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Maria Arpa on the Power of Nonviolent Communication

Maria Arpa, Executive Director of the Center for Nonviolent Communication, joins the FLI Podcast to share the ins and outs of the powerful needs-based framework of nonviolent communication. Topics discussed in this episode include: * What nonviolent communication (NVC) consists of * How NVC is different from normal discourse * How NVC is composed of observations, feelings, needs, and requests * NVC for systemic change * Foundational assumptions in NVC


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Show Notes

Maria Arpa, Executive Director of the Center for Nonviolent Communication, joins the FLI Podcast to share the ins and outs of the powerful needs-based framework of nonviolent communication.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

  • What nonviolent communication (NVC) consists of
  • How NVC is different from normal discourse
  • How NVC is composed of observations, feelings, needs, and requests
  • NVC for systemic change
  • Foundational assumptions in NVC
  • An NVC exercise

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:50 What is nonviolent communication?

4:05 How is NVC different from normal discourse?

18:40 NVC's four components: observations, feelings, needs, and requests

34:50 NVC for systemic change

54:20 The foundational assumptions of NVC

58:00 An exercise in NVC

Citation:

The Center for Nonviolent Communication's website

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