Quick Reference: Requests, Not Rescue
Retrieve the most important distinctions that keep NVC specific and workable.
What is the quickest test for request versus demand? Notice what happens in you when the answer is no. If no immediately triggers pressure, guilt, or punishment, the request was probably functioning like a demand. Empathy versus fixing Fixing can be useful later, but empathy first usually lowers resistance and improves the advice you eventually give. What if someone says, "Just tell me what you want instead of all this process"? Just tell me what you want instead of all this process. You say That is exactly what the process is for. It helps me say what happened, why it…
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