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When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.

To be empathetic to everyone around you, I think, is such a powerful thing to hold.

Sometimes people just need to be heard. They find happiness in sharing their thoughts.

When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.

It just makes everything more pleasurable when you've got someone that emotionally is there to rely on.

We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.

When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.