Translate all self-judgments into self-empathy.

All people ever say is: THANK YOU (a celebration of life) and PLEASE (an opportunity to make life more wonderful).

Miracles can happen when we can keep our consciousness away from analyzing and classifying one another.

Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet.

To do this, you can bring in nothing from the past. So the more psychology you've studied, the harder it will be to empathize. The more you know the person, the harder it will be to empathize. Diagnoses and past experiences can instantly knock you off the board. This doesn't mean denying the past. Past experiences can stimulate what's alive in this moment. But are you present to what was alive then or what the person is feeling and needing in this moment?

Always hear the 'Yes' in the 'No'.

In NVC, no matter what words others may use to express themselves, we simply listen for their observations, feelings, needs, and requests.