EP 189 — Wayland Myers: Nonviolent Communication Basics

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 162 minutes

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Summary

Having problems communicating your needs constructively and effectively with family, friends and coworkers, especially when conflicting opinions are involved?

Meet Wayland Myers, Paul’s go-to expert and the author of Nonviolent Communication: The Basics As I Know and Use Them, who shows you how to maintain strong connections with people you disagree with deeply yet still respect and love them in this very chatty Living 4D conversation.

Learn more about Wayland’s work at his website.

Show Notes

What is nonviolent communication? (5:14)
Seven cooperative behaviors shared among many cultures. (10:40)
A master class on how to talk to someone who doesn’t agree with you politically. (14:48)
Two powerful levels that help you create connections with others. (20:46)
Is safety a real foundational need in the realm of conversation and exploring new ideas? (33:22)
Achieving balance within our hierarchies. (42:40)
“I’m a living empathy bus.” (56:18)
Practicing nonviolent communication 24/7 can be really annoying to others. (1:04:00)
The jackal and the giraffe. (1:11:11)
Mastering empathy. (1:35:38)
Understanding the differences between empathy and sympathy. (1:51:27)
How to handle globalized opinions, generalized assumptions and fuzzy talk. (2:17:52)
Revealing your vulnerability. (2:26:21)
What couples really need to solve their problems: Better repair skills. (2:37:31)

Resources

Amy Fornier’s conversation with Wayland Myers on her Awakening Aphrodite podcast.
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg
The work of David Bohm and Tony Robbins
The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
The Deming of America on DVD

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What I found over and over again is that the problems the couples struggled with were more due to the ways they went about trying to talk about it than the issue itself.
0:15.0	Yeah.
0:16.0	So if there was blaming judgment, you know, demands,
0:20.0	shaming, whatever,
0:22.0	they wouldn't be able to resolve what it was that they were struggling with and then that would add and eventually they would keep stacking up unresolved stuff.
0:33.0	Yeah.
0:34.0	And then in the process of trying to resolve unsuccessfully,
0:36.8	they create extra pain.
0:38.6	So that all gets stacked up and eventually it's like a thunder cell.
0:42.0	It just blows out the top.
0:43.0	What they needed was to learn better repair skills.
0:48.0	Welcome to Living 4D with Paul Check.
0:52.0	Today's guest is nonviolent communications expert Wayland Meyers.
0:57.0	Wayland has had a diverse career as a clinical psychologist in the San Diego area.
1:02.0	He is the author of nonviolent communication,
1:05.1	the basics as I know and use them, which is Paul's go-to reference on nonviolent
1:10.0	communication also known as NVC. If you enjoy today's episode please consider
1:15.2	leaving us a five-star rating and a warm review at the top of the show page on
1:19.4	Spotify or at the bottom of the show page if you were listening on Apple Podcast.
1:24.0	Your opinions matter and your ratings help us to grow and help more people to be healthy,
1:28.8	find freedom of body and mind and to live their dreams.
1:32.3	Enjoy learning about nonviolent communication with Paul and Wayland Myers.
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