Collaboratively Outgrowing The Corporate-Industrial Complex
Re-posted From: http://KindCommunication.org/2013/01/27/forgiveness/ Forgiving one another is crucial to to building new connection in a place where there was once pain and resentment. When most of us think of forgiveness we think of being forgiven. How joyful we feel, when our Continue reading Forgiveness – by Kind Communication
Re-posted From: http://kindcommunication.org/2013/01/13/stuck-needs/ For some of us, we may have gone through life with a particular need left unmet for a long, long time. Often as far back as childhood. And when a need is left unmet for that long Continue reading Stuck Needs – by Kind Communication
Hi everyone, Me and Alex worked to craft this discussion on the topics of NVC consciousness (the basic form and function of compassionate communication, both internally and externally), requests (as opposed to the making and delivering of demands) and our Continue reading NVC Consciousness, Requests and our own “Neediness” – by Kind Communication and Darrell Becker
Re-posted From: http://kindcommunication.org/2012/12/16/self-empathy/ You’re at holiday dinner. The family is all around you; your Mom who brings up over and over again how much she wishes she could see you more often, your Dad who’s giving you advice about work and Continue reading Self-Empathy – by Kind Communication
Re-posted From: http://kindcommunication.org/2012/12/02/appreciation/ Have you ever given a gift to someone, and they respond with a simple “Thanks”. When you heard that “thanks”, how did you feel? Did you feel warm and delighted at seeing your gift contribute to the Continue reading Appreciation – by Kind Communication
Voluntary Visions Podcast is a place that explores how the ways in which we view the world perpetuate our oppression, or liberate us. Darrell Becker and I sat down for a discussion on the issue of judgments, what are they, Continue reading Discussion of Judgments and Empathy Exhaustion – by Kind Communication
These two words represent two distinct judgments we make. But both of these judgments trigger our fight-flight-freeze reaction which then disconnects us from our real feelings and needs. Hopefully this video will help you see through these judgments to the Continue reading Should and Have To – by Kind Communication
Many of our political discussions don’t ever seem to go anywhere. I present my belief, and the facts that back that up. Someone else states their opposing belief, and the facts that back that up. And then we argue over Continue reading Debate in Translation: NVC in Politics – by Kind Communication
Sometimes we find ourselves in tragic situations where there seems to be no other way to immediately protect one’s own or another’s needs but to use force. This video helps examine what intentions we hold when we find ourselves resorting Continue reading The Protective Use of Force – by Kind Communication
Simply put, anger is the result of an unmet need combined with a mental judgment that things “should” be different in some way. Letting go of this “should” judgment frees us up to reconnect with our unmet needs, and make Continue reading Anger – by Kind Communication