All human actions are an attempt to meet needs.

Never question the beauty of what you are saying because someone reacts with pain, judgment, criticism. It just means they have not heard you.

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

At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled.

Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

Not getting our needs fulfilled is painful - but it's a sweet pain, not suffering, which is what comes from life-alienated thinking and interpretation.

You'll find people less threatening if you hear what they're needing rather than what they're thinking about you.