A second even more obvious sign is that the person will stop talking. If we are uncertain as to whether we have stayed long enough in the process, we can always ask, "Is there more that you wanted to say"?

The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change.

The number one reason that we don't get our needs met, we don't express them. We express judgments. If we do express needs, the number two reasons we don't our needs met, we don't make clear requests.

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

Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize - empathy before education.

Make your goal to attend to your underlying needs and to aim for a resolution so satisfying that everyone involved has their needs met also.

Be very slow to go into looking for solutions.