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The Power of Making Requests

Community Favorites • 9m 27s

Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer:

Mary Mackenzie explores the fourth component of Nonviolent Communication—making requests—and why it feels like "graduate level" NVC. Asking for what we truly want is vulnerable, yet it's also a profound gift of honesty and connection in our relationships. With practice, compassion, and creativity, we can build the skills to make requests that deepen trust, foster understanding, and open new possibilities for belonging and freedom.


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- Mary Mackenzie

- requests

- relationships

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