We need empathy to give empathy.

Teacher, school administrators and parents will come away from Life-Enriching Education with skills in language, communication, and ways of structuring the learning environment that support the development of autonomy and interdependence in the classroom.

NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions.

As radical as it may seem, it is possible to do things only out of play. I believe that to the degree that we engage moment by moment in the playfulness of enriching life- motivated solely by the desire for its enrichment- to that degree are we being compassionate with ourselves.

When we have our consciousness on needs, images come to us, naturally, of how to meet those needs.

Instead of playing the game "Making Life Wonderful", we often play the game called "Who's Right". Do you know that game? It's a game where everybody loses.

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values