What the heck does it mean to be a good audience member?
On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I share how being present, listening to understand, and offering genuine encouragement can help people feel seen and appreciated.
These ideas aren’t just for concerts, lectures, or performances - they can also help you to connect more thoughtfully with your friends, family, coworkers, and even yourself!
Here are some small things that can make a big difference:
• Put distractions aside (maybe make it a no-phone zone)
• Be curious & pay attention
• Use open and attentive body language
• Acknowledge with non-verbal cues
• Listen to understand (not just respond)
• Actively listen and look for what you love
• Share specific, generous, kind feedback
• Appreciate them appropriately
• Show enthusiastic encouragement
If you try these simple communication skills in your everyday interactions and conversations...
You just might discover how these little shifts can change and strengthen your relationships in the most positive and powerful ways! ❤️
KAREN KENNEY BIO:
Karen Kenney is a writer, speaker, podcaster, certified spiritual mentor, and coach.
She’s known for her dynamic storytelling, her sense of humor, her Boston accent, and her no-bullshit approach to spirituality, self-discovery, and transformational change work.
Karen helps people to navigate this whole “being human” experience with more love, curiosity, courage, and creativity.
She encourages people to learn and explore by using personal stories and a bunch of practical tools and universal principles.
KK has been a yoga teacher for 25+ years, and has been a Thai Yoga Massage practitioner since 2008.
She's also the creator of WRITE CLUB, and the host of The Karen Kenney Show podcast.
She coaches clients individually in her HEART-TO-HEART DAYS and in her 1:1 program THE QUEST.
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