Guided ManoYatra tool

Talking Space

This tool applies nonviolent communication: separating what was observed from what was interpreted, naming the feeling, identifying the need underneath it, and making a specific request.

Relationships10 minMAXtext or voice

How it works

Complaints usually compress all four steps into one sentence, which is why they land as criticism. Pulling them apart is slower but changes what the other person hears. The step people find hardest is the need — it is more exposing than the complaint it was hiding inside, which is precisely why it works better.

Grounded in

nonviolent communication, Marshall Rosenberg, with active listening practice.

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