According to Rogers [ 39] a trusting listening environment is characterized by the following conditions: authenticity or congruence, unconditional positive attention and empathy.
What they don't reveal is what has been missing from so many of these children's lives: unconditional love, affection, attention, unstinting support and adults showing them that violence and aggression is not the answer to stress and conflict.
Created by Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd, and featuring a cast of around 200, "Bum Bum" forces its paying participants to do things likely to go against the grain of folks whose theatergoing has been limited to the West End: saying its title, for starters (an utterance that defies dignity), and — far more daunting — becoming the unconditional center of attention.
As work and personal lives of the rich and famous become busier and more stressful, many have come to realize that a balanced, happy pet is going to have a soothing effect on the household at large, providing attention, affection, unconditional love and other such emotional support that may otherwise go un- or under- fulfilled.
I am sorry you lost the right to be the sole social calamity, deserving our undivided attention and unconditional hopes and prayers.
The main concepts of this scale were: giving special attention, praising, unconditional love, and being supportive and affectionate.
Most important though was that Austin seemed to have received a gift that resonated within his soul: undivided attention wrapped in unconditional love.
If, even after you show unconditional love and shower extra attention, your partner still tends to lose it many times, and continues to act critical and oh-so-complaining, then you need a reality check.
He got the fans' undivided attention more than their unconditional love.
