--- title: "The Healing Power of Empathy - Center for Nonviolent Communication" description: "The Healing Power of Empathy - True Stories About Transforming Relationships. Learn to develop empathy through mindfulness to strengthen relationships and resolve conflicts with practical techniques and real-life stories. Authored by Mary Goyer" url: "https://www.cnvc.org/store/the-healing-power-of-empathy" date: "2026-09-18T06:33:46+00:00" language: "en-US" --- ![The Healing Power of Empathy, front cover](https://www.cnvc.org/media/yootheme/cache/10/healing-power-empathy-1086c2a0.jpeg) # The Healing Power of Empathy # True Stories About Transforming Relationships Mary Goyer # Available Editions - click to purchase on seller site [ ### Book (Paperback) English PuddleDancer Press ](https://puddledancer.bookstore.ipgbook.com/the-healing-power-of-empathy-products-9781934336175.php?page_id=21) [](#)[](#) **A powerful argument for mindfully developing empathy and creating deeper connections with colleagues, friends, and loved ones.** Empathy is an essential leadership skill and a cornerstone of good relationships—but it can be hard to access when it’s most needed. Luckily, empathy is also a learnable skill. With mindfulness, empathy has deescalated conflicts, combated loneliness, and built human connections in the most unlikely places. With this book, readers will learn how anger and blame get translated and productive dialogues made possible, how to repair arguments before they cause damage, and how self-empathy transforms relationships. With more than 70 stories collected from Nonviolent Communication trainers and practitioners around the world, readers will encounter new ways to talk to the people in their lives and learn techniques for empathizing with one's self and with others at home, at work, and in the community. ![The Healing Power of Empathy, back cover](https://www.cnvc.org/images/STORE/healing-power-empathy-bc.jpeg) --- The purchase of items from our virtual store help support CNVC through affiliate links where we may earn a percentage of the sale. With this book, readers will learn how anger and blame get translated and productive dialogues made possible, how to repair arguments before they cause damage, and how self-empathy transforms relationships. 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