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Staying Connected with Yourself While with Family

that we have long desired. NVC offers an alternative. Listen to this compelling audio and explore new possibilities with Rita. Keywords: empathy feelings needs presence requests compassion connection gratitude inspiration listening families relationships family family communication family conflict Rita Herzog
Connecting with Spiritual Clarity

spiritual clarity through bringing attention to our intentions, mourning, gratitude, and the dynamic flow of feelings and needs. This can bring more autonomy, choice and liberate the energy of connection and contribution. We can also awaken our hearts to see the reality that our well-being is mutually interdependent. Read on for more. Read this article Keywords: spiritual clarity intention...
Exercise: Connecting Sensations to Emotions and Needs

Puzzling about needs and feelings? Check out this excerpt from Dian Killian's course, Embracing the Body: Somatic Self Empathy, where she leads participants through an exercise that demonstrates how our physical sensations connect us to our feelings and needs. Keywords: feelings needs sensations universal human needs Dian Killian
Transforming Needs Into Compassionate Connection

Iris Bawidamann explains how needs, like appreciation, can easily turn into demands or self-blame when approached from a place of lack or expectation. Instead of blaming others for not meeting our needs or harshly demanding fulfillment from ourselves, living compassion invites us to gently embrace and connect with the essence of our needs. By tuning into the feeling and meaning of appreciation...
Honesty as a Means to Connect

for each other, and I walked away feeling gratitude that my church community offered such opportunities to its members. Talking with my church friend in this way met many needs for me: honesty, connection, consideration, respect, and learning. And it helped me remember that honesty is an important tool that can be used to connect, rather than stimulate pain in others. Notice the opportunities...
Connecting in Conflict and the Art of Navigating Dialogue

Access this complete 5 session course In this 5-session series, explore: the power of empathy to change the trajectory of heated conversations embracing the internal conflicts of the different parts of ourselves how to approach differing views peacefully the use of NVC to help let go of judgments how to confidently ask for what you want Life is often bursting with irritations. On a day-to-day...
Self Connection in the Turbulent Times of COVID-19

Read on for a demonstration of self empathy -- all generated within the context of both the COVID-19 pandemic, and the changes to Bridget's life that have arisen as a result. "Every day the amount of change has been so huge! Each day lately has felt like a week or even a month. Why? Because the amount of change every day has been so huge. Change to our home lives. Change to our work lives....
Making A Connection In A Difficult Situation

Trainer Tip The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber. —Francis Quarles I often hear this question in my work: “What is the single most important thing I can do to defuse a conflict?” My answer is always the same. “Hear the feelings and needs of the people involved.” Whether there is the potential of physical or emotional violence, the...
The Challenge Of Connecting Dots

The word "privilege" signifies the benefit to the person having it, and the relationship between that person’s benefit and others' lack of benefit. When privileged, there are incentives to not see this interdependent link. For instance, it's easier for the wealthy to think of the poverty of many and the wealth of some are unrelated. If the wealthy want to keep wealth they would need to continue...
Compassionate Connection

Every interaction with children contains messages about who they are, who we are, and what life is like. By engaging attachment parenting and NVC we give them rare gifts in society: to know their parents well, to discover the effects of their actions without being blamed for them, and to experience the power of contributing to meeting others' needs, and the power to move towards mutually...