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Compassionate Communication and Empathy's Awakening

John Cunningham provides support to deepen your understanding and practice of NVC, including a sketch of the participatory and onlooker modes of consciousness, lists of feelings, needs and sample dialogues. It includes an overview of Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication, a sketch of the participatory and onlooker modes of consciousness, lists of feelings and needs and sample dialogues....
Feelings, the Second Component of Compassionate Communication

Trainer Tip Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. —Matthew Arnold Many of us were taught to think and not feel. We may have been taught to consider how others feel, but few of us were taught to check in with ourselves—to notice how we feel about things, such as how we feel when we’re with someone, how we feel when we do something, or what we could do...
Compassionate Connection

Every interaction with children contains messages about who they are, who we are, and what life is like. By engaging attachment parenting and NVC we give them rare gifts in society: to know their parents well, to discover the effects of their actions without being blamed for them, and to experience the power of contributing to meeting others' needs, and the power to move towards mutually...
Inner Space And Compassion

Here's guidance on how to approach your inner experience when triggered or stuck in a distressing life experience. Self-Compassion in life can be experienced as: "There is room for life experience in me. There is an open space for ‘what is’ to be fully present in my inner experience". This exercise is more about tracing your felt experience than verbalizing it. Read this practice exercise...
Evaluating Ourselves with Compassion

unmet needs associated with the issue. This trainer tip is an excerpt from Mary Mackenzie's book, Peaceful Living, available from PuddleDancer Press. Keywords: evaluation self judgement empathy compassion self talk self criticism shame change Mary Mackenzie
Covert Compassion

to make a Symbiotic Request that acknowledges holding multiple needs Please note: This is an excerpt from the 2014 NVC in Business Conference. Keywords: empathy honesty needs requests strategies compassion connection dialogue intention relationships workplace honest expression authenticity fear business work Applied NVC Jeff Brown
Cradle of Compassion (Connecting with Request Energy)

for connecting with "request energy". One of them helps us practice in the moment (7 steps). The other one helps us connect to ourselves (11 steps). Read this article Keywords: cradle of compassion request self connection practice Jim and Jori Manske Jim Manske Jori Manske
Exercise In Self Compassion

work with the related feelings, judgements, values, and feeling the fullness of the need even though it was not met, plus any sadness that may arise. Read this practice exercise Keywords: self compassion disappointment mourning unmet needs loss Robert Gonzalez
Differentiate Compassion From Rescuing

with acceptance. Notice inner peace and expansion. See this person as someone on a journey to awakening with all its painful and joyful twists and turns. Read this practice exercise Keywords: compassion rescue nonempathy differentiation emotional fusion codependence LaShelle Lowe-Charde Elia Lowe Charde
Replacing Blame With Compassion For Impact

momentary distraction and oversimplifies complex histories. It also disconnects us from choice and agency, blocks us from discovering more about ourselves and others, and can keep us from having compassionate, self responsible conversations. Instead, we can practice speaking in terms of impact and notice our experience without trying to escape it.. Read this practice exercise Keywords: blame...