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It's Hard to Communicate When My Partner Drinks

Miki Kashtan hosted Living Room Radio Show on KPFA Radio 94.1FM in Berkeley, California, USA. Listen as she works with a a woman whose relationship is challenged by what happens when her lover drinks. In this segment, Miki encourages the caller to get support for her stress, find an outlet for it and receive empathy. Miki addresses the challenges of addiction, the self-judgment of trying to...
Beyond the Limits of Empathy

Can empathy serve as a reliable guide to action? David Brooks, in his recent article “The Limits of Empathy,” suggests that empathy is no guarantee that caring action will take place. Participants in Milgram’s famous 1950s experiments willingly inflicted what they thought were near-lethal electric shocks despite suffering tremendously. Nazi executors early in the war wept while killing Jews....
Resistance

is key is doing this with an attitude and feeling of empathic connection and unconditional care for the people doing the things we are resisting. Even more essential and subtle I believe, is a compassionate understanding of the materialistic system of separation and domination that we humans continue to fall into. It is a system that has grown and evolved for many thousands of years. People come...
Liberty and Justice for All?

around the world now. But what are we awakening from? The concept of the human Ego has for a long time been unclear and unhelpful to me, but suddenly now it opens me to greater understanding and compassion. For now I see the Ego as the part of all of us that believes we are completely separate and therefore cut off from the love, security, and wellbeing of connection with shared humanity and the...
The Spiritual Path of NVC

Listen to Session 1 Listen to Session 2 Are you a spiritual seeker who longs for an approach that supports compassion for self as well as profound spiritual transformation? If so, you’ll enjoy this dynamic discussion with veteran trainer, Robert Gonzales, and Intuitive Storyteller, Leo Sofer as they explore how NVC can be used as a spiritual path. These discussions will surely support your...
Enemy Images

to enjoy those relationships or communicate effectively? When you foster resentment or anger toward other people, your focus is on your perceptions of the other person’s foibles. Your ability to compassionately connect to them is severely limited. True healing comes when you acknowledge your unmet needs. You can achieve deeper compassion when you also acknowledge the needs that the other person...
The Spirituality of Nonviolent Communication

Access this complete 6 session course Discover how the perennial strength of compassion and the living energy of needs can help you develop resilience in order to remain present with yourself and others amidst today's challenges. Fully empower your place and engagement in life, cultivate and strengthen your center. The center is where your values lie, your heart center, and the center of your...
Communicating With People Who Don’t Share Our Values

that life exacts for granting peace. —Amelia Earhart Nonviolent Communication works with everyone, even people who aren’t familiar with the process or don’t share our values for connection and compassion. In fact, compassion automatically blossoms when we stay true to the principles of Nonviolent Communication. We don’t try to convince anyone to do it our way or to value the same things we...
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...
Observation, Feelings, Needs, and Requests (OFNR) Communication Components

(“faux feeling” language, e.g. “I feel judged, disrespected and unappreciated.”) Feelings relate to our perceptions of the world and the quality of our thinking. Feeling presence in our body and compassionately accepting our feelings creates inner connection and helps us process/integrate emotions. Need vs. Wants/”Strategies” The Need level expands awareness from our separate, individual...