Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Subject: Re: [C-L]_Dealing with difficult personalities

[Cheryl Charis-Graves (ccharis]

The approach that Juva is describing sounds very much like the process
taught by Marshall Rosenberg call Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication.
I have been to a weekend workshop with him, and it is, indeed, possible to
turn a communication around with this approach. I daresay it could change
the world. It does take practice, and a willingness to set aside your own
reactions to get to the other person's needs. It's "simple but not easy."


-- 
Cheryl Charis-Graves
Harmony Village Cohousing
Golden, Colorado
http://www.harmonyvillage.org

Where we celebrated Earth Day/Beltaine in our riverrock labyrinth last night
with a shared earth blessing/commitment, ribbons of intention to hang on our
ancestor tree, and a smooth stone to carry in our pockets as a remembrance
-- along with shared thoughts for the earth, the people who walk it, and for
one another.

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