What is Nonviolent Communication?

Marshall Rosenberg described Nonviolent Communication (NVC), in the simplest terms, as a language to share one's aliveness and to make life more wonderful. In his book, Nonviolent Communication: A Language Of Life, he opens with 2 important questions: 1) What happens to disconnect us from our compassionate nature, leading us to behave violently and exploitatively? 2) What allows some people to stay connected to their compassionate nature under even the most trying circumstances? Rosenberg devotes the rest of the book to answering these questions. This episode explores the question, what is Nonviolent Communication?