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Learn the difference between true requests and demands, and why honesty matters with children.

Explore whether bribery works for compliance and learn five common motives behind our actions.

See how to better connect with children’s needs, especially when they resist or react to requests.

Learn to tell needs from strategies in parenting with two simple questions for clarity.

Explore three stages of transition and how connecting to needs brings grounding and clarity.

In a recent vacation in a Mexican village, I was surprised to find myself in the midst of a community in mourning. Two days before I came, a 21-year-old girl had died in a car accident. Everyone in the town knew her and was openly affected by her death.

Experience NVC tools for mediating conflict—whether you're involved or supporting others.

Shift how you respond to conflict with this Mediate Your Life course and create lasting change.

Miki Kashtan hosted Living Room Radio Show on KPFA Radio 94.1FM in Berkeley, California, USA. Listen as she works with a a woman whose relationship is challenged by what happens when her lover drinks. In this segment, Miki encourages the caller to get support for her stress, find an outlet for it and receive empathy. Miki addresses the challenges of addiction, the self-judgment of trying to meet needs by drinking and the pain this causes for everyone involved. She further suggests that the caller try to connect to the needs he is trying to meet by drinking, and to identify those that are actually being met and those that aren’t.