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From Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- The kind of spirituality I value is one in which you get great joy out of contributing to life, not just sitting and meditating, although…
- Empathizing with someone's 'no' protects us from taking it personally.
- To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression.
- The best way I can get understanding from another person is to give this person the understanding, too. If I want them to hear my…
- NVC enhances inner communication by helping us translate negative internal messages into feelings and needs. Our ability to distinguish our own feelings and needs and…
- To do this, you can bring in nothing from the past. So the more psychology you've studied, the harder it will be to empathize. The…
- If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better - BOOM! Off the…
- The more we talk about the past, the less we heal from it.
- As we learn to speak from the heart we are changing the habits of a lifetime.
- People heal from their pain when they have an authentic connection with another human being.
- Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment.
- Miracles can happen when we can keep our consciousness away from analyzing and classifying one another.
- If we wish to express anger fully, the first step is to divorce the other person from any responsibility for our anger.
- Unless we as social change agents come from a certain kind of spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good.
- When we are depressed, our thinking blocks us from being aware of our needs, and then being able to take action to meet our needs.
- Two things distinguish nonviolent actions from violent actions. First, you don't see an enemy and second, your intention is not to make the other side…
- To practice NVC, it's critical for me to be able to slow down, take my time, to come from an energy I choose, the one…
- Before we tackle the gangs and the basic story, we have to make sure that we have liberated ourselves from how we have been educated…
- Teacher, school administrators and parents will come away from Life-Enriching Education with skills in language, communication, and ways of structuring the learning environment that support…
- If we want to be compassionate we must be conscious of the words we use. We must both speak and listen from the heart.
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