Do you listen to your kids properly? - Lychee Takahashi

Lychee Takahashi, a communication counselor based in Japan, believes that listening is more important than many people think in order to improve the quality of communication.

Lychee Takahashi, a communication counselor in Japan Source: Lychee Takahashi

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Lychee visited Sydney to hold workshops which focus on improving listening skills.  According to her, having good quality communication between you and your loved ones such as kids and partners is actually quite difficult.

With the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 as a trigger, Lychee has started a support project called Listening-Mama-Project.  This project offers a 20-minute free "listening" session to pregnant women and mothers with children of elementary age or younger.

These sessions are conducted not by professional counselors but by mothers who finished the training course.  Lychee says that the project offers a place to connect for isolated pregnant women and mothers with young children.

In the audio, Lychee explains how she started the Listening-Mama-Project and explains her style which focuses on listening to improve communication and relationships.

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