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Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/08/25/three-ways-nonviolent-communication-connects-to-spirituality/ Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and Spirituality, how do those connect?  Actually in lots of ways.  But first let me get clear on how I’m using this term “spirituality”. Of course spirituality means lots of different things to lots of different Continue reading Three Ways Nonviolent Communication Connects to Spirituality – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/08/11/embracing-judgments/ Judgments aren’t bad!  They aren’t the enemy!  And you don’t need to criticize yourself to “stop judging”.  If we treat judgments with the same critical energy that creates judgment, then we only fuel the fire.  To say “It’s Continue reading Embracing Judgments – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/07/28/the-five-fundamentals-of-nvc-relationships-can-be-simple-and-deep/ This is the concluding piece of a five part series on the fundamentals of compassionate consciousness.   In the first entry, I wrote about how to listen to your own feelings and needs.  And in the second entry, I wrote about Continue reading The Five Fundamentals of NVC: Relationships can be Simple and Deep – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/07/15/the-five-fundamentals-of-nvc-transform-conflicts-into-oppourtunities-for-intimacy/ This is part four of a five part series on the fundamentals of compassionate consciousness.   In the first entry, I wrote about how to listen to your own feelings and needs.  In the second entry, I wrote about how after Continue reading The Five Fundamentals of NVC: Transform Conflicts into Oppourtunities for Intimacy – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/06/30/the-five-fundamentals-of-nvc-let-your-guard-down-be-vulnerable/ This is part three of a five part series on the fundamentals of compassionate consciousness.  In the first entry, I wrote about how to listen to our feelings and needs.  And in the second entry, I wrote about how after Continue reading The Five Fundamentals of NVC: Let Your Guard Down, Be Vulnerable – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/06/16/the-five-fundamentals-of-nvc-see-accept-and-embrace-the-other/ This is part two of a five part series on the fundamentals of compassionate consciousness.  In the first entry, I wrote about how to listen to our feelings and needs.  And now once we hear our own feelings and needs, Continue reading The Five Fundamentals of NVC: See, Accept, and Embrace the Other – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/06/02/the-five-fundamentals-of-nvc-listen-to-our-core-feelings-and-needs/ Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is more than a set of tools.  The tools help cultivate and maintain a paradigm shift in how we relate to ourselves and others.  If we just simply try to use the tools of observations, feelings, Continue reading The Five Fundamentals of NVC: Listen to our Core Feelings and Needs – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/05/19/three-steps-to-shifting-out-of-a-fight/ Some of us know the basic building blocks of Nonviolent Communication: statingobservations, feelings, our needs, and specific, doable, and positive requests.  But just knowing what I mean by these terms obviously doesn’t make it possible for you to instantly use these Continue reading Three Steps to Shifting Out of a Fight – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/05/02/peace/ Who wants more peace in their life?  Who dreams of a day when there is no more struggle and strife?  Both of my hands are raised, that’s for sure. If we think of peace as being the lack Continue reading Peace – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/04/18/seeing-the-humanity-in-everyone/ Murders, terrorists, rapists, and bullies.  All are examples of humans who we don’t really like to think of as having much humanity.  They’re criminals, evil doers, oppressors, or more colloquially scum.  They’re assholes, jerks, bastards.  They’re also Continue reading Seeing the Humanity in Everyone – by Kind Communication→