This revolution calls for inner evolution. We must become first the change we wish to see. Listening begins within, listening to one’s own reactions, biases, judgments, resistance, anger, agenda and blind spots pertaining to the topic at hand, and doing what we can to put those aside to truly hear what another is saying.

How do we do this? How do we begin? Marci McReynolds will guide us in some first steps.

Marci McReynolds, AKA “The Listening Lady,” has been exploring and teaching the art of listening for the past 25 years. She is a mediator, facilitator, educator and improvisor whose personal mission is to spread the seeds of deep listening “from the inside-out” to as many people as possible, believing that listening is at the core of all social, spiritual and personal evolution. She currently manages the City of Bellevue Conflict Resolution Center. She is the author of The Listening Cards, an Eloquent Primer in the Art of Listening.