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June 17, 2009

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Book Review Why don’t we listen better?

Petersen, J. C. (2007). Why don’t we listen better? Communicating and connecting in relationships. Tigard, OR: Petersen Publications. James Petersen uses five parts to illustrate the talking and listening process to help us understand a better way to communicate with each other and understand one another in his book, Why don’t we listen better? Communicating and connecting in relationships. Part One Petersen creates a “Flat-Brain Theory of Emotions” that explains to us how our mind works and what goes on with in us to act the way we do and communicate in the manner that we act. He puts it all together the emotions, the feelings, communication and actions we may have in manner that is expressed through his theory of Flat-Brain. He uses illustrations to get his point across, which he is very creative in showing how it works. Part Two In this part Petersen uses his creative card to get his point across in helping us communicate better. The system of the card is to help us to become

Enlarging My Conversation

Interpersonal Communication Design: Enlarging My Conversation Section One: Definition of Enlarging My Conversation God knows this is something that we all need a little help doing in this life, communicating and listening. Stewart (2008) writes communication involves more than one person getting an idea, sending the message to another, the other receiving the message and formulating ideas from the message. Successful communication involves people’s ability to continuously connect to each other rather than distribution of ideas back and forth. Consequently, I reassessed my interpersonal communication processes and determined that my new goals were to give an upgrade to my concept of communication and learn to communicate interpersonally by bringing glory to God in this process of change. Carbonnell (2005) wrote “like vital organs, our personalities must be nourished and grow into healthy parts of our lives. Our personalities must be fed the Word of God, good thoughts, wise decisions

Reaching Out Book Review

Abstract Nouwen, H. J. M. (1975). Reaching Out. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Nouwen (1975), Reaching Out, expresses the importance in moving from loneliness to solitude, from hostility to hospitality, and from illusion to prayer. He captures the disease of loneliness that is spreading across the world and gives insight on how to deal with this epidemic. I was able to understand clearly in my own life how easily it is contractible to others and myself. Especially in the age of everyone is so busy talking on cellular phones and all the types of media available, they have closed themselves off from anything that allows them to be vulnerable and connected to other people. Plus, the lack of quiet time does not give people the opportunity to connect with God. Prayer is a way of connecting with God and doing it with others helps connect people to a community to express what is going on in their own life. It is clear that we will suffer through this life and in th

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