Overview of Powerpoint #2

• Non-violent Communication (NVC)

Approximate time to view PowerPoint is 20 minutes

Main Ideas:

• Purpose: to empower compassionate and respectful communication: giving and receiving.
• Nonviolence is the natural state of compassion.
• Four components of compassionate communication aim to reach resolution through empathy.

1. Observation – focus on what we and others are observing separate from interpretations and judgments.
2. Feeling – focus on the feeling aroused, in relation to what is observed.
3. Needs – be aware of the values and desires that create the feeling.
4. Request – the concrete action that is requested in order to enrich our lives, or enhance communication.

• Two parts of compassionate communication experienced through the four components: expressing honesty and receiving empathically.
• Aboriginal traditions and values within this program include interdependence towards well being, connection, universal quality of ‘alive in us’.