Getting in touch with unmet needs is important to the healing process.

When people hear needs, it provokes compassion.

We are compassionate with ourselves when we are able to embrace all parts of ourselves and recognize the needs and values expressed by each part.

When we have our consciousness on needs, images come to us, naturally, of how to meet those needs.

Public education for some time has been heavily focused on what curricula we believe will be helpful to students. Life-Enriching Education is based on the premise that the relationship between teachers and students, the relationships of students with one another, and the relationships of students to what they are learning are equally important in preparing students for the future.

If we want to be compassionate we must be conscious of the words we use. We must both speak and listen from the heart.

NVC helps us connect with each other and ourselves in a way that allows our natural compassion to flourish.