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Resolve any conflict
in 20 minutes...
from the moment each side can effectively express what the other is needing.
Team
building, mediation and communication skills training.
Based, in part, on
the work of Dr. Marshall B. Rosenberg founder of the Center for Nonviolent Communication www.cnvc.org which, in the opinion of this website, is based, also in part, on basic principles
that all the great religions throughout history seem to have in common.
We specifically focus on three principles:
1. OBSERVATION of what has been said or done
2. CONNECTION (aka Love or Empathy) to FEELINGS and NEEDS for one's self, friends and enemies
Opening the doors to human connection
Nonviolent communication is a term given to a process of connecting humans
in a way that ensures both side's needs are recognized and supported.
The term 'violence' as it
is understood here is not limited to physical force.
Any action or word that seperates us from our needs is
contrary to life and can be considered 'violent'.
Any act that ignores mutual human need
tends to cause pain and suffering and can be considered 'violent'.
Conflict
 Conflict occurs when we are not clear about what we want. A 'want' is simply an absence of need.
Conflict occurs when we insist others should know and meet our needs.
Conflict occurs when we make judgments of things we are unclear about.
Clarity
 Once you and I are clear about what we see and hear from each other and how this does or doesn't support our
respective needs, we begin to resolve our conflicts.
Once we understand that feelings, at the simplest level, are physical sensations in the body, of either pain or pleasure,
that serve as indicators to let us know that our needs are or aren't being met, we begin to resolve our conflicts.
Once we become clear about what we would like in support of these needs and are not attached to any one strategy, we
begin to resolve our conflicts.
The word is getting out. Harmony works.
Nonviolent Communication has brought the simplicity of successful communication into the foreground. No matter what
issue you're facing, these strategies for communicating with others will set you up to win every time."
--Anthony Robbins, author, Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power
Nonviolent Communication can change
the world.
More importantly, it can
change your life. I cannot recommend
it highly enough.
- Jack Canfield, author, Chicken Soup
for
the Soul Series
"NVC provides the missing piece to my
own work."
Deepak Chopra,MD,How to Know God
"You'll
learn simple tools to defuse
arguments and create compassionate
connections with your family, friends
and
others."
John Grey, Ph.D., Men are from mars,
women are from venus
The Heart is the Capital of the Mind.
The Mind is
a single State.
The Heart and the Mind together make
A single Continent
One is the population numerous enough.
This ecstatic nation seek.
It is yourself.
--Emily Dickenson
Resolving conflict one need at a time
On the core level, the principles followed by this process known as nonviolent
communication drive simply at serving human need for all sides concerned. It has been the consistent, verifiable
experience of practitioners and mediators worldwide that when needs are made clear, conflict tends to resolve quite easily
and in short order.
IT IS KEY TO NOTE THAT NEEDS CHANGE MOMENT TO MOMENT AND WITH EVERY NEW SENTENCE
SPOKEN, A NEW AWARENESS FOR NEEDS MET AND UNMET COMES TO LIGHT.
Strategy? or Need?
♥True human need is simple and common to all humans alike.
♥True human need is not person or thing specific.
♥True
human need can be summed up in one word expressions.
Air, Food, Water, Shelter, Trust, Safety,
Respect, Community
Strategy to meet human need is complex and unique to any given situation
or condition. This is where negotiation begins.
It
is the contention of this website that if we truly followed these principles in every human encounter, a level of harmony
unprecedented in the modern world would be achieved and celebrated. That is the intention of this site.
The door is open...
Please come in. Take your shoes off and stay as long as you like. Grab a drink, a snack
or whatever makes you feel at home and enjoy your experience.
With Love and Respect, Georaffe
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