{"id":3615,"date":"2022-08-22T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T11:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2022-08-22T15:36:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T19:36:07","slug":"altered-horizons-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/altered-horizons-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Altered Horizons 66"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Altered<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Being reflective was never one of my talents. Rarely would I look back at things said or done, examining actions and motives, realities versus perceptions. Not my own, nor another\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

And now, stepping into the role of grief group facilitator, I am having to develop my skills at reflective listening, responding to the thoughts and feelings I sense from the communications of another, so that the speaker feels heard and understood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Focus on the other person\u2019s message and feelings. Don\u2019t make judgments. Don\u2019t offer advice or my own perspective, I remind myself. But I\u2019m kinda like an old upended tree trunk, absorbing the wet and warmth, and impervious to almost everything else around.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Photoshop I turned the reflection of trees and clouds in my pond upside down for this fabricated landscape. Definitely not paying respectful attention to what lay before me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Altered Horizons 66<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being reflective was never one of my talents. Rarely would I look back at things said or done, examining actions and motives, realities versus perceptions. Not my own, nor another’s. And now, stepping into the role of grief group facilitator, I am having to develop my skills at reflective listening, responding to the thoughts and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2254],"tags":[2416,2259,705,2271,976,2414,2413,2412,2351],"class_list":["post-3615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-h","tag-altered-horizons-66","tag-coping-with-change","tag-dealing-with-depression","tag-fabricated-landscapes","tag-grief-and-loss","tag-grief-educator-training","tag-grief-group-facilitator","tag-reflective-listening","tag-therapeutic-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t