Our children are begging for us to listen to them. In fact, recent polls suggest that many of our children, pre-teens and teens feel like we aren’t listening because we’re engaged with our phones and distracted. Is this true? Are we really not listening? Or have we forgotten the importance of active listening in conversations? 
Dr. Maisha Clairborne is an integrative family physician, Master Practitioner and trainer of neuro linguistic programming, hypnosis and timeline therapy and founder of the mind remapping Academy. Through her live training, Dr. Clairborne teaches individuals how to master their thoughts, beliefs and communication, while eliminating fear, shame, self doubt and old trauma that interfere with their ability to experience full aliveness and live their best, most fulfilled, productive and peaceful life. 
Listen as Dr. Clairborne and I talk about this extremely important topic. She even provides examples of situations where she has used active listening with her own son to help build his confidence and trust. 
If you’ve been struggling with communication in your home, you will not want to miss this one. 
In this episode, we discuss: 
What active listening really is.
Tips for balancing communication boundaries and providing safe spaces to talk.
Non-verbal ways to show our children that we’re listening.
The best ways to communicate with our children.
When to incorporate humor into parenting
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Questions:
What are some ways we as parents can take care of ourselves when we are emotionally dysregulated?
How can we use humor and play to redirect our children when it seems they are not listening?
How can understanding our children's values help us to motivate and directionalize their behavior?
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