NVC requires us to be continually conscious of the beauty within ourselves and other people.

Empathy lies in our ability to be present without opinion.

The more we use words that in any way imply criticism, the more difficult it is for people to stay connected to the beauty within themselves.

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

Never give advice to your children unless you have it in writing and notarized.

Be very slow to go into looking for solutions.

An important aspect of self-compassion is to be able to empathically hold both parts of ourselves-the self that regrets a past action and the self that took the action in the first place.