On Kindness to One's Self and Others: Reflections from Non-Violent Communication, Hiya and Pakikipagkapwa

Sharing some of what I learned about Non-Violent Communication from the work of Marshall Rosenberg, and a workshop with Amina Mambuay, with some thoughts on Filipino culture and psyche

“What others say and do may be the trigger, but are never the cause of our feelings.”
- Marshall Rosenberg

How do you feel when you read the above quote?

For me, I went through a wave of different emotions when I first read it, and I still feel different emotions when I read it today — even if I’ve read, typed, said it out loud several times now.

It’s lik…