Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook: A Practical Guide for Individual, Group, or Classroom Study

by Lucy Leu

The complementary workbook to Nonviolent A Language of Life, which has sold more than 2,000,000 copies Learning the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process has often been equated with learning a whole new way of thinking and speaking. The NVC Companion Workbook helps you easily put these powerful, effective skills into practice with chapter-by-chapter study of Marshall Rosenberg's cornerstone text, Nonviolent A Language of Life. Find a wealth of activities, exercises, and facilitator suggestions to refine and practice this powerful way of communicating. Join the hundreds of thousands worldwide who have improved their relationships and their lives with this simple yet revolutionary process. Included in the new edition is a complete chapter on conflict resolution and mediation.

Genres: Communication, Psychology, Self Help, Nonfiction, Relationships, Personal Development, Personal Growth

242 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2015

Reviews

[Andy]

Marshall Rosenberg is truly a saint and great philosopher. Not only does he have great knowledge around communication, he clearly has experienced many ups and downs and is grateful enough to share his learning and connections with the world. If you have anxiety, frustration and anger about your daily communication, just listen to Marshall's core teachings. With all of the hatred being spread in today's society, if we could take a step back and clearly separate our needs from our wants everyone's relationships would be drastically healthier.

[Jenn "JR"]

Really excellent book full of practical case studies and examples of people and their issues around communication. I re-read this every so often and may have to go buy a copy as I just sent mine off with a friend going through a break-up. Great book!

[Marshall]

This is the companion workbook for Nonviolent Communication. It provides exercises for each chapter, along with a study group leader's guide, with ideas for exercises to do in a group. It's a straightforward workbook, with good questions and exercises. Recommended if you want to deepen your study of NVC.

[Kristina]

This was a great addition to the book and helped me a lot in preparing a presentation and group exercises. I just wished there were more exercises in the workbook rather than discussion topics and instructions.

[Christine]

Good handholding for group study.

[Katrin]

A needed resource at a stressful time in my parenting career. NVC is a welcome alternative to the madness that so often befalls me when dealing with two little ones.

[Bob]

Less useful than Rosenberg's own books.

[Ferhat Elmas]

Skimmed through it after reading main book. Seems useful but didn't do exercises.

[Mark Manderson]

A good companion to read concurrent with the main book by Rosenberg. Gives some good exercises to go through to hone NVC.

[Adei]

It changed my life

[Amanda Byzak]

I am so grateful for the time I took to read the book and also work through this workbook. Two friends of mine have come over to my house weekly at 6:30am to enjoy tea and breakfast and to work on our NVC skills.

As simple as the skills seem, when in the thick of it and emotions run high, it is challenging to recall the steps and practice them in real time. But that's okay. It is going to be messy and any effort matters.

This workbook really helps solidify the process of NVC into our minds so that we can really use it when opportunities arise.

[Mohamad]

کتاب تمرین ارتباط بدون خشونت، یک تمرین ۱۴ هفته ای برای راهیابی و تسلط و تمرین NVC. هر فصل کتاب باید جدا جدا خوانده شود و ترجیحا به صورت گروهی به آن پرداخته شود. عملا می توان گفت که نویسنده کتاب، لوسی لو، برای کتاب مارشال روزنبرگ، یعنی ارتباط بدون خشونت، یک ساز و کار عملی و اجرایی برای اجرا در گروهی که برای تمرین NVC دور هم جمع شده اند، طراحی کرده. البته او در کتب مدعی است که حتی برای فرد هم جواب گو خواهد بود، اما اگر مثال ها و کارهایی که در کتاب گفته شده را بخوانید، خواهید دید شاید نهایتا ۱۰ درصد از آن بهره خواهید برد.

[Jeremy]

This is fine, but it's extremely nonessential compared to "Nonviolent Communication" and "Living Nonviolent Communication." It seems like this is mostly geared towards organized groups, and again...that's fine, and this is probably great for an organized group, but if you're reading the primary book and trying to apply it to your life, you're already implicitly doing the work in this book. So for me, at least, it was unnecessary.

[Nika]

A coworker mentioned that he always follows the "nonviolent communication" technique at work, so I decided to read a book about it. I think it was badly written and after reading it I can barely remember the message. Do not recommend it.

[Jota]

No era lo que pensaba, la verdad. Esperaba un texto más fluido y práctico para que uno mismo pudiera poner en juego la CNV en su día a día. En mi opinión, está sobre todo orientado para practicar la comunicación NoViolenta en dinámicas de grupos.

[Nate]

This manual proved very helpful for me while trying to develop teaching material. I also found that the structure allowed for easy navigation.

[Jabari Bell]

Great exercises - looking forward to trying them.

[Gwendolyn Caithness Cameron]

Superbly sized, easy to follow, exercises for both group and individual practice.

[Geofrey Asiimwe]

A great read

[Samantha Mitchell]

I’ve learned so much from this book, in regardless to bring peace, empathy, understanding, and true listening back to communication. I’m so excited to but it in action!

[IV]

Average. Not suitable for modern time

[Juntao Li]

It's kind of short

[PAORME]

This book was actually fabulos.

[Z W]

The tools in this book are slowly changing my life for the better.

[Maud]

Oefeningen om de theorie toe te passen. Interessante stukken, maar niet alles is bruikbaar om zelf mee aan de slag te gaan. Selecteren wat toepasbaar is.

[Michelle Brandstetter]

Good companion book for becoming more aware and practicing the skills of NVC.

[Barbc]

10

[Brandy Vanderheiden]

This book is critical for helping people learn how to communicate in ways that bring us together.

[Viviana Toro]

Effective methodology we should all learn to improve our life quality, to effectively learn to develop healthy and long-lasting relationships, and also to better manage our most important relationship: the one we have with ourselves.