Unacknowledged Fear Looks Like Aggression
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Miki Kashtan shares how Marshall Rosenberg helped her see how unacknowledged fear can be misinterpreted as aggression and offers an elegant and simple strategy for changing this dynamic.
This is an excerpt from Miki Kashtan's 7 part course Naturalizing NVC Language, which is also available in the NVC Library.
Keywords:
- relationships
- dialogue
- connection
- compassion
- argument
- anger
- strategies
- requests
- needs
- honesty
- feelings
- expression
- exercises/practices
- empathy
- Miki Kashtan
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