About the New NVC Experts and Authors

Is The Latest Expert Always the Best? The late Dr. Marshall Rosenberg coined the original name for Nonviolent Communication, aka NVC. Marshall was a clinical psychologist from Detroit who, back in the early 1960s chose to break free of all … Continue reading

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Blowing the Horn of Anger

Anytime we endeavor to learn something new, especially if it’s a new language process like NVC that is transformative and healing, it’s a journey. Like a road trip. All kinds of bumps may appear in the road, detours, construction, harsh … Continue reading

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5 Easy Steps to Improved Meditations and Mediations

Meditation: the Secret Superpower of the Mediator Mediation is about serving as a go-between or translator of judgmental language into a more pure essence of communication. It helps to build a connection or a bridge across differences, from heart to … Continue reading

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People Can Save Lives Using the Language of NVC Nonviolent Communication

Desperate Need for NVC in the World I only wish NVC had been able to prevent this: A few days ago, a man in a neighboring condominium development shot the woman who lived directly upstairs from him. The incident was … Continue reading

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Let’s Explore Empathic Presence: How to Understand the Spiritual Experience and its Connected Healing Powers

What Is Healing, Empathic Presence? While corresponding with a close friend, I recently found myself describing a very rare quality of healing, empathic presence. It’s a state of consciousness that I’ve been fortunate to experience while doing NVC-related work with … Continue reading

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Triggers Can Be Healed

I call this the Human Connection CODE.  C.O.D.E. stands for Communication Of Deep Empathy.  It’s one of the most powerful healing practices anyone can do to heal triggers. Triggers are those pesky, unexpected things that can blindside us and set … Continue reading

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Abandonment, Abandoners and the Abandoned

NVC is an abbreviation for Nonviolent Communication, a natural process of interpersonal connecting through compassion and understanding even amidst disagreement and conflict. Here’s a letter I wrote to a dear, longtime friend. She had  fallen on desperately hard times, and … Continue reading

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The NVC Dogma of Feelings & Needs

Feelings and Needs, NVC Dogma? Feelings and Needs Overdone? In pursuing the study of NVC, I’ve encountered some surprising twists and turns along the path. Marshall Rosenberg and many certified NVC trainers emphasized the importance of feelings and needs at … Continue reading

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A Razor’s Edge of NVC Expression

Talking & Walking the Razor’s Edge Sometimes I’d start to feel sure I’d finally got this NVC discipline down. I was balancing upon the proverbial razor’s edge, avoiding judgmental words left and right. Then, out of the blue, an NVC … Continue reading

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Practice NVC through Psychic Airwaves

Technology Gets in the Way of Pure NVC Expression One of the most common temptations we face when starting to learn Nonviolent Communication (NVC), is to put convenience first. This is sometimes done at the cost of human connection. Many … Continue reading

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