Communication that blocks compassion: moralistic judgments

In today’s look at non violent communication, we’re wrapping up our work on Chapter 5 of Rosenberg’s book and talking about the three stages we go through when taking responsibility for our feelings. I hope you’ll join me for this. To subscribe via iTunes or for a complete list of episodes, visit my page on non

Today’s episode launches us into Chapter 5 of Rosenberg’s book, and we’re talking about taking responsibility for our feelings. Initially, I’m playing around with a specific phrase and noticing my first reaction (discomfort) and what happens later. To subscribe via iTunes or to view all the episodes, visit the non violent communication page. If you

Today is an extension of Day 11, because I didn’t want to leave listeners hanging. I go into connecting with people at a deeper level, bringing us around to the importance of identifying and observing rather than labeling someone with a feeling. Hope you’ll find it helpful. To subscribe via iTunes or to see the

Today I’m talking a bit more about “observation without evaluation”. I’ve run across about 4 words that are often used in our family when we evaluate rather than observe. Find out what these are (and how it all relates to cookies!). To subscribe via iTunes to this podcast, or for a complete list of episodes,

It’s day 8 of the non violent communication podcast, and we’ve made it to chapter 3 in the book (Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg). Today’s topic is “observing without evaluating”, a sticky issue indeed. For a complete overview of podcast episodes, you can visit the page with the complete list here. A bit of