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Learn when to use the two types of requests in the practice of Nonviolent Communication: Action Requests and Connection Requests. Both are important when working through conflict or difficult situations and for building connection.

Ask the Trainer: Can NVC transform group conflict? Trainer shares stories and answers the question.

Tired of flat, confusing empathy? Cultivate a natural, authentic flow for greater connection.

Empathy creates space for healing and clarity, transforming how care and understanding unfold.

Miki Kashtan helps a mother restore connection with her daughter after a painful conflict.

Explore the similarities and differences between NVC and Inner Relationship Focusing.

Trainer Tip: Even if we don't agree, acknowledging others' realities can help demonstrate that we're including their feelings and needs in the conversation. Creating space for your reality and theirs can also bring a sense of connection, understanding, inclusion, abundance and fullness in life. Try it today. Read on for an example.

Trainer Tip: When we withhold our truth or lie, we can create emotional and physical distance in our relationships. By being honest, we can strengthen relationships. And when someone doesn’t appreciate your honesty, try empathizing with them. It can help to notice how your actions stimulate feelings in other people -- even as they are not the cause of their feelings.

LoraKim Joyner addresses the sense of overwhelm that can accompany holding the needs of the many. Practicing self-empathy is a pathway to living in the tension of mutually holding my needs and the needs of others.