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

Every time I mess up is a chance to practice.

Nonviolent Communication is a way of keeping our consciousness tuned in moment by moment to that beauty within ourselves and others, and not saying anything that we think might in any way tarnish people's consciousness of their own beauty.

The first step in healing is to put the focus on what's alive now, not what happened in the past.

We are this divine energy. It's not something we have to attain. We just have to realize it, to be present to it.

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"?

It may be most difficult to empathize with those we are closest to.