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NVC Life Hacks 24

Welcome to the final video in our 3 part Embodied NVC Life Hack series. So far we've learnt about rewiring our brain from a flight, fright or freeze reaction to the choice of self-empathy, allowing us to centre and check-in with ourselves. In part two, Empathy Skills, we went beyond self-empathy to look at ways we can empathise with the other person. In this final installment, we create a...
Tips for the Road Series Tip 2

If, instead, you follow your observations, feelings, and needs with a connecting request, they will get a chance to share what is going on for them and you will have the opportunity to give them empathy and demonstrate that you care about their needs too. A connection request that I often use is, “What’s going on for you after hearing this from me?” Or some version of that, such as, “How is this...
Is NVC Always One-on-One?

different points in time attempted to argue strategies and merit and majority and so forth. With our guidance, and with the growing willingness of more and more people to engage in the process of empathy and expression not only with Rob and Maya, but also with those who had become charged by Rob, we were able to peel off slowly the layers of “position” and reach the level of pure needs. The...
The Living Energy of Needs

Have you experienced inauthenticity, confusion and flatness in expressing empathy with others? Do you long to create a more natural quality of energy as you practice empathy? Or are you a trainer looking for guidance to teach workshop participants a more natural flow in their empathy practice? In this interactive, pre-recorded training video and associated exercise, Susan Skye helps you unlearn...
Trauma, Forgiveness & Your Close Relationships

Access this complete 7 session course What happens when empathy isn't enough? When you and the people you love keep getting into the same argument again and again with no resolution or change, it can feel deeply distressing. It may even be challenging to hold on to hope. When you look at the outer world, you may find yourself wondering how humanity can possibly work through the deep issues that...
Using Therapeutic Communication to Connect with Patients

Often patients need enough emotional space to reduce any inner stuckness in their situation. They need to do this before they can adequately absorb information or effectively take next steps. Empathy can help with this. Empathy requires an intention to connect non-judgmentally. This gets better with practice. Read on for examples of how a situation can play out with, and without, empathy. And...
I Want to Repair a Relationship, But I am Scared

daughter. Miki guides the caller to connect with her feelings of fear and her needs for ease of connection, and to further connect with her daughter’s needs. Keywords: Miki Kashtan consciousness empathy feelings honesty mourning needs compassion connection conflict resolution family family family conflict family communication
NVC and Inner Relationship Focusing

with what is alive NVC expression uses the model of Observation, Feeling, Need and Request IRF expression uses presence language as the container for what is arising inside NVC explores self-empathy IRF explores Self-in-Presence = acknowledging and accompanying what is present, not merging or becoming NVC = I feel angry IRF = I'm sensing something in me that feels angry NVC - the companion...
Acknowledging Other People’s Reality

with a desire to understand and connect with other people. This trainer tip is an excerpt from Mary Mackenzie's book, Peaceful Living, available from PuddleDancer Press. Keywords: acknowledgement empathy inclusion conflict Mary Mackenzie
When Someone Doesn’t Appreciate Our Honesty

in other people but are not the cause of their feelings. This trainer tip is an excerpt from Mary Mackenzie's book, Peaceful Living, available from PuddleDancer Press. Keywords: honesty conflict empathy Mary Mackenzie