Resources
To support your embodied practice of compassionate communication
Use these resources when you need an extra helping hand to support you to move beyond conflict or move towards connection or simply to help you to connect with yourself and understand what is most important to you.
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Feelings + Needs List
Mission
Use this "Feelings + Needs" list to help you locate, track and articulate your emotional world. You can also use this list to support you in guessing another persons feelings and needs so that you can better understand and connect with them.
Gratitude Practice
Vision
Appreciation = Connection
Practicing Gratitude is the how we say "Thank You" to someone when we are connected to our needs and expressing WHY + HOW what they have said or done has really touched us in some way. This way of giving thanks can really support connection and appreciation in your relationships!
Self Connection
Mission
Use this "Self Connection" Journaling exercise to help you find clarity and understanding with yourself! You will need your feelings and needs list to support you, and a quite place to self connect. If you have already attending a beginners course then this will support you to remember the 4 steps of self connection. If you are new to this work, just follow the suggested guidelines and see where it takes you..
Self Expression
Mission
Use this "Self Expression" model to help you express what is important to you! You will need your feelings and needs list to support you, and it may help to spend some time connecting with yourself first. If you have already attending a beginners course then this will support you to remember the 4 steps as your practice compassionate self expression.
Dyad Meditations
Mission
Dyad meditations" are a beautiful speaking meditation practiced between 2 people.
The intention is to connect with yourself and another person through sharing from a source of inner wisdom and presence which you are able to access when being offered the silent presence of a witnessing listener.
This practice has been initiated by Charles Berner in 1968 and developed and shared by Robert Gonzalez, Robert Maoz Kržišnik and Simone Anliker and others within the NVC community.
Transforming Triggers - Self Empathy Guide
Mission
This practice is from the "Relating with Joy" course.
In those moments when you are at a family gathering or spending time with loved ones and you notice that it is hard for you to stay connected. Perhaps they have said something that upsets you? Maybe you feel alone in a room full of people? Maybe you want to be understood differently?
Whatever it is, this process can be applied to any situation where you want to stay connected and find yourself triggered.
It is a tool that takes time to embody, with practice and so it is advised that you practice this exercise with past situations before attempting to apply it in real life.