I began studying NVC 4 years ago and at that very same moment, I met a man in the first workshop with whom I later became involved. I had a vision in my mind about how NVC would impact and guide our communication with each other. It excited me to think of how wonderful this Read More …
I feel like I can finally breathe. I have been training intensively in Non-Violent Communication (NVC) for 4 years now. One of the most powerful things that NVC teaches is authenticity. If you don’t know what authenticity is, you may not be able to understand what I am going to write about in this blog Read More …
Lesson #1: When necessary, a warrior-goddess retreats from battle. There is dignity in turning one’s back on petty dramas created by those who feed on pain and crises. There was a time in my life when I was like a leaf in the wind, blown around by forces outside of me. I was living from Read More …
Sometimes when the insanity takes over, we forget that we have choices, and one of the most important choices we have is to live from fear or live from love, living compassion. We can make that choice at any moment. We can embody Living Compassion. One of the choices I’ve made in my life is Read More …
Before I was exposed to Compassionate Communication (through a five-week fundamentals workshop, reading the text assigned as homework, Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg, and a weekly practice group that I’ve been attending for two years), I didn’t even realize how judgmental my thoughts and speech were. I didn’t even realize I Read More …
If I were to sum up everything I’ve ever read or heard from others about what is the most attractive quality we see in another person, the most common answer is “confidence.” And one of the least attractive qualities is “neediness.” So how does a person overcome neediness and develop confidence? Well, there are many Read More …
“Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” Yes, we have arrived. We are here…. now. I took me a long time to get here. And I could still resist being here if I wanted, but I think I’m tired of keeping what I want off in the distance. I have decided to raise my Read More …
As mentioned in my last post, I was recently reading Journey of the Heart by John Welwood. If you have any interest in literature on relationships, John Welwood is the BEST! He gives voice to my own perspective which is that a relationship is a journey, not a destination. Some people seem to be capable Read More …
Why do we need to take reality in small doses? Because we are attached to our old stories. In Radical Forgiveness, author Colin Tipping calls our old stories our B.S. (Belief System). The B.S. is what runs our lives. If you want to know what you really believe, look at your life. That’s what you Read More …
How I managed to stumble upon such a plethora of amazing books in one year, I do not know, but many of them were suggested by a friend whom I call my muse and warrior training because he pushes me to the edge of my comfort zone and then bumps me just enough to send Read More …
