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.
Rosenberg’s gives us tools to begin to unpack and take responsibility for our inner faculties (thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, feelings and needs) and our outer expressions (words, actions and deeds).
When we reconnect and begin to understand our inner life, this awareness enables us to consciously choose how we are being in the world, rather than functioning unconsciously out of ingrained and unexamined habits.
With increased consciousness we start to think and act in ways that are more beneficial for ourselves and those we encounter.
With practise we become more astute at acknowledging and examining our beliefs, assumptions, judgements, thoughts and emotions, and responding to them in ways that are more compassionate and authentic.
We can then become freer to be the person we really want to be; a person who is consciously aligning their inner and outer worlds; someone who is speaking and behaving in alignment with their beliefs, needs and values.