I Wish: Feedback
I Wish: there was a way to bring the feelings and physical sensations into the conversation so that I will have more connection with how they are thinking.
How might we talk more about feelings and physical sensations to foster deeper connection?
I Wish: What I would wish for is that we could get to the deeper level of our needs and talking about what we each need and maybe even to guessing needs in a NVC format.
How might we foster a deeper level of discussion and connection?
I Wish:
I agree with Cory that I would enjoy going a layer deeper to the needs.
How might we foster a deeper level of discussion and connection?
Another thing I would wish for is to know what to speak about because I don’t really have a lot of topics in my mind to speak to other people. I can not produce them like. So, that was a difficult thing for me.
How might we have topics to talk about?
I Wish:
I have a slight sense of frustration that often do with NVC empathy circling of it being just a bit mono directional and never really getting off the space and into the guts of things. So I am not sure how one will do that.
How might we foster a deeper level of discussion and connection?
I Wish:
But equally, and a couple of people touched on this, I would probably feel maybe, a bit more satisfied, knowing that it would be possible to talk about the feelings and the needs that are around that, to get another layer of depth.
How might we foster a deeper level of discussion and connection?
I Wish:
I think that one thing that is present for me as a possible improvement is. It’s funny because a few people have mentioned the word safety, and I feel it might be helpful to intentionally create this as a safe place. I got the sense that a couple of people were holding back for fear of something. I felt like vulnerability was not completely open. That was just one thing that was present for me.
How might we foster a deeper level of safer for deeper discussions and connection?
I Wish:
I would echo the point about safety, that Nick made. Structure versus safety. He made a point that a lot of structure can mean that people don’t get down to the actual thing, because it’s too difficult or conflicted and that can be unsafe for people, by not having resolution.
How might we foster a deeper level of safer for deeper discussions and connection?
How might we foster a sense of having resolution?
― Joy
I Wish: As far as improvements or moving forward. I notice I a little worry of anything I say as being static, like it’s all a work in progress. I might say things slightly differently at some point or there might be another piece of information that I’m not sharing that is really crucial to what I did say. I hope we can remember that we are not static. That this in one moment in time and we can continue to learn about each other and those who participate.
How might we continue to learn about each other and not have fixed ideas?
― Meagan
I Wish: The only critique I might have is maybe having more variety of meeting times, because I am in different moods in different times of the day. And I have a strong feeling that people I have the most conflict with so to speak, sleep in late. So I would like to talk with those people. So a more evenings circle will bring a different crowd, that would be interesting as well.
How might we offer more time of the week for Empathy Circles that work for people?