Preface: This past spring, I offered a six week course on Somatic-Based Empathy (a practice I developed based on NVC) via the NVC Academy (NVCA). After the NVCA program, one of the participants, Thierry Dewandre, asked me to write about Somatic-Based Empathy so he could share more about it in Belgium. Curious about his experiences … Continue reading Somatic-Based Empathy – Part III
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Somatic-Based Empathy – Part II
Preface: This past spring, I offered a six week course on Somatic-Based Empathy (a practice I developed based on NVC) via the NVC Academy (NVCA). After the NVCA program, one of the participants, Thierry Dewandre, asked me to write about Somatic-Based Empathy so he could share more about it in Belgium. Curious about his experiences … Continue reading Somatic-Based Empathy – Part II
Somatic-Based Empathy – Part I
Preface: This past spring, I offered a six week course on Somatic-Based Empathy (a practice I developed based on NVC) via the NVC Academy (NVCA). After the NVCA program, one of the participants, Thierry Dewandre, asked me to write about Somatic-Based Empathy so he could share more about it in Belgium. Curious about his experiences … Continue reading Somatic-Based Empathy – Part I
What is Collaborative (Nonviolent) Communication? – Part II
Note: In the last few blogs, I’ve been taking excerpts from the introduction to my book Urban Empathy where I discuss superheroes, NYC and nonviolence. If you missed those posts, you can read the first in that series here. Today and in my next blog, I’ll be sharing highlights from the aftermatter of Urban Empathy, … Continue reading What is Collaborative (Nonviolent) Communication? – Part II
What is Collaborative (Nonviolent) Communication? – Part I
Note: In the last few blogs, I’ve been taking excerpts from the introduction to my book Urban Empathy where I discuss superheroes, NYC and nonviolence. If you missed those posts, you can read the first in that series here. Today and in my next blog, I’ll be sharing highlights from the aftermatter of Urban Empathy, … Continue reading What is Collaborative (Nonviolent) Communication? – Part I
Good and Evil, New York City and Walking Tall Part III
Note: One of my favorite parts of Urban Empathy is the introduction where I discuss super heroes, NYC and nonviolence. In honor of the book now being out more than 10 years, I’ve decided to blog some excerpts from the book. Today is Part Three. Read Part One here and Part Two here. I seek … Continue reading Good and Evil, New York City and Walking Tall Part III
Good and Evil, New York City and Walking Tall Part II
Note: One of my favorite parts of Urban Empathy is the introduction where I discuss super heroes, NYC and nonviolence. In honor of the book now being out more than 10 years, I’ve decided to blog some excerpts from the book. Today is Part Two. Read Part One here. As human beings connecting with other … Continue reading Good and Evil, New York City and Walking Tall Part II
Good and Evil, New York City and Walking Tall
Note: One of my favorite parts of Urban Empathy is the introduction where I discuss super heroes, NYC and nonviolence. In honor of the book now being out more than 10 years, I've decided to blog some excerpts from the book. Today is Part One. In creating Urban Empathy---a cartoon book set in New York … Continue reading Good and Evil, New York City and Walking Tall
The Four Ingredients to Effectively Tell my Partner to Stop Telling Me Where to Go (in the Car)! – Part II
The second in a two part series on a language-learning perspective/approach to NVC. Photo by Dario Morandotti on Unsplash With guest blogger Elizabeth A. Thomson Last Fall I was very happy to discover someone on the other side of the world (Australia) who, like me, has a background in linguistics and takes a language- learning … Continue reading The Four Ingredients to Effectively Tell my Partner to Stop Telling Me Where to Go (in the Car)! – Part II
The Four Ingredients to Effectively Tell my Partner to Stop Telling Me Where to Go (in the Car)
The first in a two part series on a language-learning perspective/approach to NVC Photo by Quynh Do on Unsplash With guest blogger Elizabeth A. Thomson Last Fall I was very happy to discover someone on the other side of the world (Australia) who, like me, has a background in linguistics and takes a language-learning approach … Continue reading The Four Ingredients to Effectively Tell my Partner to Stop Telling Me Where to Go (in the Car)
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