Some of us are very fortunate to have the opportunity to be in close contact with people from many cultures and walks of life. Being exposed to different languages, accents, clothes, food, customs, ideas and spiritual perspectives, gives us the opportunity to broaden our horizons and opens up the possibility of new ways of thinking, doing and being. (more…)
I found this quote somewhere and it appeals to me for many reasons. I am afraid I do not know who wrote it, so thankyou to who ever you are.
“Human beings are not meant to be passive or compliant: they are designed to be active and engaged. The most fulfilling and satisfying experiences in our lives are not when we are gaining the trappings of so called success by buying bigger and better toys, but when we are listening to our inner yearnings and our deep knowings, and then acting upon that by giving something of ourselves and doing something that matters, doing it well, and doing it in the service of a cause larger than ourselves.”
When a triggering event occurs in our life we have many ways in which we can respond, but we regularly forget this and claim that an event or a circumstance caused our reaction.
When we claim that someone has made us angry or made us sad, we have overlooked the fact that people react in different ways, depending on the interpretation and significance that they place on situations and events. (more…)
According to Daniel Goldman, in order to become more emotionally intelligent it is first important to become more self-aware. (more…)
Reality is much more complex than any judgement of right and wrong, good or bad, us and them, encourages you to believe.
When you seriously contemplate the ethical, spiritual, social and economic and psychological forces that shape individuals, you will see that most people’s choices are not based on a desire to do wrong or create hurt. (more…)
As I was growing up, I did not learn how to understand or manage my thoughts, let alone my emotions. And despite a life time of working in the fields of communication, creativity, education and personal development, I only discovered relatively recently, the simple yet profoundly powerful concept that emotions Read more…
Compassionate Communication is about consciously intending to connect, moment by moment to yourself, and to others. (more…)
The insights and processes pioneered by Marshall Rosenberg in his book Non Violent Communication, A Language of Life, can help us reconnect with and embrace our inner world, so we can free ourselves from habitual and unhelpful ways of seeing, interpreting and understanding the world. (more…)
Sura Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson in their book The Compassionate Classroom state that Compassionate Communication is based on 5 Premises. (more…)
Marshal Rosenberg’s provides a simple yet powerful model which gives us tools to begin to understand and take responsibility for our inner faculties (thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, feelings and needs) and our outer expressions (words, actions and deeds). (more…)