Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
1999 • 244 pages
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Average rating4.5
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Ratings25
Average rating4.5
An enlighting look at how peaceful communication can create compassionate connections with family, friends, and other acquaintances, this book uses stories, examples, and sample dialogues to provide solutions to communication problems both at home and in the workplace. Guidance is provided on identifying and articulating feelings and needs, expressing anger fully, and exploring the power of empathy in order to speak honestly without creating hostility, break patterns of thinking that lead to anger and depression, and communicate compassionately. These nonviolent communication skills are fully explained and can be applied to personal, professional, and political differences. Included in the new edition is information on how to compassionately connect with oneself.
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I was absolutely blown away by this book! It's an audio-only version of the material covered in [a:Marshall B. Rosenberg 40541 Marshall B. Rosenberg https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1275843700p2/40541.jpg]'s book of a similar name, [b:Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life 71730 Nonviolent Communication A Language of Life Marshall B. Rosenberg https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386925124l/71730.SY75.jpg 2766138]. It distills his lifetime of work on NVC.I think it might have been 20 years since my brother-of-choice recommended Rosenberg's work to me. Yes, sometimes I'm slow. I intend to go ahead and read the print version as well as re-listen to this one several times. The thing that really struck me was the empathic way of approaching people, including oneself.
Great strategies but the content could be so easily weaponized that I have some concern over this text's cult following.
Marshall is the Bob Ross of language. Makes it sound easy, compassion, soothing voice to listen to if you get the audiobook. NVC, while definitely not native language for me, makes sense, and I refer a lot of my clients to it. Reading the book affirms even more my appreciation. I appreciate his personal anecdotes and perspective about clinical psychology as validating to my holistic approach. The book felt relatively comprehensive, although reading it is not enough to make practicing it feel easy...and I would love to hear more about the self empathizing/being with that must be involved to look to connect with the other's pain in egregious and inflammatory interactions.
Even if you have no interest in learning about NVC, I'd recommend this audiobook if you have trouble sleeping. Let his voice tuck you in!
This book is on my ‘Every Human Should Read List' for a reason. It feels like the kind of emotionally intelligent conversations we should have been taught but never heard. It's not easy, but it's eye-opening.
