During my years of studying Nonviolent Communication (NVC), I have learnt to use the four components (observations, feelings, needs and requests) to create connection. A quality of connection in which my joy of contributing to others has risen. Through empathy and...
In the blog post series “AI explains NVC”, Joachim Berggren (JB) asks questions about NVC to Alex Incognito (AI), a fictional character representing Artificial Intelligence in the form of the tool ChatGPT. *** JB: Hi Alex! So far I’m impressed with how...
Would you like to enhance your body sensations vocabulary and learn how you can connect through the body? Join this free workshop with Vega Moon during which she will use body awareness and movement as a self-empathy practice. Please, wear comfortable clothes, and...
Feelings are an energy in motion, rather than letters forming words on a list. Feelings, as we all know, are the cue to our most alive need that is calling for our attention and maybe even for some creative action. What to do, if we have learned to numb feelings,...
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. They...
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...
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...
Are you wondering how to reach your feelings and discover which needs are behind them with more ease? Do you like working with pictures and metaphors? Are you open to trying a new tool? If so, I invite you to an experimental online workshop, during which we will test...
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...
