It's All About Connection! NVC With Dr. B‪!‬ Cindy Bigbie, Heather Claypoole

Episode 124 starts out with Dr. B singing a birthday song to Heather. And, from there, they pivot into a conversation about birthdays and the difficulties connected to them. In the interaction, they model what a back and forth dialogue sounds like when employing reflection, needs guesses, connecting requests and expression using observations, feelings, and needs. Listen in and see if you can follow along and note the NVC-based practices in the conversation. We hope this episode meets your needs for authenticity, learning, and some fun!

This week's episode starts with a reminder about the three components of empathy and then goes into greater detail about the reflection component. Dr. B and Heather talk about the ways in which reflection can go astray and gives the listeners many tips and aha's about this empathy component.

In this Episode, Dr. B and Heather talk about a recent incident Dr. B had where she used a "connecting request" - to make sure the person was open to hearing her and, even though, the other person said "yes," his response to Dr. B's offering indicated otherwise. So, here is a discussion about how there is more to a connecting request than just getting a "yes." Also, they discuss the importance of empathy first!

In Episode 121 - Dr. B and Heather go into detail about The Bigbie Method's newly revised format for the Intro to NVC course. To sign up, please visit our website (www.thebigbiemethod.com) and look under the "Individuals" tab for the Intro Course. We are very excited to be able to offer this to people in a more time flexible format.

Listen in to Episode 120 when Heather and Dr. B do empathy in real time. As explained in the podcast, Dr. B got a little triggered when learning about Heather's plans for the holidays. They thought it might be fruitful for their listeners to hear a
"real, " organic, conversation when there is a bit of disharmony to work out. And no, no one gets clobbered - in fact, just the opposite. Enjoy!

Join Heather on Dr. B on this engaging episode where they talk about how you can't really "get" anyone to do anything - at least without a cost. Then they go on to discuss the herculean effort it takes to stay in integrity with NVC and model it, rather than teach it or force it - and, in so doing - get the thing you want... connection.