Non-violent Communication in Communities

healthy. Blasting others is violent and abusive. A big part of the healing work for those who run this pattern is seeing the effect that their actions have on others, giving up their sense of entitlement, and taking responsibility for managing their own energy.

He was not hit by flying stones; each boy would catch the dog’s eye and draw his arm back—the yelp followed immediately. The threat was sufficient to secure the reaction because, somewhere in the past, that particular motion had been identified with pain and injury. Such is the role of the threat of violence. It is rooted in a past experience, actu