Making Empowering Requests (Not Demands)

Use a phrase, question, or empathy guess to connect to the person if they say “no”. See sample requests for actions, offers, and for deepening understanding. Read this article Keywords: connection request demand hearing a no action request request Katrina Vaillancourt

I'll Work on Me, You Work on You

we learn a communication tool like NVC, our enthusiasm can extend to a heartfelt desire to share it with others. We imagine that if we are benefiting from the tools of empathy, honesty and self-connection, those we love and care for will also. We notice that our own compassion increases and our psychological suffering decreases. Of course, we want that for those we love! Sometimes this can...

Life is a Cabaret!

Trainer Tip The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them. —Albert Einstein Don’t do anything that isn’t play. Learn to make clear choices, and only do those things that bring you satisfaction. Sound impossible? The best way I have found to bring joy into my life is to connect to the reasons I do things. It may seem hard to imagine much...

Embodying the Consciousness of NVC

living in the flow of life. How do you cultivate and live from a consciousness of the fullness of your life’s essential nature, rather than the deficiency consciousness of judgment, blame and disconnection? How can you live each day from the “living energy of needs” with the unimpeded fullness of life’s energies flowing through you, regardless of the conflicts or life circumstances you...

Tips for the Road Series Tip 24

done using an empathy buddy in place of your IL, or by using both your IL and an empathy buddy together to empathize with your DP. {attachment:all} Keywords: projection shadow shadow work self connection self empowerment self empathy self examination self awareness Eric Bowers

Dialogues with Our Shame

into your consciousness, and enabling the flow of life to pass right through them! Keywords: Giorgos Tsitsirigkos exercises exercises/practices NVC consciousness shame reactivity alienation self connection self talk self loathing self judgment

How Submission and Rebellion Erode Goodwill

In this video, Rachelle Lamb shares how submission and rebellion in communication can diminish your power. Keywords: Rachelle Lamb submission rebellion Marshall Rosenberg resentment diagnosis disconnection denial demands deserve

Create Space to Support Change

act? In this excerpt from the 2021 course, Working Together for Change, Itzel and Kathy explore how to do this by integrating empowered speech, attuned speech, and a commitment to maintaining connections. Keywords: Kathy Simon Itzel Hayward social change attune empowerment connection

How to Use NVC with Talkative Friends

Observing without Judgment

Trainer Tip "Keep your eye on the sunshine and you will not see the shadows." —Helen Keller You’re in a store and you see someone you haven’t seen in a while. She walks past you without saying anything. You think, “What a snob” or “She doesn’t like me.” Later you find out that she didn’t recognize you, or that she was in a hurry to get her mother’s medication at the pharmacy. On another day,...