Hugo Mujica, the Argentinian poet said: “Those who don't search, find; those who search, search for what they already know, therefore repeat themselves”.  (translated from Spanish)

“I didn’t do anything to you”, he said.

I was stunned. Does he really not see it? What he said, how he said it, how he behaved?

“You didn’t see that you were insulting?” I asked…

We all face difficult decisions where we feel torn and unsure of the “right” choice. We can go for days torturing ourselves with what to do. Nonviolent Communication offers a new way to approach dilemmas…

In one of the workshops I gave to HR people, we did an exercise of translating sentences to needs, taking real situations they face at work. One of the participants said…

I once talked to a close friend on the phone. I was excited to tell him of some ideas I had for us to work together…

At first silent empathy sounded strange to me. What do you mean to say nothing when somebody is telling me their “problem”? My thoughts were: I am there to help or surely the other person wants my opinion. Silent empathy did not make sense to me…

The 5 modes - my initial experience with Nonviolent Communication