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Finding Common Ground in Challenging Times

Guidance for bridging divides and creating stronger, more compassionate relationships Daily and lifetime NVC practices for enhancing body awareness and present-moment experience A deeper connection to your intuition, self-awareness, and the ability to align your words and actions with what you care about most Keywords: David Weinstock NVC application somatic conflict resolution compassion needs...
Tips for the Road Series Tip 8

energy of your needs). Keywords: self restraint empathy requests strategies contribution responsibility self responsibility advice neuroscience neurobiology self empathy self compassion self connection self empowerment Eric Bowers
What Does It Mean To Be Heard Deeply And How Can You Ask For It?

There are five aspects helpful to consider when creating conditions and atmosphere where you can be heard deeply and hear others deeply: context, self-connection, autonomy, security, and specific requests. Read on for more, and reflect on moments when you have been heard deeply and name everything that contributed to that experience. Read this article Keywords: being heard request dialogue...
Being Honest About Our Anger

Trainer Tip Few blame themselves until they have exhausted all other possibilities. —Anonymous When I am angry, it is likely that I am not getting something that I want and that I think I should get, and I am about to say something that will ensure I won’t get it. When we blame other people, we place ourselves in a dangerous position of not meeting our needs in that relationship. Instead, take...
Transforming Painful Patterns

any others in addition? If so, add them, and let me know, so I can continue to refine and expand this tool to support other people. Five Thought Patterns All these patterns can lead to disconnection, and translate easily into anger, guilt, worry, depression, aggression and any of the behavior patterns below. Negative thoughts about the past, such as focusing on what we or others should have done...
Interdependence in the Face of Cultural Imperatives

you can offer yourself in full Hold everyone’s needs and shift from conflict to dilemma Make collaborative and inclusive decisions {attachment:all} Keywords: feelings needs presence compassion connection dialogue love conflict resolution partnership power collaboration authenticity community interdependence Arnina Kashtan
Healthy Differentiation

in an interaction, and can be fully who you are in the presence of others. There are a number of ways you can become aware of and cultivate healthy differentiation. Let’s look at two here: self-connection and autonomy. Read this practice exercise Keywords: differentiation responsibility self connection autonomy LaShelle Lowe-Charde Elia Lowe Charde
Becoming Regenerative

downward spiral. From my work I believe a critical piece is the emerging skills and structures of conversation that integrate both language and consciousness to transform conflict into empathic connection and cooperation. I see unhealthy and destructive conflict coming from systems of thought and belief that circulate through the collective human mind as well as the depths of traumatic emotion...
The Tao of Empathy

“The Chinese philosopher, Chuang-Tzu, stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: ‘…it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind.'" --Excerpt from Nonviolent Communication: A...
Transforming Complaint

of Nonviolent Communication; Robert Kegan, PhD and Lisa Lahey, Ph.D.. 7 Languages of Transformation Keywords: Complaint Commitment Spirituality Social Change Intention Conflict Unmet needs Self Connection Jim and Jori Manske Jim Manske Jori Manske