Peace – by Kind Communication

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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

Seeing the Humanity in Everyone – by Kind Communication

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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

Maintaining your Needs in Conflicts – by Kind Communication

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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

Letting Go of “Should” Thoughts – by Kind Communication

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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

Knowing My Needs – by Kind Communication

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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

Conflict – by Kind Communication

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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

Let Love be your Valentine – by Kind Communication

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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

Forgiveness – by Kind Communication

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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

Stuck Needs – by Kind Communication

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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

NVC Consciousness, Requests and our own “Neediness” – by Kind Communication and Darrell Becker

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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