Do you feel that your partner really doesn’t hear you? Do you feel that you are deeply misunderstood? Do you just want to be listened to (rather than have a problem solved)? Have you really learned to listen yourself? These are common issues in relationships. And, there is a very simple process called ‘active listening’ that goes a long way to dealing with these concerns. Active listening works like this (and we’ll take a couple, John and Sue, as our example): John and Sue se