By Margaret Cullen, Ronna Kabatznick — 2004
Whether he’s working in a war-torn area or an inner-city slum, Rosenberg’s goal is the same: to teach and encourage compassionate communication.
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CLEAR ALL
A calm mind and even temper can help make peace with life’s difficulties.
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Conflict wreaks havoc on our brains. We are groomed by evolution to protect ourselves whenever we sense a threat. In our modern context, we don’t fight like a badger with a coyote, or run away like a rabbit from a fox. But our basic impulse to protect ourselves is automatic and unconscious.
Setting goals points us in the right direction and helps us clarify our values. But hanging on to goals when they no longer serve us is a recipe for misery.
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela