Other Useful Resources

This page includes links to information on practices that we have found to work well with Compassionate Communication.


e-prime
Provides links to articles, books, exercises, and a tutorial for learning to use English without the verb "to be."


Focusing Institute and Focusing Resources
Focusing instructions provide direct access to a bodily knowing which remains undiscovered in most people. You have a bodily sense of each of your situations, but you probably don’t stop to enter it deeply. A vast implicit knowledge is available to you there. It contains more implicit facets than you could ever enumerate separately.


Despair Work by Joanna Macy
This web site opens doors to the new bodies of thought, time-tested spiritual practices, and pioneering group methods, that Joanna finds to be powerful inspirations to understanding and action. Especially recommended is her book "Coming Back to Live."


Articles by Manfred Max-Neef, "Barefoot Economist"


Robert Irwin: Nonviolent Social Defense
Although this book is mentioned in Marshall's book, it does not exist (we checked with Irwin himself). However, Irwin has written on Nonviolence. He authored "Why Nonviolence?" together with Gordon Faison.


Five Languages of Love
Books by Gary Chapman outlining different definitions of love with their implications for relationships.


Ken Wilber on Spirituality that Transforms
An article from the magazine "What is Enlightenment?"


PeerSpirit
A group process that holds offers connection to community. This methodology can be used in many settings from writing retreats to high adventure to business consulting.


Giraffe Project
Everyday heroes are toasted by the Giraffe Project! This organization, based in Langley, Washington, shares news of individuals who are making a difference in their communities. These heroes, called "giraffes," stick their necks out to help other people. With the guidance of the program, children are learning that they can not only find giraffes in their own communities, they can become giraffes themselves! The link to the Giraffe Project's own Web site works again!


Michael Lerner's book "Spirit Matters"
"Spirit Matters shows how deeply we've been hurt personally, emotionally, ecologically, and politically by living in a world that systematically represses our spiritual needs-and how we might create a personal life and society that embodies what Michael Lerner describes as an Emancipatory Spirituality."


Walter Wink's book "The Powers that Be"
Describes how violence is created by our social norms and the "stories" we tell.


Riane Eisler on Partnerships
Please explore the Center for Partnership Studies


Thomas Szasz - Myth of Mental Illness
Web site with links to Thomas' work, including his paper the Myth of Mental Illness.