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Mourning Unmet Needs (The Art of Letting Go)

at my needs that were not being lived out I took responsibility for them and gave myself empathy, support, consideration, understanding, cooperation and respect. This is what I would call self-empathy or self-connection. I walked away from resentment and held my needs with tenderness. I then startied brainstorming ideas and strategies for meeting these needs. What I came up with surprised me....
What Is NVC? A Restorative Path to Connection and Healing

ourselves and in our relationships. If you're exploring what NVC is or how it works, this video offers a grounding and hopeful introduction. Keywords: Aya Caspi searchable transcript captions self-empathy needs consciousness connection requests emotional regulation radical compassion honest expression transform judgments
Mindful Inquiry

These mindful inquiry exercises and tips are for enhancing self-empathy, and empathy for others. Using emotions and needs card decks provided, learn to reflect and enhance trust and connection through intentional practice. You can choose to download the card deck set you can cut by hand, or the one that can be printed on Avery’s perforated business card paper Read this practice exercise card...
Listening Beyond the Words

to set clear limits and express your own needs. This session highlights the power of “giraffe ears” as well as the importance of staying true to your values. Keywords: Oren Jay Sofer empathy self-empathy needs feelings observations requests connection compassion choice captions searchable transcript
The Needs of the Many

LoraKim Joyner addresses the sense of overwhelm, sometimes accompanied by ideology, that can impede holding the needs of the many. Practicing self-empathy is a pathway to living in the tension of mutually holding my needs and the needs of others. Keywords: consciousness needs strategies intention social change spirituality peace power fear interdependence awareness universal human needs LoraKim...
Some Ideas for Using the Feelings & Needs Cards

This guide features three activities that use feelings and needs cards: two verions of "Feelings and Needs Poker" and one for "Self-Empathy". Great for practicing alone, with a partner, or in a group. See this guide Find feelings cards here. Find needs cards here. Keywords: feelings cards needs cards activity self empathy empathy practice universal human needs Peggy Smith
How To Deal With Ourselves When We Are Less Than Perfect

yet (rather than "can't"). Speed up learning by keeping a jackal book: You can note stimulus/situation, need(s) unmet, good reasons for doing it, then write “how I could meet both needs...” . Self-empathy is seeing the truth of what needs were motivating our actions. It is not looking at the world through rose-colored glasses. It is being honest so I can learn in ways that may help me find a...
Self Empathy

with others, but you are also afraid of it, so you push people away. Then you tell yourself that no one likes you. Often the result is depression, loneliness, and self-criticism. The process of self-empathy can help us become clearer about what we truly want and help us behave in ways that are more likely to meet our needs. Self-empathy also encourages us to focus on what we desire, rather than...
Principles of Nonviolent Communication

an exercise that generates a physical experience of the NVC consciousness. You will then explore the concept of "needs" in the NVC process, examine feelings and finally learn the NVC process of self-empathy. True to Mary's style, she shares her own personal journey toward realizing the importance of self-empathy as a daily practice, and she provides two simple self-empathy processes that you may...
How to Interrupt

do so. Remember the intention of Nonviolent Communication is to create a connection with others. If you notice your objective is to "get the other person to stop talking," spend more time in self-empathy. At times, you might need to ask for a pause in the conversation. With practice, you can do this inside yourself without a break in the conversation. Assuming your intention is to create more...