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NVC Resources on Strategies


  • Getting Stuck Arguments Unstuck

    Some arguments stay stuck because each person thinks it's about the content of the argument, rather than the needs each person is attempting to protect. When the needs get attached to the strategies a "no way out" scenario gets created. Instead, fully step into one another's worlds and connect to the feelings and needs behind the strategy each party is putting forth. Read on for six elements to...

  • Standing in Your Truth and Setting Boundaries

    dynamic, by staying with your needs and requests, and release attachment to outcome. Start by shifting your attention from the other person to get clear on what's true for you. Read on for strategies to transform reactivity, possible boundary setting behaviors, typical signs of escalation, and more. Read this article Keywords: boundaries reactivity escalation conflict honest expression LaShelle...

  • How To Resource In The Expansive Perspective

    In the face of stress you can find ways to be present for what’s happening, rather than being pulled or pushed around by anxious thoughts or fearful feelings. Here are some strategies to return to and maintain expanded awareness. See this learning tool Keywords: Anxiety Stress Grounded Centered Resourced Reactivity Fear Pause Practice LaShelle Lowe-Chardé Elia Lowe Charde

  • Intimacy With Fear

    our capacity. Fear is connected to something that is precious to us. We also can see what we do to numb our pain and how we try to avoid it. This knowledge can help us to choose healthier strategies to deal with our fears. Read this article Keywords: Fear Courage Anxiety Presence Eddie Zacapa

  • How To Interrupt Tragic Cycles That Prevent Collaboration

    by connecting with the energy of the met needs you want in the dynamic; guessing the other person's needs; naming your needs; asking essential questions; identifying at least three different strategies to meet each need; and imagining the positive outcome. Read on for more. Read this article Keywords: conflict reactivity collaboration fun warmth trust LaShelle Lowe-Chardé Elia Lowe Charde

  • Finding Worthiness and Belonging

    and shame are linked to the idea of not belonging or being unworthy of belonging -- that is, a deep sense of belonging to life, to your sense of self, and to our earth. Compensatory strategies to win worthiness and belonging arise from here and effectively block the very thing it is pursuing. Transformation occurs when there is a critical mass of clarity about the harm of a particular way of...

  • Working With Our Mixed “Yes”

    choose a situation in which you have said a “yes” to someone‛s request but you didn't experience your “yes” as given freely or joyfully. Then explore judgements, feelings, needs, and alternate strategies that come up in relation to your “yes”, your “no”, and in relation to what the other person might be experiencing. Read this practice exercise Keywords: mixed yes yes behind the no submit duty...

  • Working With Others' Mixed “Yes”

    it was agreed to freely or joyfully. Then explore your response to their “yes”, and possible unexpressed "no", with related observations, judgements, feelings, needs, requests, and alternate strategies that come up. Read this practice exercise Keywords: submission yes behind the no duty obligation mixed yes empathy Inbal Kashtan Miki Kashtan

  • Working With No To Deepen Self-Connection

    you have low confidence that you'll get your needs met, and it'll be hard hearing a “no” to your request. Explore your response to the “no” by working with feelings, needs, request and alternate strategies. Thus you can work towards meeting your needs while also releasing the idea that your needs “have to” be met. Read this practice exercise Keywords: request rejection self empathy unmet needs...

  • W.A.I.T: Practices For Presence And Patience

    values. With practice you can create the capacity to temporarily put impulsiveness aside, in the service of connection with yourself and others, and in service of more informed and effective strategies. Read this practice exercise Keywords: presence patience pause mindfulness reactivity self connection resilience journaling responsibility Jori Manske Jim Manske


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