Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling.

Regardless of our many differences, we all have the same needs. What differs is the strategy for fulfilling these needs.

Blaming and punishing others are superficial expressions of anger.

The punitive use of force tends to generate hostility and to reinforce resistance to the very behavior we are seeking.

NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret.

Self-empathy in NVC means checking in with your own feelings and needs.

Our goal is to create a quality of empathic connection that allows everyone's needs to be met.