Category Archives: Non-Violent 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→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/04/08/maintaining-your-needs-in-conflicts/ You ever start a conversation that you knew was going to be dicey….and sure enough it got hard fast, and so you just gave up?  You might have said to your significant other “Hey, so I really Continue reading Maintaining your Needs in Conflicts – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/03/24/letting-go-of-should-thoughts/ I don’t do this often, but this post is dedicated to a book I just finished reading entitled Loving What Is by Byron Katie. This book offers a very simple process to achieve what in NVC we Continue reading Letting Go of “Should” Thoughts – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/03/11/knowing-my-needs/ Being out of touch with one’s needs creates challenging dynamics to any relationship.  But to fully understand this we need to ask why it is that we get disconnected from our needs.  There is always some lost resource. Continue reading Knowing My Needs – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://kindcommunication.org/2013/02/23/conflict/ None of us like conflict.  Isn’t there some way we can all just co-exist together, enjoy life together, understand one another such that there’ll be no more conflict?  Isn’t this why we learn Nonviolent Communication? Nope.  Conflict is Continue reading Conflict – by Kind Communication→

Re-posted From: http://kindcommunication.org/2013/02/10/let-love-be-your-valentine/ Thursday this week is quite a controversial day.  For some, they’ve been looking forward to this day for weeks.  Others have been in denial that its coming up because it reminds them of their “loneliness”.  Valentine’s Day, the Continue reading Let Love be your Valentine – by Kind Communication→