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To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

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I try never to hear what another person thinks of me. I enjoy life a lot more when I spend as little time as possible hearing or thinking about what other people think about me. I go to the needs behind the thoughts. Then I'm in a different world.
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What bores the listener bores the speaker too.
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Use anger as a wake-up call to unmet needs.
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