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  1. Understanding Judgement And Criticism

    Understanding Judgement And Criticism

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 4 - 6 minutes · 3/26/2022

    Judging or criticizing others indicates pain, unmet needs and a coping strategy. It distracts you from yourself and can give you the illusion of control. You may think you see more than they do, imagining criticism will bring change. But even a correct analysis won’t inspire change if they hear criticism. Instead, the moment you notice judgments or criticism turn towards yourself with compassion. What are your feelings and needs?

  2. How To Create Supportive Conditions For Sharing Vulnerably

    How To Create Supportive Conditions For Sharing Vulnerably

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 5 - 7 minutes · 3/17/2022

    Sharing more vulnerably provides opportunities for fulfilling connection. As social beings we rely on feedback to see our effect on others. We can get that feedback through body language, facial cues and words. To expand your capacity to share more vulnerably you can create supportive conditions and timing. You can ask for feedback by making in-the-moment requests of others and yourself before and after you share.

  3. Two Basics That Support Conflict Resolution

    Two Basics That Support Conflict Resolution

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 4 - 6 minutes · 3/8/2022

    Connecting with self and other is key to care and creativity. Before dialogue connect with your intention and needs for being with grief, fear or pain, and empathy. Dialogue when you're both rested, fed, and have spaciousness. Start by expressing care and desire to find mutually satisfying solutions. To deepen connection you may repeat what you hear and ask the other person to do the same.

  4. When there's quality connection then collaboration and creativity generosity of heart can come. Then strategies honoring everyone’s needs are easier. This requires us to trust connection, hear needs, brainstorm, experiment, prepare, and hold confidence that everyone’s needs can be met. Needs-based negotiation starts there. What derails this? Feeling urgency, listening from our (dis)likes or opinions, and dire predictions.

  5. A Positive Relationship With Reactivity

    A Positive Relationship With Reactivity

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 4 - 6 minutes · 4/22/2022

    With practice we can prevent reactivity from overtaking and harming: notice signs of reactivity, bring compassion to it, see reactivity as the misperception of threat and a distortion of what's happening, plus engage and pursue connection and the clarity to weaken reactive impulses. In taking responsibility like this overtime, you can live from your values and from care. And life can get easier for you and others around you.

  6. Understanding And Recognizing Enmeshment

    Understanding And Recognizing Enmeshment

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 4 - 6 minutes · 5/1/2022

    Enmeshment refers to confusion about who is responsible for what. This lack of clear boundaries results in attempts to manage the other person's experience as a substitute for managing your own. When you think you're contributing to another person, but you're actually acting from enmeshment, there's inner tension and contraction. Read on for 16 common signs of enmeshment so that you can know when to pause and connect to your needs.

  7. Recognize and Manage Reactivity About Your Cause

    Recognize and Manage Reactivity About Your Cause

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 3 - 5 minutes · 05/10/2022

    When we care about our cause and want to mitigate disaster, we may become reactive. However, transformation comes through connection, rather than convincing, judging, criticising, controlling, and making demands of others. To inspire change, get curious about how they relate to the topic – and get support for yourself elsewhere to process grief, become more present and compassionate, speak self-responsibly, and make requests.

  8. How To Understand Control

    How To Understand Control

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 2 - 3 minutes · 05/19/2022

    When someone behaves in a way that you may label convincing, cajoling, guilt-tripping, threatening, analyzing, or criticizing, you may be tempted to guess they have a "need" for control. Instead, name what this person is doing that isn't meeting your needs. If it is a true need your heart will have softened. If you feel resentment or resistance, you are likely making a judgment rather than guessing what they are needing.

  9. 10 Ways To Identify Your Needs

    10 Ways To Identify Your Needs

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 3 - 5 minutes · 06/05/2022

    To learn to identify and speak from your needs requires specific tasks and practices. Here's a list of 10 learning tasks and practices for you to choose from. Some of these ideas include using needs cards and lists, working backwards from strategies and ideal scenarios, reflecting on past experiences and relationships, and asking for/offering/exchanging empathy.

  10. The Importance of Anger

    The Importance of Anger

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 2 - 3 minutes · 6/14/2022

    Anger matters because it can let you know that you perceive a threat to universal need for yourself or someone else. It can draw your attention to something so that you can take effective action. Anger becomes a hindrance when you amp it up with your thoughts about what should(n't) happen. Instead, notice any "should" thoughts, see anger as a signal, accept that it's okay to have it, and look for feelings and needs underneath it.

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