Summer in NVC

Hikin' on Puddin' Rock on the AT

Our Tuesday evening group continues, at a summer pace, needs for ease, movement, learning and community have been loosely met. We are leisurely traversing Chapter Two, Communication that Blocks Compassion. A topic for discussion has been - Do needs conflict? Or is it that strategies for meeting our needs can often be conflicting.

Marshall Rosenburg suggests that we alienate ourselves from our natural state of compassion when we focus on "who is what".

When we are in contact with our feelings and needs we are taking responsibility for ourselves and can develop the capacity to develop a language that acknowledges choice, our own and others.