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Dialogue with the World at Large

framework that will enable you to positively impact the life of every person you meet (as well as your own life)… Keywords: Miki Kashtan expression feelings honesty needs requests strategies connection dialogue listening relationships collaboration politics law NVC & Society interdependence global warming world crisis
Unconditional Self-Acceptance

your life whenever you are experiencing pain, tension, contraction, lack of fulfillment, or unmet needs or values. Giving your often undesired experiences space can be a path to greater inner connection and peace. Keywords: Robert Gonzales self acceptance contraction unmet needs presence attention awareness self compassion self judgment inner peace unconditional self-acceptance
You Suck At Conflict

People are killing each other because they don’t know how to work it out. Conflict is inevitable because we have different perspectives. Conflict is not bad. It is an opportunity for increased connection, intimacy, joy, and creative win-win solutions. So please, learn to get good at doing conflict. Keywords: conflict avoidant Alan Seid
Sex Is The Least Private Act

Sure, you can close the bedroom door. But if my sexual connection with my significant other this morning had been a bummer… …I would carry that energy with me all day. It would color every interaction I have. The energy of the most private events of your private life ripples outward and affects everything you do, like the ripples of a rock thrown into a pond. Those of us who want to make a...
Searching Together For A Way Forward

other and then awareness on the third side of the conversation. Awareness holds us in its gentle strength, an ocean of aliveness within and surrounding. With this support I can keep returning to connection, to the space between filled with what we share and need in common, to a searching together for the way forward. Keywords: conflict avoidance shutdown John Kinyon
Nonviolence Is A Process, A Journey

wonder, our social world is still filled with unimaginable, staggering amounts of violence and oppression, on every level. It is the process of nonviolence that takes us to the other side — to connection, cooperation, and new possibilities — if we have the heart to follow it. Keywords: NVC nonviolence Martin Luther King Marshall Rosenberg love empathy conflict John Kinyon
Communicating With People Who Don’t Share Our Values

is the price that life exacts for granting peace. —Amelia Earhart Nonviolent Communication works with everyone, even people who aren’t familiar with the process or don’t share our values for connection and compassion. In fact, compassion automatically blossoms when we stay true to the principles of Nonviolent Communication. We don’t try to convince anyone to do it our way or to value the same...
The Presence Of Hearing Someone Deeply

without judging or bringing up our own life experience. It is a moment in which we offer our presence to another human being to contribute to her life and meet our own needs for contribution and connection. It is priceless, powerful, and healing. It can defuse a violent situation in a few seconds and provide a level of clarity that catapults someone to a deeper level of personal understanding....
A Hunger For Appreciation

responses like this and you do not feel satisfied, simply ask another question: “Really? Can you tell me what I do and what needs it meets that makes me one of your favorite employees?” This connection will be revealing to both of you. Many people don’t stop to consider the underlying reasons why they enjoy someone’s company, or why they enjoy an employee. Taking this time can deepen your...
Being Compassion or Doing Compassion

Compassionate Communication is not a thing to do, or to pull out of our bag of tricks once in a while. Compassionate Communication is a consciousness of valuing everyone’s needs and of valuing connection more than being right, winning or protecting ourselves. It is a way of living. It’s true that sometimes as a result of our old conditioning or our pain, our inner critic may chatter loudly or...