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Don't Just Feel Your Emotions

and love -- as though these parts are very young children. And even if these parts contain difficult emotions... Read this trainer tip Keywords: inner parts emotional resilience resilience self empathy compassionate witness parts work inner work emotions feelings empathy presence accompaniment compassion self care Eric Bowers
Needs Cards

Print-and-cut these 71 needs cards for one-on-one, partner or group activities, to help support the pratice of empathy. Includes nine blank cards for you to customize. See this learning tool See this guide for ideas on how to use them. Find feelings cards here. Keywords: empathy needs cards learning tool universal human needs NVC basics Peggy Smith
Feelings Cards

Print-and-cut these 56 feelings cards for one-on-one, partner or group activities, to help support the pratice of empathy. Includes eight blank cards for you to customize. See this learning tool See this guide for ideas on how to use them. Find needs cards here. Keywords: learning tool empathy feelings cards Peggy Smith
Healing From Betrayal

Repairing betrayal may include rebuilding self trust, getting support, empathy on both sides over time, and new agreements. Even though your (in)actions don't "cause" someone's behavior, acknowledging any part you played in creating conditions for the behaviors to arise, can support repair. Trust builds slowly as new skills, ways of relating and experiences that reflect honesty, self...
How to Interact with an Angry Practice Group Member

The staff member responded to both of us by commenting that his words stimulated “a strong sense of anger and annoyance, needs for respect and consideration not being met.” I’d appreciate some empathy and suggestions for how I can take care of myself and how I can further cultivate NVC skills in relation to this individual. Thanks for any help! —G.M., USA Trainer Answer Dear G.M., Following are...
Tips for the Road Series Tip 4

will appreciate (or love) you all the same if it doesn't work for you to do this." Of course, even when inviting people to say no, it might be difficult to hear a no. What helps me hear a no is empathy, whether self-empathy or empathy from another. It also helps me to remember that when someone says no, they are really saying yes to other needs. In other words, the no is not about me; it's about...
Keeping The Focus On Ourselves

Trainer Tip The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there —Robert M. Pirsig Sometimes it takes three hours of empathy to prepare for a one-hour meeting. We all have times when we anticipate that a meeting or conversation might be challenging. I used to prepare for these moments by telling myself, “Buck up— you’ll get through it.”...
How To Deal With Difficult People

can focus on offering something that they or you can do that may meet their need(s). If while talking to the jackal you are hearing the criticism and getting bitten by it you can give yourself empathy (ask yourself what you are feeling and needing) or, if needed, take a timeout to calm down. Remember the giraffe rule: Never hear what others think of you if it is negative. But if you do hear the...
How to Create Your Own Teaching Activities

you can’t remember how you experience the topic, go out into your life and watch yourself and others experiencing it. Take notes and start to notice patterns. For instance, if you want to teach empathy, notice as much as you can about what happens in other people when you empathize with them. Or, notice what happens in you when you receive empathy. What happens when you and others don’t receive...
A Deep Dive into the Art of Mediation

like a stressful job) The 5 Movements of Passing a Message – this is the basic rhythm of a mediation The practice of 'Interruption that Brings Connection' How to deepen your empathic skills – empathy as the bread and butter of mediation How to support a dialogue to go beyond ‘NO’ and differences in opinion The content in the recordings from this course will demonstrate the intention, art, and...