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Articles written by Eric Bowers:

Pre- and Perinatal Psychology

Pre- and Perinatal Psychology: How Babies Are Trying To Teach Us About Our Earliest Needs. We used to believe that babies came into the world unable to think, feel, remember, or communicate.  They were seen as ...Read More

A Relational Spiritual Practice

Compassionate Communication (NVC) is a language that helps us put our attention on divine life-energy.  I like to call it divine life-energy because I see it moving all life to grow, contribute and connect: a ...Read More

Presence with Pain

Presence with Pain - The Art of Empathy   When people we are close to are going through challenges in their lives, our natural inclination is to want to support them, to help them through their pain ...Read More

An inside job

The more I study and practice Compassionate Communication, the more I come to see that the key to this practice is the work we do in ourselves. I hear people express their frustration when ...Read More

Are we contributing to life?

Compassionate Communication is a powerful tool for bringing about understanding, connection, and peace when there is conflict, when others have done things that don’t meet our needs, or when we have done things that don’t ...Read More

Dynamic Governance

It is true that each of us can make a difference in changing our world, and I believe there is more potential to create change when working together as teams, groups, organizations and communities, fuelled ...Read More