Our communication with the environment begins in the womb: we react to stimuli, although these responses are not well thought out; as we grow, our communication is designed, practiced and modified to comply with certain social norms, so there comes a time when we can talk about intentional communication and conscious communication.
Communicating our needs facilitates survival, connecting with the people around us, is a natural thing that arises spontaneously in us, however, there has recently been a lot of talk about another type of communication: conscious communication.
- Being aware of the present moment is what mindfulness.
- Mindfulness or conscious communication brings us.
- In a world like today.
- Where the way we communicate with the environment is multiple.
- There are studies that recommend focusing on one task at a time.
- The Before the modern temptation to work in multitasking mode or with shared attention.
- This includes both the production and receipt of information.
- Communicating is not only producing information.
- But also being able to interpret it.
We often know what we are saying, we firmly believe in our point of view, but we share our attention when we receive messages, so let us think about: do we really hear or do we not pay attention to what the other person says, just wanting to recover the word Are we aware of our nonverbal communication?For better or worse, it conveys much of the messages we communicate.
Being a conscious communicator is just that: participating in all our communication. And it’s not an easy process; you have to start in schools, where some exercises related to conscious communication are already practiced, for example, the exercises of empathy and acceptance towards others are a good way to introduce children into this, emotions are fundamental in our day to day and mastering them requires a lot of patience and practice, although sometimes we forget it.
Being conscious or conscious means not giving in to irritation or anger when communicating with others, knowing when to let go is a sign of conscious communication and, in this task, emotional intelligence will help us, an emotional intelligence that manifests itself in the field of our emotions, as well as in the acceptance of the emotions of others.
The first step when we want to be conscious communicators is to understand that communication is a process, wanting to be attentive or aware does not mean to be like that, this competence covers many areas:
In short, being a conscious communicator makes us more effective, more empathetic communicators, and allows us to express ourselves more appropriately to our social context and create stronger social bonds. We are talking about a difficult process, as it will involve, among other achievements, identifying and recognizing our current mistakes, but it will also be worth reaping the fruits.