To practice NVC, it's critical for me to be able to slow down, take my time, to come from an energy I choose, the one I believe that we were meant to come from, not the one I was programmed into.

When we fear punishment, we focus on consequences, not on our own values.

To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression.

Judgments of others contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies.

When we are angry, killing people is too superficial.

Don't hate the circumstance, you may miss the blessing

Use the words "I feel because I" to remind us that what we feel it isn't because of what the other person did, but because of a choice I've made.