The Place We Find Ourselves 115 Why It's So Important To Tell Your Story To An Attuned Listener with Curt Thompson
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May 23, 2022 
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Attuned Listening Rewires The Storyteller's Brain
- Attuned listening creates right-hemisphere to right-hemisphere connections that modify the storyteller's experience in real time.
- Curt argues that good listeners energize and enable more faithful, emergent storytelling through nonverbal attunement.
Use A Five Minute Loving Kindness Gaze
- Try a five-minute loving-kindness gaze exercise with a partner to experience attunement's calming effect.
- Couples often pass an initial discomfort threshold and then find sustained eye contact reduces anger and increases connection.
Confessional Community Liturgy Reveals Hidden Emotions
- Curt describes a confessional community storytelling liturgy with a 20-minute telling and listeners reflecting only feelings.
- The speaker often discovers emotions (e.g., hidden anger) named by listeners that they hadn't been aware of.