The Listening Enterprise is now located at 'The Loft'

FALLBROOK – The Listening Enterprise is an undertaking by Fallbrook resident Janel Carlin. As someone who has served in many roles where she was sought for advice, she said she found that listening was transformational.

It’s new, but it’s old; this business of listening, Carlin said.

“Maybe your mother told you that we were born with two ears and one mouth because we are to do twice as much listening as we are talking,” Carlin said.

She agreed that it is true maybe 90% of the time.

“But, what does one do with what is within?” she asked.

The thoughts and feelings that are not heard lead to that “stuck” feeling people experience from time to time, Carline said. The impression that they know the answer, if only they could find the file cabinet it was buried in.

Thought patterns get stuck in a loop. How can someone move beyond that thought to the next thing? What about that one mouth each person has? Perhaps one would contend that people talk too much as it is. It could be that a person finds oneself talking and talking, yet they find no peace or solutions.

The way through is with a skilled listener, Carlin said. If given genuinely interested, uninterrupted attention, coupled with no sense of urgency to “fix the broken,” the talker is able to access their own thinking, uncovering solutions that were 100% more feasible and achievable than the sound advice offered.

Carlin is now taking appointments at The Listening Enterprise’s new location, “The Loft,” at 208 E. Mission Road in Fallbrook. Originally a family farm house built in 1885, the now commercial site has small businesses as its occupants and is No. 92 on the Historical Registry of Historical Buildings in town.

As The Listener, Carlin welcomes her guests to the loft space as she said, “I used to use public spaces like a coffee house or even a park bench to listen. But, there wasn’t enough privacy to create a sense of ease. The loft is wonderful, being secluded there is no sense that one might be ‘overheard.’ Yet, it doesn’t feel like an office or clinical space. It’s just the right spot for uninterrupted listening.”

More information about The Listening Enterprise can be found at http://www.listening.expert.

Appointments can be made through the website, email any questions directly to

[email protected] or text “I need to talk” to Carlin’s personal number, (760) 504-8033.

Submitted by The Listening Enterprise.