Compassionate Communication

Hello LINC 7 Students,

On Thursday, April 28, we're going to have a workshop in class on Compassionate Communication.

Compassionate Communication, also known as Non-violent Communication (NVC), is a communication process first developed by Marshall Rosenberg in the 1960s.


We've all been in life situations where there were terrible misunderstandings. Perhaps we felt misunderstood -- or the other person felt misunderstood. We often leave these situations puzzled -- not clear about what just happened. We may think to ourselves: "How was I misunderstood? What did I do wrong? Why was he so stubborn? Couldn't she understand what I was trying to say?"

In other words, you feel very confused and frustrated.

In the workshop on April 28, we'll examine the kind of things we do that get us into this kind of trouble. These fall into three groups:

1 - our tendency to add interpretations and judgements to what we observe
2 - our tendency to blame or try to make another person responsible for how we are feeling
3 - our tendency to NOT let others know what we want, need or what's really important to us.

We'll explore all of this on Thursday, April 28. If you're curious about this topic, please check out this link.