by Jerry Catt | Nov 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
This Salon will host the Self Talk Virtual Workshop. Participants are encouraged to post Questions and Comment here prior to the workshop, or email your Questions or Comments to either of the workshop Facilitators srazaee@listen4achange.org and... by Jerry Catt | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve argued for years that listening begins with the self; I’m not retracting that, but what I’ve come more recently to understand is that the self is a complex of many different expressions that manifest in our self-talk despite one characteristic may be overbearing,... by Jerry Catt | Jan 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Most often we notice the importance of listening in its absence! I’ve learned a good deal about listening by neglecting to. Unfortunately that’s how I’ve learned its value. I’ve argued in my listening class for years that we do not value listening in American... by Jerry Catt | Nov 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
A few of you may have read a bit of this content posted elsewhere sometime ago (on FB 2013) while I was still teaching at Boise State (my last semester was fall of 2015). In spite of my retirement status, now that it’s fall 2017 I can’t suppress the feeling – that I’d... by Jerry Catt | Sep 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the interest of elucidating active aspects of listening processes (interpreting, evaluating – etc.), I, along with many academics, have neglected the aspect of silence. There were obvious reasons for dispelling the idea that listening meant being silent; this...
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