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Bryson uses numerous examples to show where this really leads in relationships, and how he himself was able to mediate between hostile groups in Northern Ireland, the Middle East and Bosnia using the methods of Nonviolent Communication, as well as in deadlocked custody disputes between parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book was published in German in 2009 and remains as relevant as ever. It teaches you the fundamentals and the spirit of Compassionate Non-Violent Communication, with which you can cure what Bryson calls the ‘hereditary disease of niceness’: the journey from being a depressed doormat or an aggressive tyrant to someone who represents their own position clearly and consciously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the English by Theo Kierdorf. 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And to be just as attentive to what is going on inside the other person at that moment, to receive it with empathy and to connect with their feelings and desires. From this joyful giving and receiving arises the heart-to-heart connection we all long for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosenberg shows how giving and receiving can succeed without feelings of guilt and without the sense of being obliged to do anything. In this way, relationships can develop in which nobody needs to prove anything anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the English by Michael Dillo. 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The foundation is Non-Violent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg, who is known worldwide as a mediator and has also been successfully teaching his approach in Germany for several years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe here at the Empathikon team give it a clear recommendation: it’s an easy read, full of practical tips for everyday life, and has now become a classic of German-language NVC literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KOHA-Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58260380156168,"sku":"3111","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/4364\/8008\/files\/tnazen.jpg?v=1784447662"},{"product_id":"liebe-leben-tag-fur-tag-gewaltfreie-kommunikation-in-familien-und-beziehungen","title":"Living Love – Day by Day: Non-Violent Communication in Families and Relationships","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis little paperback is a transcript of a workshop with Marshall Rosenberg, the founder of Non-Violent Communication. 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The content is presented in dialogue form, making it authentic and easy to follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Junfermann Verlag, 64 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Junfermann Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58260381008136,"sku":"3136","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/4364\/8008\/files\/9783955717698_fukmja.jpg?v=1784447683"},{"product_id":"giraffenbeziehungen","title":"Giraffe relationships","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Giraffenbeziehungen’ by Jens Neumann is an invitation to create loving and healing encounters in your partnership, whatever form your relationship takes. Fifty exercises, rituals, games and meditations invite you to connect on every level, mentally, physically and spiritually, including through Nonviolent Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is about letting go of the old with appreciation so that space can emerge for new and loving relationships. Fears, doubts and old patterns of belief are allowed to become visible as signposts to your true longings and to love. Nonviolent Communication creates the space for this, for empathy and emotional safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rituals in the book invite emotional and physical closeness, acceptance and trust. They help you celebrate and shape encounters together rather than merely functioning for one another. In this way, you can move from a transactional relationship to a connection that truly meets your needs for love and allows your souls to touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelf-published by Mut-Fabrik. 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