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How to Ask for Feedback at Work

How can you ask for feedback without checking your authenticity at the workplace door? Jeff Brown explains that connection requests can help by attending to the quality of your relationship before the content of your request. Keywords: empathy feelings honesty self empathy compassion connection dialogue intention relationships feedback connection requests workplace work Jeff Brown
Two Basics That Support Conflict Resolution

with grief, fear or pain, and empathy. Dialogue when you're both rested, fed, and have the spaciousness. Start with expressing care and a desire to find mutually satisfying solutions. To deepen connection you might repeat what you hear and ask the other person to do the same. Read this practice exercise Keywords: dialogue preparation connection intention conflict LaShelle Lowe-Charde Elia Lowe...
Street Giraffe Tips

helps you to connect more with your non-NVC friends and family. She assures you that by learning a few "street giraffe" tips you can bring the heart of NVC to every dialogue, and enjoy greater connection and joy. Although this video is brief, it is packed with suggestions for using "street giraffe," including: Tips for developing a natural NVC "voice" New ways to make requests in common everyday...
The Three Stages of Transition

and grounded even through the most challenging transitions. Keywords: Resonant Empathy healthy relationships Attachment Theory support self responsibility responsibility relationships dialogue connection compassion empathy self empathy self compassion self connection families listening mindfulness community communication Kathleen Macferran Mary Mackenzie
Deescalate Yourself:

our needs. In this heartfelt session, Jesse Wiens Chu shares three practical centering practices—rooted in the principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)—to help you find your way back to self-connection, empathy, and choice. Through accessible tools drawn from both personal experience and frontline work, you’ll learn how to navigate emotional overwhelm, honor your inner life, and move toward...
The Three Most Common Pitfalls in Nonviolent Communication

We're more likely to sacrifice trust, connection, and relationship quality when (1.) We use NVC to focus on being seen, understood, heard, or meeting our own needs in a way that eclipses our view and understanding of others needs; (2.) We don't clearly examine our intentions; and (3.) We use the NVC form so rigidly that it becomes difficult for others to connect with us authentically. Read this...
Colloquial NVC Options

How can we express ourselves in a way that supports a natural flow of connection while maintaining a focus on NVC consciousness? This handout from CNVC Certified Trainer, Miki Kashtan, offers seven options that support NVC enthusiasts in evolving from classical to colloquial NVC language. KEYS: Fluency in our use of NVC rests on the foundation of connecting with compassion for self and other,...
Group Feedback

someone. With your giraffe tongue and consciousness, you don't have the power to hurt anyone. Their hurt comes from how they hear you. This is where the giraffe dance takes place — a dance of connection, sharing honesty, vulnerability and listening with compassion and empathy. —Sylvia Haskvitz, Tucson, Arizona, USA Keywords: empathy expression feelings honesty needs observation Practice Group...
On Self-Empathy

will show you how you can easily connect more deeply with your needs. Keywords: exercises/practices giraffe and jackal needs observation self empathy strategies self compassion self talk self connection NVC examples universal human needs Mary Mackenzie Mark Schultz
Find Agency With “Falling Out of Love”

of yourself and many of the healthy activities you did before the relationship. If you think your partner should act in a certain way, you might start making demands or complaining, and lose connection with your own needs and the ability to make clear requests. The sense of "falling out of love" is an important warning sign that lets you know that something is interfering with your connection to...