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Blog about my experiences as I use a language of the heart. "Compassionate Connecting" describes my intention to facilitate communication and contribute to deepening relationships between people, within groups and organizations through the practice of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) james.prieto@compassionateconnecting.com

What is Nonviolent Communication (NVC)?
NVC invites language awareness based on work by Marshall Rosenberg that is sometimes called compassionate communication. Its purpose is to strengthen our ability to inspire compassion in others and to respond compassionately to others and to ourselves. NVC guides us to reframe how we express ourselves and hear others by focusing on what we are observing, feeling, needing and requesting (OFNR).

Sunday, April 11, 2010

The Editing Continues

I've wanted to blog for a while, but the truth is that most of my time is going toward editing my book. It's coming along well, just slower than I originally anticipated. Also, my engineering job has taken much of my free time lately, though I still manage to do a little bit each morning.

I've enlisted the support of my friends, and I'm getting tremendously valuable feedback. The neat thing is that I am getting a better book out of the process, while at the same time getting clearer with my own thinking as I engage them in conversation. I am grateful for all of the support I am getting.

The new book title is "The Joy of Compassionate Connecting - Healing our Heart Through Christ". My goal is to have the next revision out by June, and to send manuscripts to some a couple of published authors who I hope will support my efforts.

I'd like to publish the book by October of this year. I need to find a publisher sometime this summer. I know I can self publish, but I also want to explore other options. Please let me know if you have any ideas.

I know those are aggressive goals, especially given that this is my first book. Please pray for continued guidance, flow and inspiration from the Holy Spirit.

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