Ezgi Çakmak

“When our consciousness is focused on what we need, we are naturally stimulated toward creative possibilities for how to get that need met. In contrast, the moralistic judgements we use when blaming ourselves tend to obscure such possibilities and perpetuate a state of self-punishment.”
― Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

“Nonviolent communication does not mandate that we remain completely objective nd refrain from evaluating. It only requires that we maintain a separation between our observations and our evaluations. Nonviolent communication is a process language that discourages static generalizations, instead, evaluations are to be based in observations specific to time and context.”
― Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

“Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. We often have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. Empathy, however, calls upon us to empty our mind and listen to others with our whole being.”
― Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

“The more we interpret noncompliance as rejection, the more likely our requests will be heard as demands, This leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy, for the more people hear demands, the less they enjoy being around us.”
― Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life