"NVC guides us in **reframing how we express ourselves and hear others**. Instead of habitual, automatic reactions, **our words become conscious responses based firmly on awareness of what we are perceiving, feeling, and wanting**. We are led to express ourselves with honesty and clarity, while simultaneously paying others a respectful and empathic attention. In any exchange, we come to hear our own deeper needs and those of others. NVC trains us to **observe carefully, and to be able to specify behaviors and conditions that are affecting us**. We learn to identify and clearly articulate what we are concretely wanting in any given situation. The form is simple, yet powerfully transformative." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[non-violent communication]], [[emotional-intelligence]], [[emotions]], [[listening]], [[crucial-conversations]], [[boundaries]], **Source** -- [[251115105628 - B - Nonviolent Communication]]