Connecting Across Differences Finding Common Ground with Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime

In this fully revised second edition, Dr. Dian Killian and Dr. Jane Marantz Connor offer a comprehensive and accessible introductory guide to exploring the concepts, applications, and transformative power of the nonviolent communication process. Providing research-based insight into the psychology of communication, this reference explores the most common barriers to effective communication and provides tangible steps to address these barriers head-on. The book features an expanded selection of relevant, meaningful exercises, role-plays, and activities that give readers the chance to immediately apply the concepts to real-life experiences. With lessons including how to transform negative self-talk into self-empowerment, how to foster trust and collaboration when stakes are high, and how to defuse anger, enemy images, and other barriers to connection, Connecting Across Differencesteaches effective communication skills that get to the root of conflict, pain, and violence peacefully.

Jane Marantz Connor, PhD, maintains a practice as a consultant, trainer, and life coach for individuals, families, communities, businesses, and nonprofit groups. She is a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. She lives in Takoma Park, Maryland. Dian Killian, PhD, is the founder and director of the Center for Collaborative Communication, a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, and a certified life coach. She has designed and led Nonviolent Communication workshops for a wide range of organizations in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and is the author of the graphic novel Urban Empathy: True Life Adventures of Compassion on the Streets of New York. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.