• Advice - “why don’t you just…”
  • Worse example - “that’s nothing, what happened to me one time… "
  • Teach - “if you would…
  • Console - “it’s not your fault, you did everything you could”
  • Another story - “that reminds me of this one time… "
  • Pep talk - “come in, don’t let it get to you
  • - “oh so horrible for you!
  • Interrogate /question -” when did this start?
  • Explain excuses - “I had wanted to, but then…”
  • Correct - “that’s not what happened”

(src: Book: Non-violent communication - Marshall Rosenberg)

Ref / merge Brene Brown