I've been doing a lot of thinking about my need for ease and comfort, in the NVC sense. Like the need for (non-physical) safety, I have become suspicious of this need, thinking it conceals something else.

My first clue has generally been how often this need is associated with anger--in fact, almost the most intense anger I experience, especially in ( Read more... )

I've been at a nonviolent communication International Intensive Training for the last couple of days. I'm not just meeting needs, they are getting nailed down and crammed like some kind of mad wonderful pate fois gras. My friend was pleased for me:

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