Rebranding and teaching NVC as “Empathy In Action”

Written from the year 2120, part of remaking college psychology 2035–2045

Article from a work in progress, Stories of Restoration for SpaceShip Earth; or, Thank God We Got Rid of the Men

If you want to build a community, NVC is the greatest hammer ever invented ~ Kelly Bryson

If you feel vaguely disorientated, you are getting NVC

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Needs are not words; words are not needs ~ Unknown (a correct use of “the map is not the territory” idea)

Empathy is the great connector; honesty is the great teacher ~ Rita Marie, BePeace

When I express my truth authentically, I hold equally meaningful your need for safety and our mutual desire for connection ~ Rita Marie from BePeace pg 11

To us, the superficial level of conflict always seems to be between my right and your wrong. Under this are more meaningful unmet needs ~ Sandra Boston paraphrase

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NVC = Compassionate (nonviolent) Communication

In my near-future sci-fi novel, before women took over, every new idea had to base itself, justify itself, connect itself, to past male-approved ideas. In this way males…