I Hear You

The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships

By: Michael S. Sorensen

Narrated by: Michael S. Sorensen

What if making one tweak to your day-to-day conversations could immediately improve every relationship in your life?

In this three-hour, conversational listen, you'll discover the whats, whys, and hows of one of the most valuable (yet surprisingly little-known) communication skills - validation.

Whether you're looking to improve your relationship with your spouse, navigate difficult conversations at work, or connect on a deeper level with friends and family, this book delivers simple, practical, proven techniques for improving any relationship in your life.

Mastery of this simple skill will enable you to:

• Calm (and sometimes even eliminate) the concerns, fears, and uncertainties of others
• Increase feelings of love, respect, and appreciation in your romantic relationships
• Quickly resolve, or even prevent, arguments
• Help others become open to your point of view
• Give advice and feedback that sticks
• Provide support and encouragement to others, even when you don't know how to "fix" the problem
• And much more

In short: this skill is powerful. Give the principles and practices in this book a chance and you'll be amazed at the difference they can make.

©2017 Michael S. Sorensen (P)2017 Michael S. Sorensen

Everyone Should Practice these Principles

This book is very well performed. The author is clear and succinct. He does not try to streatch a few solid ideas into 20 chapters, when he can cover them in a handful. This book has a focused principle it describes, then it instructs you on how to implement the principle using several techniques and examples. I really enjoyed the style and structure of this book. It is very user friendly and teaches communication strategies to help understand and better communicate with others, while validating their emotions. This book highlights something society has forgetten, that we are allowed to feel.

Remarkably clear summary of the principles of restorative communication

Well done to the author/narrator for a clearly written and detailed primer on effective and restorative communication.

Awesome and straight forward

Finally a simple book for people wanting a simple explanation. I loved the layout of the book, the process, and examples. He did a great job explaining social skills...way better than an academic discussion like so many other self help books. Will read again and again. Thanks!

so good I bought it twice!

I love this so much that I ordered the paperback before I even finished the audiobook!

I'm a therapist by profession - a job that requires a masters degree - and despite all my years of training, I've never had the opportunity to experience such an in depth discussion on the power of validation. Seems backwards, since that's a big chunk of my job! I'm so excited to use this book as a refresher for myself, but also as a referral for clients (especially parents) to learn more about this absolutely essential communication tool!

I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone who wants to learn how to be a better listener. It's all but guaranteed to improve your relationships, but it'll also give you you some insight into why some relationships just grow stagnant. It's just as important to FEEL heard as it is to truly hear others. Let this masterpiece be your guide!

-Claire @southbaywellnessca

Really great tips!

Just as the title says, these are great tips and steps to help your audience know how much you understand their point if view, even if you don't agree with them.

Great book for everyone

This book is easy to understand and flows nicely. Great book for everyone regardless of job or position. Important life skills to practice and master for success for relationships.

Concise, relevant advice

Real life concepts to put to work immediately. I enjoyed how concise the book was written with straight forward advice.

Validating others and ourselves

This book has valuable and helpful information that can build happy relationships through learning and implementation of empathetic communication. This is a great book and would be helpful for everyone.

very informative and clearly understandable

I really like this topic and very well explained. The scenarios and examples were very clear.

Has some take home gems

worth listening to, implementing a few gems at a time, listening again, implementing again. has down to earth usable suggestions and ideas and examples.