This is a discussion I had with Serge Prengel, a Focuser, about how Focusing and Nonviolent Communication work together: Focusing and NVC: Shulamit Berlevtov in conversation with Serge Prengel In this conversation, Serge and I discuss how Nonviolent Communication (also NVC, for information, see http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com/pdf_files/key_facts_nvc.pdf) and Inner Relationship Focusing (www.focusingresources.com) go together. You can also [...]
Category Archives: Nonviolent Communication
Cultivating the courage to ask for help
I asked an NVC colleague to give me empathic listening time about a difficult issue. We have an agreement that we are welcome to ask one another for help at any time, and yet I still felt uncomfortable. A part of me still believes asking for help is “taking,” and I have no right to [...]
10 Things We Can Do to Contribute to Internal, Interpersonal, and Organizational Peace
(1) Spend some time each day quietly reflecting on how we would like to relate to ourselves and others. (2) Remember that all human beings have the same needs. (3) Check our intention to see if we are as interested in others getting their needs met as our own. (4) When asking someone to do [...]