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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
ABOUT
'CONNECTING ACROSS DIFFERENCES'
Making
it easier to share compassionate communication
Connecting
Across Differences offers an accessible and practical orientation
to the model of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Examples are
abundant, references to the interplay of psychology and sociology
illuminate the cultural context of communication (its problems
and possibilities), and the authors' writing provides clear transitions
between explanation and application.
Several students
remarked how this book, and examples within it, elucidated common
conflicts in their own lives. Their feedback in this way provided
me with reassurance that NVC could be delivered in a way that
connected to students' life & worlds. I also appreciated
how the core concepts of NVC were developed, each with examples,
practice questions and the like, contributing to a consistency
and clarity of communication between what the students read and
what I presented in class. I liked it enough to re-order again
for this winter term.
Michael
C. Dreiling
(Eugene, OR USA)
Wonderful
New Book on Compassionate Communication,
I've studied Marshall Rosenberg's book on NVC for three years,
and have gotten huge benefits out of it. So why another book
on NVC? This book is wonderfully complementary with Marshall's
book. With clear and detailed explanations, extensive exercises,
cartoons and photos, tables and charts, it helps make NVC even
more alive and do-able. Part Two of the book has extensive real-life
dialogs that show NVC at work. These dialogs can really ground
our intellectual learnings. The annotated Resource section is
very useful - new and recent ways to connect with the NVC community.
Included in the book is the interview of Marshall Rosenberg which
got me started studying NVC when it was originally published
in The Sun magazine
This guidebook
is like taking a workshop in compassionate communication. And
let's face it folks, we need all the help we can get. We're trying
to move out of a shame/blame culture, and into a world of compassion,
empathy, and seeing each other's common, human needs.
Ava
Gips
(Deerfield, MA, USA)
An immense influence on my life
This book,
without a doubt, has had an immense influence in my perception
of my life and the people that I am blessed to have in my daily
life. It is really a book that leads to an honest conversation
with oneself, and most of all, it guides future interactions
with others. While reading this book, I made some very significant
discoveries about my own strengths and weaknesses as a human
being that depends on communication. I recommend it to anyone
who is willing to be open-minded, and for anyone that needs a
source of comfort and understanding. Honestly, reading this book
has changed my life, and I can only hope that it may do the same
for many others! Buy it!!
Consuelo
Valenzuela
A deeper understanding of NVC
Basic
concepts covered in Marshall Rosenbergs' book on Nonviolent Communication
are given a much broader discussion in Connecting Across Differences.
That met my need for a deeper understanding of NVC. There were
also more exercises in the book for opportunities to test my
understanding of the practice of communicating nonviolently.
This is not
another communications-theories book. I found it to be a practical
guide to improving interpersonal communications and mediating
conflict in my life--at work and at home; with loved ones, colleagues,
and even with strangers.
I highly recommend
this book for those interested in inproving the quality of their
life through greater connection and more meaningful interaction
with the people in their lives.
Steve
T. Ludington "baby giraffe" (Las Cruces, NM, USA)
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