Nonviolent Communication - Marshall Rosenberg's NVC Training

Expressing and Receiving Anger Compassionately Using the Principles of NVC - Marshall Rosenberg - January 1, 1998

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Oct 18, 2020
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ADVICE

State The Observable Stimulus Without Judgment

  • Identify the stimulus clearly without adding evaluations or judgments.
  • Rosenberg models asking “what did they do?” to separate observable behavior (no evaluations) from our reactions.
INSIGHT

Judgments Create Anger Not Actions

  • Anger arises from judgments that imply others are wrong, not from the stimulus itself.
  • Rosenberg calls these 'life-alienated' evaluations that interpret actions as selfish, rude, or unfair and generate anger.
ADVICE

Translate Judgments Into Underlying Needs

  • Turn attention inward: name the judgment, then identify the unmet need underneath it.
  • Example: prisoner judged officials as unfair, then discovered his need for job training and felt fear instead of anger.
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