Hello!
Hello and welcome to the SEEDS blog! I’ve been thinking about doing this for a long time and now I am putting some action behind my thinking. What do I say first? I will start with sharing about one of the basic needs that has inspired me to write this blog: connection– connection with YOU!…
Nonviolence and Nonviolent Communication
In my view, the state of nonviolence is when we are in complete connection with ourselves and others, regardless of what is happening. It is a place of clarity and authenticity, where there is no confusion. Wow, that sounds hard! Marshall Rosenberg, PhD created Nonviolent Communication, which teaches us to recognize, listen and communicate from…
my thoughts on empathy and the story of a butterfly
Nonviolent Communication in its simplest form consists of Honesty and Empathy. Today I will share about empathy. True empathy is complete presence to the experience of another. We cannot even fully know what someone is going through but we can make guesses and attempt to enter into his or her experience. There are a number…
Honesty
In my last post I wrote about empathy. Honesty is the companion to empathy and completes the definition, in its simplest form, of Nonviolent Communication. That is, Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is listening empathically and expressing honestly or, you might say, NVC = Empathy + Honesty. NVC honesty might be a little different than what some people…
Returning
Where to begin? I’ve certainly been living a lot more nonviolence than I have been writing about here. I feel so grateful for the knowledge and understanding I have gained through my work and passion, which has deeply supported me through the most difficult year of my life. October 24, 2013, my precious husband was…
a summer inquiry
Over the summer I had the opportunity to participate as a volunteer at a camp where families and individuals come together to have fun and to practice and learn concepts of Nonviolent Communication in the context of being with their family and other families in community. I enjoyed the week on many levels. In this…