Application ideas for your NVC treasure map
simple, efficient, connecting
Feelings and needs lists are simple, powerful tools. However, like all tools, they only have an impact if you use them.
- Place the list prominently on your desk – as an invitation to take a quick look inward.
- While cooking or brushing your teeth: A quick glance at the list is often enough to make you more present.
- When meditating: Choose a feeling or need and ask yourself “How is XY living in me right now?”.
- In bed at night: Take 3 minutes – what was alive today? What was missing?
- Find your own rituals – quiet, powerful, suitable for everyday life.
In a team or with friends – with each other, without a big seminar
The lists provide opportunities for conversation. A connection often begins in the small moments.
- Place them in the table at the next team meeting.
- Start a check-in: “What do you need today to do yourself well?”
- Give a list as a small thank-you gift or takeaway.
- Use it in the case of conflicts – “What was important to you?” instead of accusations.
- Hang it up in the office – visible, inviting, without comment.
- With friends: just try it out – choose a need or feeling and talk about it.
- Remember: No explanation is necessary in an exchange. “Just” presence, listening, genuine interest.
Don’t have a treasure map at hand yet? We’ll be happy to send you a few for your home, your friends or your team (within Germany).
How do you use your treasure map? Write it in the comments and help other people with your ideas and experiences.
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