“Does empathy work if I’m the only one who is practicing nonviolent communication?”
Sometimes in our classes, at the end of the day, when we’ve had a good, connecting, learning time together, students will say,
“Well, it’s working here ’cause we’re learning together and we’ve created a little community that cares about each other. But does this work when I’m the only person in the conversation who knows nonviolent communication?” or
“What if I’m in a relationship with someone who doesn’t really care about my feelings, like at work? Is it going to be effective there?”
Paul Merrill
