gets updates from both and integrates them. Having a mismatch of information, your brain fails to update…

Have you ever felt so guilty about something you couldn’t help? That’s how the author of the short story “The Seventh Man” Haruki Murakami felt. This story is about a young boy (Haruki) and his best friend (K.) facing this typhoon and sadly K. ended up not making it. Murakami felt like this was his fault due to not running back and getting K. but he should forgive himself for what happened to K. Haruki shouldn’t feel and carry this weight on him that it was his fault. He didn’t cause the storm…

There are several methods we use for verbal de-escalation. The first method we use has nothing to do with actually talking and that is “effective listening”. This type of listening ensures we understand the client and helps rectify conflict. Many people do not think they need to improve their listening skills, but they do. Effective listening and hearing is not the same thing. If you have really demonstrated effective listening, you should almost be able to create yourself a “mental…

In the video clip, the narrator is advocating active listening. Active listening is defined as a process in which the listener paraphrases what the speaker says to clarify the message (Fujishin, 2012, p. 81). It is a simple way of communication that lets the speaker know the listener is engaged, and that they genuinely care. This type of communication is essential in the healthcare profession, when one is dealing with vulnerable populations. In the short video A Story About Care, the narrator…

Do you know the difference between perspective and perception? The words perception and perspective are commonly confused as the same words, but in actuality they have two different meanings. Perception is the way an individual interprets a piece of work or information. Perspective, however, is one’s point of view. Although the two words are not the same, they are connected because one’s point of view can affect their interpretation. For instance, in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus may view…

In his nostalgic poem “Blackberries”, Yusef Komunyakka allows the reader to better connect with the speaker’s problems by the use of first person point of view. By allowing the young boy to express his stream of conscious directly to those listening to the poem, we get an intimate glimpse at his transition from innocence. The poem begins with the boy recalling his time spent picking wild blackberries. He enjoys this act, and how it leaves his hands stained “like a printers/Or a thief’s before…

The body’s senses bring in information to the brain so that it can decipher where to direct the information into the right parts of the body, due to top-down processing. But, the senses are not always as accurate as they may seem. For instance, perception of pain in the body and sense of touch may get lost in translation. Pain can sometimes be overlooked, such as when an athlete gets injured, they may not realize the severity of the injury because the sensory nerves are blocking out the feeling…

The definition of listening is being able to interpret both the non-verbal and verbal messages from others. This skill could be used when establishing leadership with your employees. In some leadership theories, like participative leadership where the employees are crucial and involved in the decision making of the business. A website that supports how to learn these tools are: https://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/ActiveListening.htm. I like this website because it focuses on active listening and…

24. Julian Treasure started off by talking about an interesting quote from the Hindus, which translated to “The world is sound”. Julian then goes on to mention a statistic on how everything around us is vibrating. I think this is a good hook in the way it grabs the viewer’s attention and gives a clear explanation on what the speaker is going to talk about. 25. He starts off by saying how listening is an active skill and that how hearing is a passive skill. So basically, you hear all the time,…