Feelings arise from needs.

In NVC, feelings arise not from external circumstances, but from internal needs

Listen to this clip on ‘The Cause of Anger’ by Marshall Rosenberg:

Understanding our own and others’ needs, the doorway of feelings.

Larry Rosen recapitulates the importance of needs

Alan Seid on Needs vs. Strategies,

Here is a nice summary, in the Blackbelt Communication series (signup is required first) (video 3, at 10:20 min).

 

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