Feeling Listened To: A Lived Experience of Humanbecoming

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to discover the structure of the universal lived experience of feeling listened to, a phenomenon of health and quality of life related to the human-to-human relationship. This Parse research method study included 10 adults who shared their experiences of feeling listened to. The structure, feeling listened to is unreserved affirmation amid potential irreverence arising with the liberating contentment of benevolent affiliations, is the central finding of the study. This finding was connected to humanbecoming theory and extant literature, contributing to nursing knowledge, expanding the theory, and enhancing understanding about feeling listened to.