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Happy families don't happen accidentally...Live and Parent on Purpose! Christine Marion-Jolicoeur helps mums create a family and life they love. She’s a bestselling author, parenting coach and creator of the Joyful Parenting ecourse. Grab your free gifts for mums + updates at ChristineMJ.com/freegift.

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The Power of Literal Listening: Take the Stress Out of Communication

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” ~Ernest Hemingway

If I’m honest, I don’t think I listened to another person until I was in my thirties. I wasn’t really listening, not completely. It’s not that I’m super selfish or vain; I was just so busy doing the mental gymnastics that I thought I had to do to keep up in conversations that I missed what was actually being said to me.

I grew up in a family where it felt like nearly everything that was said had another, unspoken meaning. I remember feeling really confused as a child, …