Using Right & Wrong Language
Empathy
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1m 56s
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer:
Yvette Erasmus shares that we can translate or shift how we hear right and wrong language. We can use the cue - What is needed? I wonder what they are needing? This helps direct my attention to more relationality.
Keywords
- language of life
- needs
- consciousness
- right wrong language
- Yvette Erasmus
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