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Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 7:00 PM Central

Communicating without judgment (of ourselves or others), following an emotion to the needs that give rise to it, and making requests that would meet those needs can lead us toward strategies that meet everyone’s needs at once. Building habits of these actions enables us to be present to the things that are most important to us, even when they seem in conflict with the priorities of others.

How is it that we wind up alienated from one another? Following his curiosity about this very question led Marshall Rosenberg to identify four things: moralistic judgments,refusing to take responsibility for ourselves, making demands, and thinking “who deserveswhat.” We do these things to ourselves and to the people around us. Nonviolent Communication points the way toward more connection with ourselves and others with a language of life