Toxic Language & Violent Communication

Toxic language is a way of communicating that harms other people. The lesson is based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg, who educated people to express their needs in a compassionate way in order to avoid ‘violent communication’. I will teach you common examples of violent communication, such as threatening, blaming, labelling, diagnosing, and guilt tripping. Many of us often do some or all of these to others without realising. By learning to avoid violent communication, we are able to express our personal needs more effectively and our relationships with others can improve. Next, watch my video about passive aggressive language -- it’s also important: You can take a quiz on this lesson here: TRANSCRIPT Hi, everyone. In today’s lesson we’re going to look at the language of toxic people and the things that the