Mike Colter Quotes

A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood.

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.

I don't think I'd want to sit down and listen to people's stories all day long.

I'm a good listener.

If some woman tells me how she feels about something, my immediate assumption is that she wants an answer, or that she wants me to solve her problem. In fact, all she wants to do is share, or show how she feels.

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.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.

Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.

I always had an ability to listen and give people the space to open up and express themselves, and I was hoping it would translate on TV.

I'm a pretty good listener.

I'm someone that needs to talk about my problems. I call my mom every single day at school just to vent about random stuff. Singing is the same thing.

Unfiltered venting to a friend about difficult situations can be helpful. But it can work against you if your life turns into complaining.

When a companion's heart of itself overflows, the best one can do is to do nothing.

It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens, how confusions that seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when one is heard.

The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener— a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.

Be a good listener...It makes the person who's speaking to you feel loved,cared for and worthy of being heard.

The price of telling your troubles is having to listen to advice.

A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.

It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.

Being listened to should be sufficiently gratifying in itself, whether or not the advice is followed.

Milo refreshed Rae's drink and said, Talk to her. You need to get it off your chest." Then Milo turned to me and said, "Why don't you try a more subtle approach." "I demand you tell me your troubles," I said to my sister. "You're not as funny as you think you are," Rae replied.

Often when someone comes to you and wants to vent, it's so tempting to start giving advice. But if you allow the person just to let the feelings out, and then at another time come back with advice or comments, that person would experience a deeper healing.

if somebody at least listens it not too bad

Some people they simply just want to hear you. And others actually have things they want to share and talk with you about. So it's important for me to be as strong as I can when I leave home so I can hold space for all of it.

Normally I hate people who whine all the time, but in your case, it would be okay to complain. Be selfish, say what you want once in a while. It's okay to let yourself be sad." -Kyo talking to Tohru