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Differentiating Needs from Strategies

a friend and ask her to go to a movie. She says she’s tired and doesn’t want to go out. Would you say thank you and hang up? Another method is to focus on both your needs. Is your need fun and connection with your friend? Is her need rest and relaxation? How could you both get your needs met in this situation? How about you pick up a movie and dinner and bring them to her house? In the meantime,...
Contributing to Emotional Safety Without Giving Up Honesty

of your heart. And it requires groundedness and skill. When you are truly attuning to emotional safety, you come forward from a consciousness that trusts that creating a particular quality of connection is the best strategy to honor and meet all needs present. You are willing to take the time needed to create that quality of connection because you know it will mean greater efficiency and...
Distinguishing Response from Reaction

guide for navigating the polarization of our world and living interdependently, Kathleen and Jared offer a path to reach deeper clarity, distinguishing between response and reaction. Response Connection to values I am acutely aware that we both operate from unique perspectives in relation to our values, so I choose my strategies accordingly. I take into consideration what I imagine is important...
Naturalizing NVC Language

session is removing formal references to feelings and needs while maintaining your attention on your own and others’ feelings and needs. Another goal of this session is using empathy to deepen connection with others in small increments using language that supports ease and comfort. Session 3: From One-Word to Full-Phrase Needs One of the ways that NVC tends to sound stiff is that we refer to...
The Murky Waters of Asymmetric Relationships

to outgrow certain patterns, for instance core-beliefs that they are not good enough, that they don’t deserve love, that they have to be in a specific way in order to get acceptance, belonging, connection. This person comes for support to a retreat, training, therapy and keeps revealing themselves, digging up painful and vulnerable content, exposing it again and again, continuously...
Setting Intentions with Attention

and others. By shifting away from judgment and self-criticism, and instead embracing the NVC practice of meeting our intentions with empathy, we can foster deeper self-awareness and relational connection. Discover how applying NVC to both personal and social intentions can help us align with our values and create meaningful change. Keywords: Kristin Masters mindfulness self judgment personal...
Conflict Evolution Policy

want to integrate NVC. The intention is to use conflict as a stimulus to personal growth, more open and honest relationships, and life-affirming change. It mentions using NVC skills such as self connection, empathy, honesty, and requests (and protective use of force as last resort) to navigate the conflict with an intention of connection. Read this article Keywords: conflict organization policy...
Confirmation and Feedback Requests

Navigating Conflict, explores how to make "confirmation requests" to ensure you're understood—whether you're navigating a tough conversation or simply ordering pizza! When clarity, empathy, and connection matter most, asking for feedback is key. Tune in to learn practical tools to enhance your communication and deepen your relationships by truly listening and being heard. Keywords: Jim and Jori...
Losing Our Judgments

Trainer Tip Do not consider painful what is good for you. — Euripides Have you ever noticed how one minute something can seem so utterly painful you’re sure it must be bad, then, a short time later, the most amazing results happen, so then you think it’s good? This has happened to me countless times. Consider the time my car died when my finances were at an all-time low. That was bad, I...
Tips for the Road Series Tip 5

to them, then we better access the right hemisphere of the brain and regulate the neural networks in the body. Needs are universal abstract qualities such as acceptance, trust, belonging, connection, and fun that are not attached to specific people, actions, or outcomes. Problem solving and strategizing to meet our needs puts us in the left hemisphere of the brain. If we first give our full...