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Being Compassion or Doing Compassion

thought or idea. The mind always wants to cling. I’m 60 years old, and if I’m still clinging to being 40, then I’m in trouble. —Ram Dass Sometimes I hear people say things like, “I didn’t do Compassionate Communication this week.” Or “I tried Compassionate Communication when I was arguing with my wife last week.” Compassionate Communication is not a thing to do, or to pull out of our bag of...
An Introduction to Self-Compassion

this complete 10 session course In this course recording, discover a new level of self-acceptance that can lead to profound emotional healing and a deeper spiritual presence. The heart of self-compassion is coming to an inner knowing of how we can regard ourselves with complete and total allowing. By relaxing the part of us that feels that we so desperately need to improve ourselves, we create...
Living Compassion in Challenging Times

Access this complete 6 session course Self-compassion is essential for healing trauma and restoring your wholeness. It is also an antidote to reactivity and separation, allowing presence to emerge. In developing presence, you can become what the world needs most in these times of intensity and chaos. This work can strengthen your skills to be more fully in relationship with all that life offers...
Clarity, Compassion and Empowerment

Access this complete 6 session course Living Compassion, for Robert, represents the spirituality that resides in every aspect of Nonviolent Communication. Its foundational principles are represented by three primary qualities or states of being: clarity, compassion and empowerment. In this course you’ll explore – and practice – how the unfolding of inner clarity opens your way to compassion,...
Idiomatic vs. Formal Compassionate Communication

Trainer Tip Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself. —Marquis de Vauvenargues Do you sometimes feel awkward when you use the four components of Compassionate Communication (observation, feeling, need, request)? The four components are a tool to help people interact with others in a connected and compassionate manner. Formal use of the language is very...
Expressing Big Emotions Compassionately

Trainer Tip Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. —Albert Schweitzer Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where we become extremely frustrated, angry, or exasperated. It happens to all of us from time to time. The difference for me now is that I express my intense feelings by owning them. This is called screaming in giraffe. In the...
The Gift of Compassionate Giving

"What I want in my life is compassion, a flow between myself and others based on a mutual giving from the heart." -Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Can you imagine that? What would the world be like if there was flow between all of us based on "mutual giving from the heart"? Can you think of a more effective and reliable strategy for peace than making sure everyone's needs are met reliably and...
Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World

Access this complete 10 session course Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World is the last course that Robert Gonzales offered before his passing in November of 2021. It is an intermediate course whose purpose is to deepen our conscious connection to our own vital life force, to develop skills that support inner healing, and to grow and strengthen daily practices that allow us to truly live...
Embodying Compassion Exercise

allow it to be whatever form it is in, whether you label it pleasant or unpleasant and allow the space for this feeling simply to be as it is. Second Process: Creating your own inner space of compassionate presence: Imagine yourself to be in a sphere of compassionate presence (..held, cared for), in a field of unconditional acceptance,… How does it look (colors, shapes, images)? Does it have any...
Compassionate Parenting Starts With Self-Acceptance

path to self-judgments and another yardstick against which to measure ourselves as falling short. Instead, we can practice 1 minute a day or more, or while doing other tasks, to develop the self-compassion and self-acceptance needed to grow both new habits and our capacity to meet our children with calm and compassion. Read this practice exercise Keywords: parenting self compassion self...