The process of Nonviolent Communication^sm (NVC) helps connect us with what is alive in ourselves and in others moment-to-moment, with what we or others could do to make life more wonderful, and with an awareness of what gets in the way of natural giving and receiving.

NVC strengthens our ability to inspire compassion from others and respond compassionately to others and ourselves. NVC guides us to reframe how we express ourselves, how we hear others and resolve conflicts by focusing our consciousness on what we are observing, feeling, needing, and requesting. It gives us new choices in responding to conflict that we may not be aware we have.

Through the practice of Nonviolent Communication we are able to begin to create peace within ourselves, so that we are able to extend that peace into the relationships that matter to us. Viewed through NVC eyes, all anger and violence--both in the world at large and in our own personal lives--is a tragic and counter-productive attempt by people to meet their needs. 

NVC is a process of empathy and honesty, 
and is sometimes described as "the language of the heart."

Marshall Rosenberg developed the concepts and practice of NVC nearly 40 years ago, based in part on the teachings of psychologist Carl Rogers. In 1984 Marshall founded the Center for Nonviolent Communication which promotes training and use of NVC on a worldwide basis. In 1999 he published the book Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Lifewhich describes the process of NVC and in 2005 published the book Speak Peace in a World of Conflict. He engages in peacemaking around the world.

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