Posts tagged compassionate communication
Non Violent Communication podcast Day 17: clearly requesting what we want
Sep 24th
In today’s look at non violent communication, we’ve made it to Chapter 6 in the Rosenberg book. You’ll hear me discussing how I’m playing with making requests in clear, concrete action-oriented language… and, of course, how this relates to my living room.
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NVC Podcast Day 16: Leaving emotional slavery behind
Sep 23rd
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.
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NVC Podcast Day 15: The magic phrase
Sep 22nd
In today’s look at non violent communication, I’m reporting on how things are going with using the phrase “I feel [insert feeling], because I [insert need].”
Magical. Really, I’m finding this hugely helpful. There is also a little discussion about the fact that many of us lose sight of the fact that we have needs in the first place — or at least I sometimes work with people who feel that way and feel that way myself at times.
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If you liked this, chances are good that you know someone else who might enjoy it. I hope you’ll share the link via email, twitter, facebook, or your method of choice. It might mean a lot to that person, and it just takes a moment.
NVC Podcast Day 14: Taking responsibility for our feelings
Sep 21st
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.
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NVC Podcast Day 13: Yes, my emotional vocabulary is at first grade level
Sep 17th
Today, in Day 13, we’re wrapping up the discussion of “identifying and expressing feelings” from Chapter 4 of Rosenberg’s book.
Learn about my own challenges with using the phrase “I feel”, when I’m doing a self-check, and why my emotional vocabulary appears to be stuck at first grade level. Hope you’ll join me, and let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
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If you like this, and if you can think of someone that you know who might like it too, I’d appreciate it if you’d share it with them via email, twitter, facebook, or your method of choice. It may be something they really need, and it just takes a minute.
NVC Podcast Day 12: Connecting at a deeper level
Sep 16th
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.
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NVC Podcast Day 11: showing emotion
Sep 15th
Today’s episode of the Non Violent Communication podcast focuses on Chapter 4 in Rosenberg’s book, “Identifying and Expressing Feelings.”
I spend quite a bit of time talking about the professions in which people are traditionally discouraged from showing much emotion, why that often takes place, and what to do when you decide not to follow the crowd in this behavior. I hope you’ll join  me.
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NVC Podcast Day 10: Words of evaluation
Sep 13th
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!).
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Or, listen below. As always, please feel welcome to share your questions and comments… and be sure to check out The Lemon Pie Group if you’d like to start practicing NVC in your own life!
NVC Podcast Day 9: Tales of observing without evaluating
Sep 11th
On today’s episode, I talk about my experiment of trying to see how many times I actually make an evaluation rather than sticking to an observation. (Hint: Â I do it, a lot).
You’ll hear about my 4-year-old and what happened last night, as well as my vow to practice a bit of non violent communication toward myself.
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Or, you can just listen below.
As always, I’d love to hear your comments, questions, and thoughts.
Day 8 NVC Podcast: observing without evaluating
Sep 9th
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 excellent news today, too. The podcast has been accepted by iTunes (yay!) so you can subscribe here:
Non Violent Communication Podcast on iTunes
Beware that this link may take a couple more days for the listing to appear in iTunes searches.
As for Day 8, you can also listen below, or download it (right click, select “save link as”, and you’ll have it): Â download
Please know I would love to hear from you… especially if you want to see how many times during a given day you tend to struggle with “observing without evaluating”.
