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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)

Marshall B. Rosenberg,

Deepak Chopra (Goodreads Author) (Foreword)

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The latest edition of the communication guide that has sold more than 1,000,000 copies

An enlightening look at how peaceful communication can create compassionate connections with family, friends, and other acquaintances, this international bestseller uses stories, examples, and sample dialogues to provide solutions to communication problems both at home and in the

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Oct 26, 2010 Meg rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This is the type of book that I would never pick up in a store or library. The design (the earth inside a flower), the subtitle "a language of life," the emphasis on the "Phd" after the author's name - all cues to me of a likely unhelpful, overly cutesy "self-help" book. Blech.

But so many people have recommended this book to me that I looked past these things and recently ordered a used copy. For a moment, I thought I was about to be punished for relaxing my previous resistance. Beware: there is This is the type of book that I would never pick up in a store or library. The design (the earth inside a flower), the subtitle "a language of life," the emphasis on the "Phd" after the author's name - all cues to me of a likely unhelpful, overly cutesy "self-help" book. Blech.

But so many people have recommended this book to me that I looked past these things and recently ordered a used copy. For a moment, I thought I was about to be punished for relaxing my previous resistance. Beware: there is some exceptionally bad "poetry" in this book, most of it concentrated at the beginning.

But - even after the abhorrent sugary couplets almost made me put it down - I continued on, and am generally glad that I did. Rosenberg manages to lay out, in astonishing simplicity, an entire theory of communication in an incredibly practical form. There are surely denser, more theoretical treatments of how the language we use daily impairs not only our ability to interact peaceably with others but also to get the results we want, or how that same language steadily undermines individual autonomy and responsibility, resulting in today's excruciatingly dismal political situation. But few will set out concrete steps for transforming your language that you can begin to practice immediately to great effect. But Rosenberg's book does that, and I think its draw is giving people incredibly simple and powerful tools to deal with deeply-felt, deeply-rooted cultural and social problems.

The emphasis on the importance of changing the ways in which language and thinking are connected for us, in order to restore political power to individuals and communities, is what really sold me on the styles of communication Rosenberg lays out (that is, nonviolent communication, or NVC for short). The analysis to me seems spot-on, and also provides a tool for dealing with the tremendous cynicism, apathy, and sense of powerlessness that exists today - especially where it exists in the same people who carry out actions of which they are critical! I went into the book thinking it would mostly be good for improving some personal relationships and also in organizational work, but I think the potential for NVC is much greater.

In short, I definitely concur with all the previous recommenders of Rosenberg's work. It loses points for style and its ultra cheesy poetry, for sure. But it's definitely worth getting through that to get to the meat of the book's ideas. ...more

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May 08, 2013 Angelique rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I wish I had read this book a long time ago. "Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life" by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. is full of wisdom.

The book starts off by explaining the process of Nonviolent Communication which boils down to four steps:

1. Observe what's happening - what's really going on? What is happening or being said that you either like or dislike?
2. Identify your feelings about it - anger, joy, hopeful, inspired, lonely?
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Jun 11, 2012 Louise rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I've read this book before, years ago and was enormously impressed with the ideas in it. However, I found it difficult to put the ideas into practice. Am now currently taking a course in Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication theory and have renewed hope about my ability to put the ideas into practice. I figure if I can learn to communicate with compassion it will be the first step towards being a wise person! :)

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May 10, 2015 Nayla rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I stopped at 100 pages in. I think it is important to point out that this method of communicating is decades old. It was not based on any research at the time, it has not been updated in accord with research, and it has not had any research verifying its effectiveness. There is no consensus, there are anecdotes and there are endorsements.

As a method, the process taught inside was not enough to fill the book and the description was padded out. As literature there were lengthy quotes of poetry (of ...more

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Mar 26, 2018 Andy Lee rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The best book I've read about communication, interpersonal relationships, and resolving conflicts. I have a strong feeling that this will be the best I've ever read about the subjects.

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Feb 19, 2011 Rebecca rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: owned, nonfiction, unschooling, mind, self-improvement, communication

In some of the circles I move, this book (or rather NVC in general) frequently gets a bad rap for being focused on communication and how sometimes it feels manipulative and stilted for those on the receiving end of someone practicing it. About 2/3rds of the content of the book is dedicated to the how's of the communication, so I think its easy to see why folks feel this way and to then dismiss it as a specialized form of talking. But focusing on the remaining 1/3rd of the book (which is spread ...more

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Jul 05, 2017 Mehrsa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Essential reading even if I am like 2 decades too late to reading this. I've already started using it and though I probably sound like a moron, I'm confident I'll get better at talking through my needs. Everyone just wants to be loved and we just keep asking for it the wrong way.

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Aug 02, 2011 Bill rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I listened to (i.e., did not read) this book in the car. Without any doubt, the concepts contained in it should be taught to the young in this country. And the old. And all over the world.

I'm not sure this was the best presentation of it, and the book is dated. The audiobook, in particular, was quite a struggle to get through. One of my pet peeves is when an author makes up stories and then claims them to be true when he tells them, pointing out how the story just so naturally fits in with his ...more

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Oct 23, 2008 Keith rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Keith by: Cheri Krause

Shelves: z-library, psychology, life-skills, _gone

While many of the techniques presented in this slim volume are entirely worthwhile and of great value in making oneself clear and defusing potentially tense communications, I still disagree with some of the author's fundamental categorization of "needs." While it may be useful, or even necessary under certain circumstances, to address the desires of another person in addition to, or even perhaps prior to, their needs, I continue to maintain that there is an important distinction to be made ...more

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Apr 23, 2014 Liisa Louise rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I highly recommend this life-changing book. It revolutionized my thinking. It's such an excellent guide to communicating, that I wish I had been taught this stuff in Kindergarten, and again in middle school and high school. The book emphasizes personal responsibility. It empowers one to fully experience one's emotions without being controlled by them. It gives you permission to experience the full spectrum of human emotions, not just the "good" ones like happiness. It integrates human ...more

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Mar 07, 2017 David rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: b-philosophy-psychology-religion

While there are ideas that can be adapted to use in this book that make it worth reading, it makes a few claims that could be problematic. Full disclosure, this review is also based on my personal experiences with several NVC counselors.

First some positives.
1. It is is a good attempt at a listening tool to both interpret what others are telling you and in restating things back to someone so they know you understand them and can be worked into the BATHE technique of addressing problems.

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Jan 07, 2010 Nick rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A brilliant handbook for how to talk to people without judging them, alienating them, or really pissing them off. The book is enlivened with a number of transcripts of conversations in which the author and his acquaintances get it right sometimes and fail at other times. The basic idea will be familiar to anyone who has had a little therapy or knows a therapist: you talk about your feelings, not what the other person is doing wrong. Of course, that is difficult to do under the best of ...more

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Feb 01, 2014 Xavier Shay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Life-changing. Everyone should read this. Rosenberg has well over three decades of experience and stories, and delivers it well.

My key takeaways:
* Using "I feel" for everything is a good start but doesn't go far enough. Still need to connect to self needs and specific actions of others.
* Use needs to find common human ground, especially when you disagree strongly with someone.
* Not everything needs to be "fixed". People want to be heard / listened to / empathised with.

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Jan 12, 2020 Andra rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

What an unbelievably helpful and practical book!

I really wish I'd read this 10-15 years ago. I'm sure it would've helped better navigate relationships, professionals challenges, and the process of growing up.

Even so, the nonviolent communication framework is an incredibly powerful mental tool to have at any age. The examples in the book have shown me the potential to build stronger relationships and have more profound, more helpful conversations with both others and myself.

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Sep 20, 2019 Rod Hilton rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

"Nonviolent Communication" might be a bit eyeroll-inducing, the concept of "When you X, I feel Y" statements are a cliche at this point. But push through it, this book is invaluable in improving communication skills.

I'm not sure any book has had as much of an impact on my ability to communicate effectively with other people. True, it's not "in my nature" but I'm hoping to fake it until I make it with this stuff, because I've noticed a marked difference with how coworkers seem to view ...more

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Jun 25, 2019 Lorna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I listened to this on audio book and the experience was very similar to learning a language with a great teacher such as Michel Thomas. I think this is a book I will return to several times in order to absorb the skills. Non violent communication seems to be a great deal about listening, keeping cool and using very specific language. This wouldn't necessarily be straight forward in dangerous situations so some way to practice it with repetition would be of enormous value.
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Apr 02, 2009 Elle rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I applaud Rosenberg's intention to bring peace and reconciliation through better communication. Rosenberg offers many potentially helpful insights in this book. His call for a therapist to bring him/herself into psychotherapy was refreshing. It could create less of a power differential and perhaps be more healing in its inclusivity and open acknowledgement of all individuals in the room. He also shows how we can get stuck in patterns that defeat the outcomes we're hoping for, and suggests, via I applaud Rosenberg's intention to bring peace and reconciliation through better communication. Rosenberg offers many potentially helpful insights in this book. His call for a therapist to bring him/herself into psychotherapy was refreshing. It could create less of a power differential and perhaps be more healing in its inclusivity and open acknowledgement of all individuals in the room. He also shows how we can get stuck in patterns that defeat the outcomes we're hoping for, and suggests, via Marianne Williamson in the last chapter, that we're most afraid of our own power, not inadequacy.

My chief problem with the book concerns its focus on self-interest, because it seems to instrumentalize compassion for others and other people. Rosenberg's central premise seems to be that communication's primary purpose is to express needs. In any conversation, we are to listen for others' feelings and needs and be prepared to express our own. Being in touch with our feelings and needs will help us be authentic. Our conversational choices include two other responses, according to him, blaming others and blaming ourselves, but these create resistance and further trouble. Instead, no matter what one needs, the solution is the same. His approach resembles the listening, reflecting/paraphrasing, assumption-checking and stating requests or appreciation skills taught elsewhere in psychology. However, it seems we are encouraged to listen to others, because doing so will help them listen to us. This seems to turn compassion into a way to get what we want, and that troubles me. The danger of seeing all communication in terms of meeting needs is that it may extend into viewing other people as means to having our needs met. In Kantian terms, turning others into a means to an end means not treating them with equality or dignity. It risks encouraging us to treat others as instrumental to our happiness.

We do need each other. We need to be known and to know one another. We need to be loved and to love, according to Erich Fromm in The Art of Loving. We need to because of what we are--human--social creatures. Yet this self-interested approach requires that others be treated as ends, and not as means to an end. This may also be what Rosenberg meant, that for him one person's needs do not dominate another's, but it is not clear that this is so. He leaves unexplored the line between doing something that's good for us because it is good for us and doing it because it serves us.

Since Rosenberg suggests essentially the same strategy in every situation, this thin volume seemed repetitive. His illustrations are taken from many real life examples in prisons, schools, warring parties, families and businesses, and are interesting anecdotes, but the strategy is not more persuasive for the redundancy of explanation or exampes. The included worksheets are much more effective in showing the challenges of using his approach, or differentiating between when we are showing empathy and when we're not, for instance. I think his book would be strengthed by being coupled with No Future Without Forgiveness, where the combination could provide insights on what restorative justice may look like one-on-one in one's own life, or with The Art of Loving, where it may help us to do some of what loving means. Whatever its shortcoming, however, Nonviolent Communication encourages me to be more intentional in my relating, and provides some practical advice on how I could do that. Both are welcome with me. In all, trying what he suggests would be its best proof. ...more

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Sep 25, 2018 Mohamed Almahdi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: relationship, psychology

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by Marshal Rosenberg

I have just finished this book and I can see how it has positively influenced my day to day life once I started reading it. Among many books I have read slowly, reading this book has not been so slow.
More than any time in history in this modern era, we need to get exposed to ideas and practices that minimize resentment, malice, and envy. I am personally not sure if it is possible to eradicate hatred and harm from our daily circumstances in both ...more

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Dec 29, 2018 Caroline rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I honestly loved this book. I think I might have gained 10 emotional IQ points just from reading it--this week whenever I interact with people I keep thinking about what they must be feeling and what need they were trying to express when they said that thing. (I think I still have a way to go before actually putting all of this into practice.) I'm also finding it quite helpful in thinking about myself, my self-image, my decisions and mistakes, etc.

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Jan 10, 2017 Eivind rated it it was ok

Shelves: nonfiction

The core ideas in this book are sound, and it does seem likely that someone striving to implement
them in the way they communicate, especially how they communicate when in conflict, will see some of their relationships improve and some conflicts resolved.

This review is for the BOOK not for NVC as such. The actual core ideas of this book I'd give 4 stars, it's the presentation in this book that I think is severly enough flawed to deserve a couple stars less.

On a positive note, the writing is The core ideas in this book are sound, and it does seem likely that someone striving to implement
them in the way they communicate, especially how they communicate when in conflict, will see some of their relationships improve and some conflicts resolved.

This review is for the BOOK not for NVC as such. The actual core ideas of this book I'd give 4 stars, it's the presentation in this book that I think is severly enough flawed to deserve a couple stars less.

On a positive note, the writing is clear, and the book is an easy and fairly short read, mostly because the core ideas are compact ones.

In fact the core ideas are so compact that you get 90% of the value of this book by reading the first 6 chapters -- or even just by writing the first one chapter. That has obvious utility when it comes to teaching the core principles, but it does feel like oversimplifying much of the time, the real world is a bit of a mess, and human conflicts are even more so, I don't believe any "one size fits all" strategy for solving conflicts exists, and this book would have benefited from a bit more humility, it has a lot of strong claims and anecdotes about the near-magic properties of NVC, and damn near nothing about the limitations and exceptions; it's almost as if the author genuinely believes those do not exist. (the closest the book ever comes is to admit that occasions exist where physical violence in defence of self-or others is justified; the book does however never admit that verbal violence might in certain situations also be justified for pretty similar reasons.

The book talks a lot about language which makes sense for a book about communication, but it often does so with a low degree of reflection about the language the book itself uses, and sometimes the author insists that a big and significant difference exists where a reasonable person would interpret two statements to be pretty equivalent.

Examples of clunky and weird language that the author is fond of includes "I am needing X" being used consistently when a more natural (and in my opinion equivalent) way of expressing the same thing is to say: "I need X", and "I'd like you to tell me if you would be willing to ..." instead of simply: "Would you be willing to ....?" or even just "Are you willing to ...?"

Another example is when the author (seriously!) argues that saying: "It was kind of you to offer
me a ride home last evening." is violent life-alienating communication. And then goes on to explain that the NVC way to express praise is to: 1) Describe the action that contributed to our well-being. 2) Describe the needs of ours that have been fulfilled. and 3) Describe the pleasureful feelings engendered by the fulfillment of those needs. (if you think 3 here sounds particularly clunky, then I agree entirely, yet those are the authors words) But the example the author choose *does* describe the action that "contributed to our well-being" (offering us a ride home last evening), and sure, it doesn't make explicit what needs that fulfills, but we're human beings, we have a shared context, and even if we're not explicitly spelling everything out all the time, calling that "violent" and "life-alienating" seems like a huge stretch. (It may have been raining, but do I *really* need to spell out that: "I have a need to be warm and comfortable, and by offering to drive me you prevented me from getting cold and wet, this engendered feelings of happiness in me." ? If someone offered me a ride home since it was raining, isn't it already implied that they (correctly!) guesstimated that I had that need?

The book is also fairly heavy on eastern philosophy and anti-intellectualism and you'll have to appreciate, or at least be willing to overlook that in order to be able to enjoy this book. In the universe of this book, "Intellectual understanding blocks empathy." (45%), and nobody can be "enlightened" that has any stake in the world. There are several paragraphs that describe understanding, analysis, knowledge and so on as negatives in strong words (and sometimes they can be!), but as far as I could see not even a single sentence that mentions ANY benefit to understanding, analysis or knowledge. And that's weird. Pretty clearly there's many situations where communication will be aided rather than hurt by understanding and knowledge, but the book never acknowledge that. ...more

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Sep 19, 2012 Bob rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

For me, life-changing.

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Nov 12, 2017 Celia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction

I read this book in conjunction with a class I took on the subject.

Wouldn't it be nice if I could continue to practice what it preaches?

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Apr 11, 2018 Jess rated it liked it · review of another edition

A great system for thoughtful engagement with conflict and also self-reflection, but falls into the self-help trap where everything is just a matter of a certain kind of positive thinking in a vacuum with no power dynamics/oppression-privilege insight (weirdly uses an example of someone being "racist" against a white person??). Also some questionable psychotheraputic recommendations, about sharing personal feelings during sessions and not diagnosing because diagnosing is a form of judgement. ...more

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Jun 09, 2008 Jeff Saltzman rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: anybody who speaks to people

I heard Marshall Rosenberg speak with Terry Gross last year and was captivated. I am still wrapping my head around the practice-- very difficult to break old habits-- but the few times over the last two days I've tried this, honest, constructive information burst out immediately. I will try to integrate these methods into the classes I am currently teaching-- this is communication gold.

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Feb 14, 2018 Teo 2050 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: empathy, by_psychologists, sensation-perception, values-motivation, dukkha, _contents, focus-habits, _nonfiction, lib_center-for-applied-rationality, parenting-development

NVC is one of the books I wish I’d read years ago! It’s probably also one of those simple-to-read, lifelong-struggle-to-master things. Even so, let’s go! It’s never too late to turn our attention to the automatic programming/conditioning that by default often leads to all kinds of pain. Words & concepts are one of our most intimate cognitive and emotional tools, and it makes enormous sense to relearn to use them more consciously & compassionately both within ourselves & NVC is one of the books I wish I’d read years ago! It’s probably also one of those simple-to-read, lifelong-struggle-to-master things. Even so, let’s go! It’s never too late to turn our attention to the automatic programming/conditioning that by default often leads to all kinds of pain. Words & concepts are one of our most intimate cognitive and emotional tools, and it makes enormous sense to relearn to use them more consciously & compassionately both within ourselves & interpersonally. Though NVC can feel both immediately actionable & transformative, its real value is undoubtedly in preventing & improving (mis)communication when applied in life, throughout life. (Patience, amnesic future self! –2018)

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Dec 28, 2008 Greg Brooks-English rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

If you want to learn to experience more connection of compassion, warmth, love, and understanding - read this book. This book is a great companion volume to any serious meditation or contemplative prayer practice. It will teach you how to spot the differences between evaluations and observations, feelings and thoughts, needs and strategies, and requests and demands - most of which people confuse unconsciously due to very old habit patterns of the mind. This book is for those who want to change ...more

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Dec 07, 2017 Katja Vartiainen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: non-fiction, spirituality, pedagogy, cultural-sociology, psychology

This book/movement is amazing. And needed. A very healthy, down to earth way of communicating, resolving conflicts, learning about ourselves and others, and living according to our needs and healthy values. I've heard about NVC before, but never got reading it, until a recent family quarrel... Should have got the book a bit earlier, ha ha. The book is clear. It seems so simple, but man, no kidding, it is a bit difficult if you have like most of us grown up in the jackal society. But not ...more

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Oct 31, 2012 Adam Shand rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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During the last couple of years of my marriage I understood that the only chance I had to save my marriage was to learn to use language more effectively. I began experimenting, initially subconsciously, with how I could express myself in ways which weren't destructive to the fragile remnants of our relationship. It was an ultimately doomed process but one that taught me a lot about the power of language. I learned a lot about why things went wrong, but never quite made sense of why things During the last couple of years of my marriage I understood that the only chance I had to save my marriage was to learn to use language more effectively. I began experimenting, initially subconsciously, with how I could express myself in ways which weren't destructive to the fragile remnants of our relationship. It was an ultimately doomed process but one that taught me a lot about the power of language. I learned a lot about why things went wrong, but never quite made sense of why things sometimes "went right".

A couple of years later I was introduced to Marshall Rosenberg's "Nonviolent Communication". As I watched the workshop videos and later read this book, I felt as if I had been slapped by the inevitable. Here, laid out simply and clearly was exactly what I had been trying to teach myself. I'd been on the right path but had only taken baby steps towards my desired goal. To see the ideas I'd been fumbling with expressed so clearly was shocking. To see them demonstrated so effectively in a workshop setting, and having exactly the effect I'd hoped for, was extraordinary.

There was another piece of learning for me in this, Marshall's concept of empathy. In the time following my separation I talked fairly openly about my experience, however I was always extremely frustrated by the interactions. Most people were sympathetic, some wanted to assure me I'd done everything I could and a few wanted to tell me what I'd done wrong. Yet all of these conversations left me oddly untouched. I was talking about something extremely important to me, and for some reason the responses I was getting felt empty and meaningless.

It was incredibly frustrating. I knew I had to talk about it, I knew I was hurt from the experience and I suspected that talking (and time) were the only things which were going to help. Yet none of the talking seemed to mean anything. The most meaningful thing I learned was simply that I was not alone. Lots of friends had a divorce in their past. Even more had struggled with the drinking habits of a partner or relative. But this understanding didn't help resolve anything in me.

Empathy in this context is the idea that simply being aware and present with another person can be healing. Listening to Marshall talk about and demonstrate empathy suddenly I knew what it was that I'd been looking for in all those interactions. I didn't need anybody to tell me that I'd done the right thing, or the wrong thing. I didn't need anybody to tell me that it was going to get better in time. I just needed somebody who could listen and understand. Somebody to share the experience of what I was going through. As I began to process and think about this, I also started to understand that when people came to me I offered advice, sympathy and criticism. How rarely I provided this sort of empathy for others shocked me.

Reading this book, and watching his workshop videos, was a profound experience for me. I can't recommend this book enough to anybody who is struggling with a relationship and wants to learn to use their language more effectively. ...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Jen Marin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: nonfiction-balanced-living, nonfiction-parenting, nonfiction-education, nonfiction-psychology, audiobook, evergreen-books

This book is a fabulous introduction to the notion that we can help create a more peaceful world by improving our ability to communicate effectively and compassionately. Rosenberg points out a disturbing fact: we have more words in our language with which to judge each other (and ourselves) than we do to express our emotions. By learning to feel and express our emotions with words, we become less likely to act aggressively from these same emotions. When we can honestly say, "I feel angry when This book is a fabulous introduction to the notion that we can help create a more peaceful world by improving our ability to communicate effectively and compassionately. Rosenberg points out a disturbing fact: we have more words in our language with which to judge each other (and ourselves) than we do to express our emotions. By learning to feel and express our emotions with words, we become less likely to act aggressively from these same emotions. When we can honestly say, "I feel angry when you speak to me like that," we become more able to own our feelings and less likely to escalate the conflict through assumptions, accusations, and violence.

Like many other books I have read recently, this book helps us to understand that by really being present in the moment, we gain access to the ability to steer the course of the future. Typically, we are barely listening to the other, especially in conflict. Instead, we are preparing our rebuttal, mentally judging the other, chewing on the past, or worrying about the future. This impedes our ability to be truly present for what is going on. The ironic thing is that once we get in the moment, our presence and attention is often all that is needed to de-escalate the conflict.

Rosenberg provides many entertaining and inspiring anecdotes to demonstrate the many ways one can use Non-Violent Communication. From conflicts in the Middle East and Central Africa to the classroom, from parenting to prisons to self-defense, NVC proves over and over that violence comes from lack of connection. Learning to facilitate that connection can decrease violence, increase compassion, and help people grow into more compassionate and community oriented lives.

I found this book inspiring and educational. Rosenberg helps me to see that we can help others heal just by how we move and communicate in the world. By modeling effective and compassionate communication, we can create more peace in our own lives, and help to create a less violent future for us all.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in connecting more deeply with the people in their lives. It is especially useful for people in positions of power, who can learn to act in a way that empowers and inspires others. Parents, educators, health care professionals, managers, mediators... really everyone could use a little help in communicating in a way that enriches life for us all. ...more

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Mar 30, 2018 Dmitriy Rozhkov rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Reading this book I felt so grateful, because I've finally found the way t0 fix my communication with everyone starting from my family.

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About Marshall B. Rosenberg

Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Marshall Rosenberg was an American psychologist and the creator of Nonviolent Communication, a communication process that helps people to exchange the information necessary to resolve conflicts and differences peacefully. He was the founder and Director of Educational Services for the Center for Nonviolent Communication, an international non-profit organization.

In 1961, Rosenberg received his ...more