Empathy
- Empathy lies in our ability to be present without opinion.
- When giving empathy, you want to strive for this kind of total presence for the person you are listening to.
- Our goal is to create a quality of empathic connection that allows everyone's needs to be met.
- Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling.
- The first step in healing is to put the focus on what's alive now, not what happened in the past.
- Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize.
- Source : These quotes are found on several NVC websites, but without mention of the book or conference source.
- Publication date : Various.
ROSENBERG Marshall
American psychologist who defined and developed the concept and practice of non-violent communication (NVC) starting in the 1960s).
