Brett joins me from http://schoolsucksproject.comNonviolent communication achieves clarity and understanding without the typical seen and unseen costs of argumentsEven if a person expresses disinterest in communication, then you can still guess his or her feelings and needs behind that sentiment, thus keeping the empathetic connectionhttp://www.cnvc.org/Training/feelings-inventoryhttp://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventoryhttp://www.celebrateempathy.com/NVC_Intro.pdfDiagnosing, moralizing, and judging others is the death knell for the empathic process--and thus for getting our needs met

Attributing the cause of our feelings to things outside ourselves prevents us from taking responsibility for our feelingsclip from the NVC audiobook by Marshall Rosenberg...http://logicallearning.net/ResponsibilityForFeelings.mp3Punishing through inducing fear is terribly widespread in human culture, e.g., "law-enforcement"--which utterly fails to meet our needs for respect and choiceas are all aspects of "pop behaviorism" - http://www.alfiekohn.org/Child Rearing Practices of Distant Ancestors Foster Morality, Compassion in Kidshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921163709.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_parentingThe Comprachicos by Ayn Randhttp://xanthippaschamberpot.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ayn-rand-the-comprachicos.pdfBeing grounded in ourselves, in our own feelings and needs, is the true self-centeredness that enables us to understand and connect with othershttp://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/self-interest.htmlCrisis And Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government by Robert Higgshttp://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=15Sign up now for the Liberty Getaway Cruise in Nov 2011http://www.btwcruises.com/rw/view/475http://freedomcamp.wikispaces.com/Parenting with Nonviolent Communication (NVC) - CNVC Certified NVC Trainer Inbal Kashtan discusses and demonstrates how to work with the incessant "no" from a childhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQO7h9MNCqIbumper music "Empathy" by Tears Of Technologyhttp://tearsoftechnology.com/

to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697