PinnedAlexis AusterePainting an Understanding through StorylisteningPainters layer colors on the canvas to release emotions that words can’t capture.Feb 21Feb 21
PinnedMichael HumphreyWhat is a storylistener?Dendrochronologists, scientists who date and interpret past events through tree rings, are a nice metaphor for storylisteners.Feb 6Feb 6
Michael HumphreyHow you listen to someone’s story affects everything about itWe listen in the womb. Before we speak, we learn to parse what we see, and notice differences in what we hear. Nothing could make sense…Jun 15, 2023Jun 15, 2023
Michael HumphreyListening experts can teach us how to engage another person’s storyAmish people sometimes call barn raising “frolics,” gathering socially for a practical purpose. Organizers of a frolic provide a plan, and…Jun 15, 2023Jun 15, 2023
Michael HumphreyStorylistening: Going deeper into what, who, and whyModern life is burdened by the illusion that we are disconnected. That we look to “story” so often for an antidote reflects our illusion…Jun 15, 2023Jun 15, 2023
Michael HumphreyOne year into Storylisteners, let me tell you how I stumbled to an epiphanyOr how I quit two jobs just to end up where I startedJun 8, 2023Jun 8, 2023
Michael HumphreyDo we really know how to listen?I interview my colleague and an incredibly important influence on this project, Dr. Elizabeth Parks, an associate dean at Colorado…Jun 3, 2022Jun 3, 2022