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== Practice Exercises == | |||
We can practice restorative and connected communication with some exercises designed to simulate real-world situations. | |||
* '''Observations:''' Practice making observations in a neutral, descriptive way without including judgements or blame. | |||
* '''Feelings & Needs:''' Practice expressing how you're feeling about something and what needs you might feel aren't being met. | |||
* '''[[Empathy Guesses]]:''' Practice guessing what the other person might be feeling in particular situations and clarifying till you figure it out. This develops familiarity with the Feelings & Needs Inventories and makes it easier to get it right more quickly. | |||
* '''Making offers & requests:''' Practice offering and requesting things that would meet both parties' needs for mutual understanding. | |||
== Communication Habit Practice == | |||
# List some of your communication habits you use often. | |||
# List some of the listening habits that often bother you. | |||
## Eg. Storytelling. Telling people how you had the same problem or your family member did. | |||
# List some needs they might be fulfilling by using those strategies. | |||
# Have someone share a problem they're having and have everyone practice interrupting and using the habits in response to show all the examples. | |||
# Take turns sharing a non-serious problem scenario and first give habit-based responses for 2 minutes then switch to empathetic listening where you ask questions like "I hear you saying that when you saw X happen you felt Y because you need Z and its difficult to feel like you're getting Z..." | |||
== Connected Conversation Practice == | |||
Both sharea chunk at a time and reflect before moving on. |