Description
Techniques to align speech with the goals and desires of the soul.
In every interaction, every conversation and in every thought, you have a choice – to promote peace or perpetuate violence. International peacemaker, mediator and healer, Dr. Marshall B. Rosenberg shows you how the language you use is the key to enriching life. Take the first step to reduce violence, heal pain, resolve conflicts and spread peace on our planet – by developing an internal consciousness of peace rooted in the language you use each day. Speak Peace is filled with inspiring stories, lessons and ideas drawn from over 40 years of mediating conflicts and healing relationships in some of the most war torn, impoverished, and violent corners of the world. Speak Peace offers insight, practical skills, and powerful tools that will profoundly change your relationships and the course of your life for the better. Bestselling author of the internationally acclaimed, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. Discover how you can create an internal consciousness of peace as the first step toward effective personal, professional, and social change. Find complete chapters on the mechanics of Nonviolent Communication, effective conflict resolution, transforming business culture, transforming enemy images, addressing terrorism, transforming authoritarian structures, expressing and receiving gratitude, and social change.
Endorsements
Cover endorsement:
“Speak Peace comes at an appropriate time when anger and violence dominate human attitudes. Marshall Rosenberg gives us the means to create peace through our speech and communication. A brilliant book.”
— Arun Gandhi, president, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, USA
“Speak Peace sums up decades of healing and peacework. It would be hard to list all the kinds of people who can benefit from reading this book, because it’s really any and all of us.”
— Dr. Michael Nagler, author, America Without Violence and Is There No Other Way? The Search for a Nonviolent Future
“Rosenberg brings us globally critical evidence that how and what we speak reflects who we are and embodies what we will become.”
— Dr. Barbara E. Fields, executive director, The Association for Global New Thought
Interior endorsements:
“Speak Peace is a book that comes at an appropriate time when anger and violence dominate human attitudes. Marshall Rosenberg gives us the means to create peace through our speech and communication. A brilliant book.”
— Arun Gandhi, president, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, USA
“Speak Peace sums up decades of healing and peacework. It would be hard to list all the kinds of people who can benefit from reading this book, because it’s really any and all of us.”
— Dr. Michael Nagler, author, America Without Violence and Is There No Other Way: The Search for a Nonviolent Future
“Speak Peace is set apart from the fine body of literature on the subject of nonviolence by its fundamental intimacy with the complexities of human nature. Rosenberg brings us globally critical evidence that how and what we speak reflects who we are and embodies what we will become.”
— Dr. Barbara E. Fields, executive director, The Association for Global New Thought
“Many books on communication are strong on theory but impractical on application. Marshall Rosenberg’s instant classic is the stand out exception. It is clear and compelling in its logic and flat-out inspiring in its inviting exposition of usable techniques and strategies. If enough people read this book, the world will transform.”
— Hugh Prather, author, The Little Book of Letting Go, Shining Through, and Morning Notes
“Speak Peace in a World of Conflict offers a gift of spirit, theory, and nonviolent communication experience from which every seeker of peace within and without can learn. It complements John Burton’s Deviance, Terrorism and War as a guide to mutual need-fulfilling processes of problem-solving to realize nonviolent conditions of global life.”
— Glenn D. Paige, author, Nonkilling Global Political Science; founder, Center for Global Nonviolence
“Speak Peace demonstrates how we can make our deepest yearnings for a harmonious world come true. Through stories and exercises, this book shows us simple yet subtle practices for creating peace—internally, externally, and institutionally. If you want to do your bit to create a happier world, get fluent in this process!”
— Diana Lion, associate director and prison program director, Buddhist Peace Fellowship
