If you have a disagreement or difference of opinion with someone, you want to be understood, and/or you want someone to feel better, then as you learn the steps & skills of CNC (Core Needs Communication), you can use them to more easily reach understanding, get your message across, and create comfort for you and others in healthy, sustainable ways.

All CNC skills can be used by themselves, or in combination with the other skills. You don’t need to learn and use all of them, but you’ll recognize each of them is valuable in specific ways, where the more you learn, the better you get at having valuable conversations and strengthening relationships with yourself and others

Core Skills

  1. Using Observations
  2. Expressing Pure Emotions
  3. Sharing Core Needs
  4. Creating Strategies
  5. Making Effective Requests

Advanced Skills

  1. Confirming Interpretations
  2. Recognizing Needs
  3. Expressing Gratitude
  4. Receiving Gratitude

All CNC Skills

  1. Using Observations
  2. Expressing Pure Emotions
  3. Sharing Core Needs
  4. Creating Strategies
  5. Making Effective Requests
  6. Recognizing Needs
  7. Confirming Interpretations
  8. Expressing Gratitude
  9. Receiving Gratitude

Resources

CNC was created by Sabian, founder of Ugeddit

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