Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication provides a way for us to acknowledge that it is our own interpretation of another's behavior which leads to our personal emotional response, not the objective behavior itself. "Owning" one's own emotional response is a first step in non-defensive communication to another in a conflict situation.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT This is the beginning of a new four week cycle. For four weeks, we practice an actual exercise in three different categories: An Instant "Ahah!" to…
Download complete instructions on using Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening Turns to resolve interpersonal conflicts, turning conflict into creativity: Chapter Five: Interpersonal Focusing Capitulo Cinco El Proceso Interpersonal Order the…
Honoring "Subjectivity": "This flower is beautiful TO ME" We tend to use pseudo- objectivity, pseudo-factualism, pseudo-logic to assert our view of the world over others, to "win" arguments: "Mine…