It’s a simple, partnered practice for waking up to the nature of life and your own wisdom, so you can move yourself beyond the problems or concerns of daily life.

MCT’s are an opportunity to gain insights, clear up misunderstandings and deepen your understanding of Three Universal Principles underneath all human experience.

The MCT technique looks simple enough with two people sitting in chairs or on pillows on the floor facing each other a few feet apart. The practice can be difficult to achieve. It is not a conversation or social encounter.

The MCT practice is a process of completing communication cycles and listening without judgment. The listening partner must try to remain neutral so that the active partner is left free to be either positive or negative. They need this relationship freedom to reclaim their natural internal freedom – to help them discover their own truth and tap into their own inner wisdom.

In our “normal” conversation we are almost always giving people advice with one person tending to dominate the other. We don’t “normally” know how to just listen. When we do listen we don’t keep an open mind – instead we take sides. These “normal” conversation results in a level of abuse that creates and amplifies group think. Group think is a consensus agreement – everyone tries to think the same way and there is much emotional energy expended to keep everyone in line. All meaning is derived from the agreement with others. The MCT practice is a process of interpersonal communication is designed to prevent this abuse.

The Basic of the Mindfulness Communication Technique

Position: Two people sit directly facing each other.

Roles: One person will be the contemplating and communicator partner (speaking partner) and the other partner will be the open and non-judgmental listener (listening partner).

Instruction: The listening partner will give a pre-determined instruction and then listen with out commenting.

Reception: The speaking partner accepts the instruction.

Contemplation: Having received the instruction the speaking partner contemplates whats been asked and then sets out to comply with the instruction.

Communication: The speaking partner communicates whatever arises for them as a result of their contempation.

Acknowledgement: Once the speaking partner has completed his communication the listening partner simply acknowledges the speaking partner with, Thank You!

Reverse Roles: The speaking partner now gives the listening partner a pre-determined instruction.

Perfecting the Mindfulness Communication Technique

The receptive partner should not change the wording of the instruction, give it sloppily, or put his own emotional content on the instruction to lead the active partner. The instruction is given clearly and cleanly.

The receptive partner should not use facial expressions, nods, body language, “vibes,” or any other means to express an opinion or evaluation of what the active partner says.

With cycle change-overs, never change-over (reverse roles) until an understanding is reached.

When the receptive partner does not understand what the active partner said, he can say,

    ·     “Clarify that”

    ·     “Say that again”

    ·     “Summarize that”

Read related article: Practicing the Mindfulness Communication Techniques

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One of the questions I am asked quite a bit is, “Who needs a business or life coach anyway?”. And the answer may surprise you. “NO one  needs a coach”. Blasphemous, right? But it’s the truth! Nobody needs a Coach. Just like nobody needs a personal trainer, or nobody needs a financial advisor.

Hiring someone in a support profession is a CHOICE. It is a choice that you make in service of your very best interests. It’s as though you are saying to yourself, “I am really SERIOUS about what I want to achieve in my life, and I want to give myself every opportunity to follow through and finally DO it”.

For example: It’s one thing to know intellectually that you’re supposed to go to the gym and do a little cardio and do some strength training. And it’s another thing to actually show up for an exercise class. But it’s a whoooole different animal to have a personal trainer waiting for you at an appointed time, who knows you and knows your body, who will push you, challenge you, encourage you and plow through your excuses. Hiring a personal trainer generally suggests that you mean business – and you usually see results much faster.

By the same token, it’s one thing to know that something needs to change in your business or life. It’s another thing to feel as though you’re making a little bit of progress here and there. But it’s a whooooole different animal to have a Coach waiting to talk to you 2-3 times a month, who knows you and knows your goals, who will push you, challenge you, encourage you, and help you question your excuses. Hiring a Coach is a way of saying that you are READY to see and feel some results in your life – and soon.

But do you need a Business Coach? Nope! Hiring a Business Coach has nothing to do with being needy. Having a coach is something that you WANT because you are ready to start achieving more in your business and life – and faster. It’s something that you CHOOSE because, no matter what your goals or circumstances, you are ready for things to shift.

Have any other questions about what Coaching is – and isn’t? Please leave them here.

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