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Grounded Responses for Challenging Comments

When someone responds with painful sarcasm, criticism, or dismissal you can respond with empathy, or with clarity about your intention, need and request. If you're unable to do this, later you can privately write what they said, identify the feelings and needs of both of you, then write possible responses. This can help you remember to stay with your intention and what’s true for you without...
How to Meet Hurt and Pain From the Past

Past hurt and pain can get triggered even when it doesn't have much to do with the present. When that happens we can gain perspective by self reflecting, engaging self empathy, grounding an "anchor", noticing the present-moment safety, naming needs and making requests Read this article Keywords: hurt reactivity anger self regulation LaShelle Lowe-Chardé Elia Lowe Charde
What To Do When They Never Want to Talk About It

When someone doesn't want to talk some options include releasing your attachment to the strategy you want, asking about and affirming with empathy their reasons for not talking, looking for what support could be helpful to shift to more openness, letting go, and grieving. Read on for more on this, including possible reasons for why they might not want to engage on it. Read this article...
Integrating Inner And Outer

you feel it as a flow of energy, presence to the other, and bring in a more relaxed experience and more availability to vulnerability. Read this practice exercise Keywords: OFNR integration self empathy resistance vulnerability Robert Gonzalez
Inner Space And Compassion

space for ‘what is’ to be fully present in my inner experience". This exercise is more about tracing your felt experience than verbalizing it. Read this practice exercise Keywords: presence self empathy inner block triggered reactivity surrender anger fear Robert Gonzalez
Vaccination and COVID-19

with Miki about her struggle to choreograph people's divergent needs around vaccines, and enjoy Miki's tip for reflecting back understanding when we disagree! Keywords: COVID-19 Miki Kashtan empathy honest expression conflict prevention scary honesty listening polarization
Working With Our Mixed “Yes”

to your “yes”, your “no”, and in relation to what the other person might be experiencing. Read this practice exercise Keywords: mixed yes yes behind the no submit duty obligation power under self empathy Inbal Kashtan Miki Kashtan
Working With Others' Mixed “Yes”

related observations, judgements, feelings, needs, requests, and alternate strategies that come up. Read this practice exercise Keywords: submission yes behind the no duty obligation mixed yes empathy Inbal Kashtan Miki Kashtan
Working With No To Deepen Self-Connection

and alternate strategies. Thus you can work towards meeting your needs while also releasing the idea that your needs “have to” be met. Read this practice exercise Keywords: request rejection self empathy unmet needs request self connection hearing a no release attachment Inbal Kashtan Miki Kashtan
The NVC Tree Of Life

This one page colour handout illustrates the focus options or intention options for connection: empathy (verbal and non-verbal), self expression, and self connection (opening our heart to self and/or others). It also offers some suggestions for how to say these things to self and others. Read this article Keywords: intention connection dialogue NVC tree of life Inbal Kashtan