NVC

Five Tips for Enjoyable Family Gatherings

By Neill Gibson and Beth Banning

Are you wondering how your next family gathering will turn out? Is it tough to relate to some of your family members? Do you sometimes leave feeling drained and wondering why you went at all? It can be different this year. Imagine walking into your next family get-together feeling excited about being there and knowing that you will leave feeling happy about the whole experience.

It's your choice. Here are five tips for making your next family gathering the experience you've always wanted.
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NVC

Be Careful What You Hear During the Holidays

By Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D.

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Conflicts, even of long standing duration, can be resolved if we can just keep the flow of communication going, in which people come out of their heads and stop criticizing and analyzing each other, and instead get in touch with their needs, and hear the needs of others. We then can recognize the interdependence we all have in relation to each other. We can't win at somebody else's expense. We can only fully be satisfied when the other person's needs are fulfilled as well as our own.