Empathy allows us to re-perceive our world in a new way and move forward.

Be very slow to go into looking for solutions.

NO is always a YES to something else.

I find that my cultural conditioning leads me to focus attention on places where I am unlikely to get what I want. I developed NVC as a way to train my attention-to shine the light of consciousness-on places that have the potential to yield what I am seeking.

We can't win at somebody else's expense. We can only fully be satisfied when the other person's needs are fulfilled as well as our own.

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

Social change involves helping people see new options for making life wonderful that are less costly to get needs met.