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

Unless we as social change agents come from a certain spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good.

Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see that we have no real enemies, that what others do to us is the best possible thing they know to do to get their needs met.

Teacher, school administrators and parents will come away from Life-Enriching Education with skills in language, communication, and ways of structuring the learning environment that support the development of autonomy and interdependence in the classroom.

Punishment also includes judgmental labeling and the withholding of privileges.

Empathizing with someone's 'no' protects us from taking it personally.

In NVC, no matter what words others may use to express themselves, we simply listen for their observations, feelings, needs, and requests.