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The four NVC steps in practice
The four NVC steps The four steps of Nonviolent Communication (known also as four components) help us to consciously use words in order to clearly express what we want. Using the four steps increases the chance of establishing contact and mutual understanding....
Free from a guilt trip, at least a bit… An example of one mother
Flavours of parenting Parenting can have different flavours. Sometimes sweet, and let's have it this way most often, sometimes bitter, difficult to swallow. Working with parents, and being one too, shows us that there are some moments when we do things that do...
3 steps to receive NO from your child with empathy
I suppose we all would love our children to have courage to disagree when they are not willing to do something, especially when they are teenagers and prompt to be easily influenced by their peers. I can imagine that we, parents, share the dream of seeing our children...
How can anger enrich you and your relations
For some of us anger can be seen as an information that there is something wrong with us, with others or with the whole situation. In some cultures there are different beliefs about anger or “angry people”. For example that “nice girls should not get angry” or that...
When honestly showing up means to stay closed
Last year in December I went to a Nonviolent Communication (NVC) International Intensive Training in Birmingham. One (of more) fantastic incident was, that Magdalena Malinowska was there – which ended/started in the co-creation of the “Time for Honesty” Project...
Honesty for money
In today’s article I would like to share with you my experience and reflections about possible causes for which we might work hard, but our bank accounts do not reflect it or we feel somehow "guilty" about taking money for helping people, or we might think it...
A lesson in honesty
A few years ago I got a lesson in honesty. I was at a summer festival and to make a long story short there was a couple which experienced an incident that led to one of them seeking support and empathy from another festival participant. The other one had...
Marshall B. Rosenberg – creator of Nonviolent Communication
Marshall B. Rosenberg If it were not for Marshall B. Rosenberg, there would be no Nonviolent Communication (NVC) – or at least not in the form we know and not under that name. It is thanks to him that people all over the world take responsibility for...
The art of listening with empathy
About empathy. Many people that I have met on my path are convinced that they have no problem with empathy. They say that they can listen patiently and then show compassion and understanding by suggesting a solution, sharing their experience or giving a...
Nonviolent Communication – basic information
Nonviolent Communication (NVC), also called empathic communication, the language of the heart or the giraffe language, was created by the American psychologist Marshall B. Rosenberg and aims at supporting dialogue between people and building societies based on...
Is there any space for empathy in business?
Have you ever heard such question? I have. Sometimes it is not even a question but a simple statement: „There is no space for empathy in business”, some people say. So, what concept of a human being lays behind that statement? That we can be divided in two parts, the...
Three forms of empathy
Every summer since a few years, I participate in the European Nonviolent Communication Summer Festival, which this year took place in Denmark. Participants of the Festival have the opportunity to offer workshops regardless of their knowledge of Nonviolent...