Our biased mind
In the beginning of my NVC experience When I started learning NVC, I was very passionate. At last, I had discovered a way to communicate where connection and the needs of everyone matter. I could both listen with empathy to what was important to others as well...
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. They...
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...
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...
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...