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Achieva produced and distributed ten podcasts for family caregivers on topics that help them be resilient. Following is an excerpt from the ‘Care to Listen’ Podcast, Episode 5, written by Reverend Sally Jo Snyder.
Communication and the Power of Story “It takes two - in communication there must be at least one person who communicates and at least one person who listens ... both are essential to having good communication. Whenever my mother held a baby and the infant would begin to babble and coo, she would exclaim, “Are you going to tell me a story? Tell me what you know?” I don’t know how profound or how deeply insightful were the coos, yet I do not doubt they were important and were definitely necessary. We are born with a need to communicate, to connect, to be noticed and to be heard. Both the teller and the listener benefit.”
