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Fearless Loving and Living

Scarcity, Stress, Nervousness and Angst Finding and sustaining your Fearless Home Frequency Keywords: Kelly Bryson consciousness core beliefs exercises/practices expression honesty connection dialogue inspiration love trust values relationships honest expression truth intimacy transparency fear
Protective Use of Force

—Kahlil Gibran In most situations, if both people have a chance to be heard, peaceful resolution is possible. However, situations sometimes arise that involve imminent danger with little time for dialogue, or in which one person may not be willing to communicate. When this happens, and there is the potential for physical harm, protective use of force may be necessary—the use of force to restrain...
Clarifying Our Needs

be time, interest, or even consideration. What would it take for you to meet those needs? Would you feel better if the conversation lasted a shorter time, or if you were more prepared for a long dialogue? Once you connect to your unmet needs and have a few ideas of what it would take to meet them, make a request of the other person: “Bob, I’m feeling a little worried that this conversation may...
Spiritual Practice in Troubled Times

to something is fueled by a profound intention to benefit all life, you might call it your spiritual practice. The word practice here is very specific. In the context of Mindful Compassionate Dialogue, practice means cultivating the compassion, wisdom, and skills to continuously and subtly notice what truly serves life. This practice doesn't require you to adopt or set aside any beliefs about...
Parenting for Connection

to remember that is not the goal. The goal is to connect and work together to meet everyone’s needs because everyone’s needs matter. When a child says “no” it is an invitation for further dialogue. By focusing on our child’s needs we stay connected to them in a way that builds them up, models our values and fosters connection with them. It produces trust and a desire in them to want to run to us...
Find Agency With “Falling Out of Love”

they can be met in this relationship? Can I name the needs unmet for me in this relationship, and can I make doable requests of myself or my partner regarding them? Answering these questions in dialogue with a supportive and empathic friend is a helpful way to get the clarity you need without an extra layer of self-criticism. Once you are clear about the needs you would like to attend to for...
Deal-Breakers and Staying with Yourself

request if they say no and moving to the next stage which may mean ending or changing the relationship in a significant way. If the other person says they are willing and able to contribute, your dialogue moves to the next stage of collaboration. For most, a simple desire to change a habitual way of behaving or speaking is not enough. Such a change requires a collaborative plan of action. This...
Finding Your Way from Judgment to Discernment

others don't follow your principles. It's confusing because you don't want to judge others, yet there has to be some moral standard, doesn't there?! From the framework of Mindful Compassionate Dialogue, we can extract ourselves from the impossible job of deciding who is moral and who isn't. Rather than defining morality around your opinions, you can engage in careful discernment about what...
Addressing Inequalities in Groups Using NVC

the group through a repair exercise which started by separating the group into two to offer empathy to the two individuals involved. I then brought the group back together and facilitated a dialogue between the two individuals. This offered healing for the whole group, as well as the two individuals involved in the triggering exchange. The Global Majority man had felt pain in how he heard the...
Four Ways to Respond to a "Jackal" Message

In this lively video, Liv Monroe, introduces the NVC mascots of jackal and giraffe by detailing what they represent and how they are used to teach NVC dialogue to others. She then uses the jackal and giraffe puppets and ears to outline the four basic ways we can respond to any message. Several jackal and giraffe examples are used throughout the video. This is an excellent video for people who...