Rosenberg Marshall B. Speak Peace In a World of Conflict. What You Say Next Will Change Your World

PuddleDancer Press, 2005. 186 p.

In every interaction, every conversation and in every thought, you have a choice — to promote peace or perpetuate violence. Inteational peacemaker, mediator and healer, Dr. Marshall B. Rosenberg shows you how the language you use is the key to enriching life. Take the first step to reduce violence, heal pain, resolve conflicts and spread peace on our planet — by developing an inteal consciousness of peace rooted in the language you use each day.

Speak Peace is filled with inspiring stories, lessons and ideas drawn from over 40 years of mediating conflicts and healing relationships in some of the most war to, impoverished, and violent coers of the world. Speak Peace offers insight, practical skills, and powerful tools that will profoundly change your relationships and the course of your life for the better.

Discover how you can create an inteal consciousness of peace as the first step toward effective personal, professional, and social change. Find complete chapters on the mechanics of Nonviolent Communication, effective conflict resolution, transforming business culture, transforming enemy images, addressing terrorism, transforming authoritarian structures, expressing and receiving gratitude, and social change.

Origins of Nonviolent Communication
Purpose of NVC
The Mechanics of Speaking Peace
The Two Questions
How Can We Express What’s Alive in Us?
Observations
Feelings
Needs
How Can We Make Life More Wonderful?
Requests
Requests versus Demands
Applying NVC
Change within Ourselves
Growth through Self-Education
Self-Empathy for Our ‘Mistakes’
Healing Old Hurts—Mouing versus Apology
Connecting with Others Empathically
Responding to the Messages of Others
Seeing the Beauty in Others
What Do You Want to Change?
Gangs and Other Domination Structures
How We Got Where We Are
Creating Change in Our Schools
Working with Gangs in Ghettos
Changing Other Social Institutions
Transforming Enemy Images and Connecting
Mediating Between Warring Tribes
Addressing Terrorism
Speaking Peace for Social Change
Joining Forces with Others to Create Social Change
Funding for Social Change
Dealing with Conflict and Confrontation
Seeing the Human Being across the Table
Transforming Conflict in Business
Transforming Business Culture
When People Won’t Meet
Gratitude
Praise and Compliments as Damaging Judgments
Expressing Gratitude with NVC
How to Receive Gratitude
Summary/Final Thoughts
Bibliography
Index
Some Basic Feelings and Needs We All Have
How You Can Use the NVC Process
About CNVC and NVC
About PuddleDancer Press
Trade Books from PuddleDancer Press
Trade Booklets from PuddleDancer Press
NVC Materials Available from CNVC
About the Author