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Nonviolent Communication
A four-step framework for honest expression: observation, feeling, need, request.
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Developed by Marshall Rosenberg, NVC separates what happened from how it felt, what one needs, and what one is asking for. It can sound stilted; once internalized, it becomes invisible.
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