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10 Healthy Ways To Deal With Anger

power over us and/or become defensive, depressed and/or angry. 10. Make an agreement with yourself to not judge yourself or others. Instead of making evaluations, diagnosis, and judgments make observations (state the facts). This prevents enemy images from arising in our mind that alienate us from others. Keywords: anger unmet needs judgement Eddie Zacapa
The Lonely Trainer

that could be labeled as abusive, at least slightly. Not treating students as equals, using charisma to charm younger female students, hiding and twisting the truth. After all these decades of observations and experiences it seems to me that I found one of the key denominators, if not the very main one; loneliness. Yes, deep loneliness of the abusive trainer, teacher, guru. It seems to me that...
Fundamentals of NVC

it's difficult to ask for what you really want). Keywords: Mary Mackenzie NVC fundamentals NVC basics multisession course empathy self empathy relationships compassion feelings needs requests observations captions searchable transcript
Calling In vs. Calling Out

care over annoyance. Discover three essential NVC strategies for professional environments: check your intentions to foster trust, invite willingness to encourage collaboration, and use factual observations to avoid defensiveness. These tools are designed to transform difficult workplace conversations into opportunities for understanding and growth. Learn how NVC can help you build stronger,...
How to Express Gratitude and Appreciation in Intimate Relationships

Yoram Mosenzon shares how expressing specific and authentic appreciation can deepen connection in intimate relationships. He emphasizes the importance of making clear observations without judgment and connecting with the feelings and needs that arise from meaningful gestures. Yoram highlights how gratitude becomes a celebration of life, enriching relationships and fostering deeper...
NVC Flow

This single-page handout illustrates the steps to translating habitual judgments and actions into observations, feelings, needs, and requests (OFNR). See this handout Keywords: Handout flowchart illustration OFNR habit choice learning tool Peggy Smith
Practices For Requesting

and action. Opportunities for making requests might be when you expected something different from what you got, were treated undesirably, and noticed inner constriction or reactivity. Identify observations, feelings, and values to support finding the request. Ensure your request states what you want, is specific, names the present-tense action, and that you're open to feedback. Read this...
Working With Others' Mixed “Yes”

which you got a “yes” to your request but you are not confident that 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...
The Needs Underneath a Need for Fairness

need." In identifying my unmet needs, I come up with "fairness." However, fairness isn't on the needs list! I'm wondering what needs might be underneath "fairness." Here is my process so far: Observation: I asked Jesse to help enter data sheets, and he spent the last twenty minutes talking about the philosophy of race categories, rather than entering in any sheets. Our deadline for entering...
Street Giraffe Tips

your language to best support connection with someone A reminder that NVC is a consciousness, not merely a tool that we use in difficult situations How to use the traditional expression tool of Observation, Feelings, Needs and Requests to support connection with yourself in charged situations Keywords: consciousness expression honesty requests connection dialogue inspiration personal growth...