iStockNonviolent communication strategies can serve as powerful tools to refocus the conversation and find a path forward. Nonviolent communication (NVC) is "a consciousness,” says Roxy Manning, a trainer and organizer with Nonviolent Leadership for Social Justice. “It's a way of thinking about the world, and how we relate to life—not just human life, but to all life.
It's a consciousness that's really steeped in this idea that every[thing] is motivated by meeting needs.” Jihan McDonald, a transitional trainer with the organization and a colleague of Manning’s, agrees. “It's similar to the way that you train your mind through meditation to find stillness,” McDonald says. “And by training yourself to listen and hear and speak in certain.
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