Keep your NVC fit: Empathic Listening

About Empathic Listening

This month we will focus on Empathic Listening, which is the skill of holding space for someone when they are trying to process and understand something that has happened. It’s the skill of reflecting back and guessing feelings and needs in supportive ways so that we accompany the person with warm, empathic resonance. It’s also a helpful skill for meetings that are getting derailed or stuck.

Before you come, you can watch this short video about Reflecting back with Effectiveness and Ease

Specific instructions for the session

About Keep your NVC fit

Keep your NVC fit is a monthly series to practice 3 core NVC practices

• 4 steps of Self-Empathy
• Empathic Listening
• Role Plays of Difficult Conversations

Here is a short about Keep Your NVC Fit

Practical and Logistics

This is a low-cost drop in, you can come once or every month.

There is a no cost option, please use that if it would prevent you from coming.

This is open to people who have done a Foundation training or Intro to NVC. This is not a complete beginners class, although relative beginners (post foundation) are welcome.

Disclaimer / Self Check

Nonviolent Communication is not therapy and is not a substitute for therapy. This practice session may not be for you:

• If you have a sense that what you want to explore might be challenging for others,
• if it would be triggering to listen to others speaking about difficult events,
• if other people’s beginner-intermediate level learning of NVC might land awkwardly for you.

If you have any questions, please ask.

Warmly

Ceri