When we have our consciousness on needs, images come to us, naturally, of how to meet those needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC is a way of keeping our consciousness tuned in moment by moment to the beauty within ourselves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We are dangerous when we are not conscious of our responsibility for how we behave, think, and feel. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Also, think about your intentionality - are you getting lost in the method? or coming from the intentionality, the purpose? You don't… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Let’s shine the light of consciousness on places where we can hope to find what we are seeking. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I find that my cultural conditioning leads me to focus attention on places where I am unlikely to get what I want.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti once remarked that observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence. When I first read… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“allows our natural compassion to flourish. It guides us to reframe the way we express ourselves and listen to others by focusing… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I try never to hear what another person thinks of me. I enjoy life a lot more when I spend as little… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
All that has been integrated into NVC has been known for centuries about consciousness, language, communication skills, and use of power that… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We only feel dehumanized when we get trapped in the derogatory images of other people or thoughts of wrongness about ourselves. As author and mythologist Joseph Campbell suggested, "'What will they think of me?' must be put aside for bliss." We begin to feel this bliss when messages previously experienced as critical or blaming begin to be seen for the… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
Understanding the other persons' needs does not mean you have to give up on your own needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Plans to exact retribution are never going to make us safer. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC gives us tools and understanding to create a more peaceful state of mind. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
What I want in my life is compassion a flow between myself and others based on mutual giving from the heart. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better - BOOM! Off the board. You're into the future. Empathy requires staying with the energy that's here right now. Not using any technique. Just being present. When I have really connected to this energy, it's like I wasn't there.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
