Author: Mathew Hudson
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A Self-Prescription for Positive News
Nearly every morning, before I get too busy, my habit is to scan the headlines of various news sources to get a feel for what’s happening in the world. I trace this urge back to around 8:30 am Monday morning, September 11, 2001, when a phone call from a colleague told me to go look…
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Can We Really Achieve The NVC Ideal?
At the beginning of the NVC book, Marshall Rosenberg paints a vision of a world where humanity is reconnected to its compassionate nature instead of its competitive one, and we live in the freedom of giving from the heart rather than giving (or withholding) out of coercion. But do you share my doubt that this…
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Can We Become Unoffendable?
I have this character goal to be a person that can’t be offended, like I imagine Jesus or the Dalai Lama to be. But how much can I really control such a reaction to a person’s strange or unpleasant behavior? Being offended has something to do with perceiving a threat to our values, beliefs, or…
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Is Play-Teasing Useful?
In our recent practice group, an intriguing little discussion/debate arose about joking or teasing comments when one person makes a disparaging comment about another in what was intended to be playful humor. How are such teasing comments meeting a need or violating a need? Would the NVC perspective take a stance against these? Though we…