The Wisdom of Listening

Mark Brady

Simon and Schuster, Jun 10, 2005 - Religion - 320 pages

The benefits of practicing true listening are very real. Through refining our listening skills, we not only understand just what to say; we also understand when not to say anything at all. We become more open, present, and responsive. In turn, we renew the sense of peace within ourselves.

And the effects on our romantic, family, and professional relationships are undeniable.

In The Wisdom of Listening, award-winning author, teacher, and trainer Dr. Mark Brady and contributors that include Ram Dass and A.H. Almaas, help us to develop the "listening warrior" inside us all. Inspiring and easy to follow, the lessons here can transform the ways that we interact with others, whether in a large meeting or in a face-to-face encounter.

Listening is almost a lost art: some of us may have forgotten how to do it; some of us may have never quite learned. The Wisdom of Listening gives readers the skills to overcome our culture's tendency towards distraction and reaction, and to be more fully in the world.

About the author

Mark Brady, PhD, has taught graduate courses in deep listening for more than a dozen years. He is a senior faculty mentor at the graduate Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, where he collaborated in the creation of a computer-mediated Global Distance Learning Program. He was a co-developer the Children's Grief Program at Kara, a center for grief counseling in Palo Alto, California, where he also established the Electronic Hospice Project, an on-line support community for hospice workers worldwide. He has written three books, numerous articles for journals and national magazines, and has also won the Jack London Prize for fiction.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Wisdom of Listening
• Editor: Mark Brady
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2005
• ISBN: 0861719867, 9780861719860
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Applied Psychology; Psychology / Interpersonal Relations; Religion / Counseling