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Empathy Hurdles

his behavior, but I don’t understand it.” I have quoted her often, because this simple sentence captures, for me, the profound and slippery distinction between empathy and analysis. However compassionate our analysis might be, it remains external. We see from the outside. If we explain another’s behavior through knowing or imagining their personal history, or we do so by imagining what human...
Committing to Full Understanding

out how to store them myself?” “Yes, I would!” I almost missed an opportunity to contribute to my parents’ lives because I misunderstood what my dad was trying to tell me. Part of living in a Compassionate Communication consciousness is developing a willingness to come to complete understanding before taking the next action. Don’t assume anything. Check out your assumptions. Don’t miss...
Living Abundantly

new abundant world, we value everyone’s needs as much as our own. We no longer try to meet our needs at another’s expense. Doesn’t this sound exciting? This movement already exists. It is called Compassionate Communication! Make an effort today to value everyone’s needs and notice the abundance in your world. This trainer tip is an excerpt from Mary Mackenzie's book Peaceful Living, available...
Improving Relationships as a Primary Goal

because I am brave but because I know that I am dealing with human beings, and that I must try as hard as I can to understand everything that anyone ever does. —Etty Hillesum, Holocaust victim Compassionate Communication suggests that improving the quality of our relationships is a primary goal. Indeed, that connection with ourselves and other people takes a higher priority than being right,...
Speaking Up Is an Expression of Love

Trainer Tip Tell the truth faster. Have a good life. —Mackenzie Jordan Before I learned Compassionate Communication, I would procrastinate over things. I would think: “Oh, it’s not really that bad. I can get over this.” I’d stew about it for a few days, weeks, or even months. Then I would blow up out of frustration. A blowup meant that I might yell at the other person or simply cut them out of...
NVC at Work

becoming increasingly ineffective and irrelevant in our highly interactive, high-tech age. What can be done to help repair and heal this deeply challenging schism? The practice of Collaborative (Compassionate) Communication offers a clear pathway for moving through this crisis. It provides specific skills for fostering intrinsic motivation, appreciation, openness, creativity, collaboration, and...
NVC Basics

live support and weekly participant exercises to teach you how to speak from your heart without blame, shame or criticism. Learn the key NVC distinctions, how to ground yourself in a compassionate intention, and specific tools to maintain your NVC consciousness in all interactions. Listen to this prerecorded telecourse, offered in 6 parts, and you will learn: Basic components of the NVC process...
Teachers Expressing to Students and Colleagues

colleagues. There are, however, a couple of teachers in my building who sincerely believe in empathizing with children and respecting their needs. However, when I start talking about Nonviolent/Compassionate Communication (even if I start explaining it in a simpler terms), most people listen but I feel they're either not understanding it or unwilling to try/read the book. Are there any articles...
Paying Attention In Troubled Times

you bear is a response to manufactured environments and culture that are more hostile than they are kind towards our human souls and bodies. And so, let’s be clear. Let’s be discerning. Let’s be compassionate. Let’s pay attention. See this article Keywords: attention discernment Stress Personal development Self sufficiency Society World crisis Societal critique COVID-19 Rachelle Lamb
Don't Call Me White!

BIPOC references them as "white". This shuts down the conversation and feeds a myth that everyone's pain about race is equal. It doesn't foster dialogue that moves us towards a more equitable, compassionate world. Read on for more about the complexity. Read this article Keywords: microaggression race remarginalization stereotype dominant group equality equity white fragility white guilt white...