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Let it RAIN!

clarifying unmet needs, you are guided to break free from cycles of resentment and embrace creativity, openness, and deeper intimacy in their lives. Read this article {attachment:all} Keywords: demands addiction suffering attachment to outcome responsibility resentment enemy images Jim Manske
Shifting The "Power Over" Pattern At Home

other ways that could meet your needs in or before those moments. In this way, in similar situations you can have more access to choice. Read this practice exercise Keywords: power over family demands stonewall criticism defensive resentment reactivity LaShelle Lowe-Charde Elia Lowe Charde
How Submission and Rebellion Erode Goodwill

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
Tips for the Road Series Tip 7

Conflict is a normal and natural part of life. To varying degrees, it happens whenever two or more people consistently spend time together. Resolving conflict effectively and peacefully, in a way in which all parties feel respected and valued, does not feel natural for those of us who grew up with punitive, adversarial, or avoidant approaches to conflict. When conflict ignites, it can be...
Key Assumptions and Intentions of NVC

believe that they help us contribute to a world where everyone’s needs are attended to peacefully. Open-Hearted Living Self-compassion: We aim to release all self-blame, self-judgments, and self-demands, and meet ourselves with compassion and understanding for the needs we try to meet through all our actions. Expressing from the heart: When expressing ourselves, we aim to speak from the heart,...
What Makes NVC Hard?

Marshall Rosenberg, writing about Nonviolent Communication famously said, "Every action is an attempt to meet needs." Now, in the age when neuroscience has become accessible enough to help us decode everyday life, we can add, "And the needs behind every action might be in reaction to unseen nervous systems." In other words the things that people do sometimes have very little to do with us, and...
An Invitation to Resonance

Marshall Rosenberg, writing about Nonviolent Communication famously said, "Every action is an attempt to meet needs." Now, in the age when neuroscience has become accessible enough to help us decode everyday life, we can add, "And the needs behind every action might be in reaction to unseen nervous systems." In other words, the things that people do sometimes have very little to do with us, and...
Anatomy of a Trigger

We all create meaning about what happens in our lives that is based on our past experiences and trauma. For most of us, we do this so quickly that we don’t even notice that we’re doing it! When we create meaning about something internally, we become convinced that the other person (or ourselves sometimes) has done something wrong, and we proceed to judge them (or ourselves) for it. The alarming...
Parenting With A Focus On The Long-Term Goal

Trainer Tip I particularly hope to address parents’ yearning for deeper connection with themselves, their partners, and their children, and their desire to contribute, through parenting, to fostering peace in the world. —Inbal Kashtan Parents are often tempted to wield their enormous physical, emotional, and intellectual power in order to coerce their children into doing what they want. This...
Sexual Expression

In Mindful Compassionate Dialogue, discerning the difference between a universal need and a strategy to meet that need can mean the difference between staying stuck or getting unstuck in a conflict. Let's look at a simple example. If you believe your need for peace is the same as time alone, you can only meet your need for peace if you get alone time. Getting regular alone time is a popular...