This May a 40 year-old father jumped on NYC subway tracks to save a woman’s life. In recent weeks, we’ve seen empathic giving in the outpouring of support for those impacted by Hurricane Sandy. I believe our natural state is empathic and caring. Our bodies tell us: when contributing to life we feel happy, relaxed … Continue reading When contributing to life we feel happy, relaxed and …

2012 was a busy year for conferences, research, analysis, and discovery on the benefits and uses of compassion, empathy and mindfulness. Here are a few of the many from the past year: Academia, Research & Conferences The Empathy and Compassion in Society Conference took place at the end of November in London, and the Science of … Continue reading 2012 Empathy Year in Review: Education and Research

Sandy leaves central Brooklyn untouched. CCC’s office in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn was thankfully unaffected by the recent Hurricane. However, many of our friends in the rest of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, and New Jersey are still without power. Watching the massive grassroots responses of local folks providing goods, cleaning supplies, food, and labor help to … Continue reading Keep Calm … and Practice Empathy!

Do more than just survive your family this holiday season! Empathy for the Holidays: How to Really Enjoy the Holidays with your Family A Day Long Intermediate Training in Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication Nov 10, 2012 10:00am – 5:00pm @ the Center for Collaborative Communication, Brooklyn, NY Empower yourself to truly connect with and understand your … Continue reading Empathy for the Holidays Class 11/10

There are four steps in Compassionate Communication: observations, feelings, needs, and requests – called OFNR for short. The distinctions we apply to the steps are: 1). Distinguish between observations and evaluations. 2). Distinguish between pure feelings and thoughts. 3). Distinguish between needs and strategies. 4). Distinguish between requests and demands. Each of these directions can … Continue reading Exercise: Self-Empathy First!

Your co-worker is listening to political commentary by someone whose opinions do not mesh with yours. Your Uncle has begun talking about “those people”… again. Your daughter has mentioned she wants to spend the holidays with her partner’s family. In moments of “impact,” when we are surprised, triggered, confused, or upset, old stories or judgments … Continue reading Debates … NVC style

The UN’s International Day of Peace is on September 21, 2012, and New York nonprofit the Center for Collaborative Communication [CCC] is sharing a week of peace-building workshops leading up to the day. CCC’s Founder and lead trainer Dian Killian explains, “If our intention is to ‘be the change we want to see in the … Continue reading Communicating, Not Dominating: International Day of Peace Learning Week

Empathy — the ability to understand how someone else feels — can be taught, and in Compassionate Communication we learn to empathize by listening for feelings and needs. Programs and initiatives across the US are teaching young people how to listen empathically to truly embrace diversity, end violence, and generate compassionate actions. Can empathy be … Continue reading Empathy and Compassion part II: Education

In Compassionate Communication pedagogy and practice, there are two questions we highly value when making a request: – What, specifically, do we want someone to do, and – Why do we want them to do it This can be especially applicable to parents, related to your children doing homework or other tasks. In a style … Continue reading Exercise: Authentic Requests–Tell Me Why!

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