Nonviolent communication - basic ideas

This comprehensive collection of short texts on nonviolent communication from the founder of the method himself, Marshall B. Rosenberg, draws not only from various books and interviews, but also from online resources and previously unpublished seminars. It explains the four-component process of nonviolent communication (observation, feelings, needs, requests) as well as various specific symbols (e.g., giraffe and jackal), terms, and values that play a role in this methour It shows how to overcome the fundamental obstacles in its practice, how our language can create an atmosphere of violence or nonviolence, and how to handle difficult emotions such as anger, guilt, or depression within the framework of the methour Last but not least, it inspires on how to apply nonviolent communication in relationships and society (in the family, school, work, positions of power) and how to live it as a way of personal growth and our very being.