Book Launch
The Spiritual Path of Nonviolent Communication
Living with Compassion, Connection & Understanding
by Robert Gonzales
On sale April 28, 2026
Paperback | $21.95 US / $28.95 CAN
Page count: 172
Audiobook also available
Shambhala Publications, Inc. | Shambhala.com
How to Order
The Spiritual Path of Nonviolent Communication is now available for preorder at selected retailers, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Bookshop, and local independent bookstores.
Beginning on April 28, 2026, the book can be purchased through Shambhala.com, with a limited time discount code available.
- Use discount code NVC30 to save 30 percent on your purchase
- Code is only valid for purchases of The Spiritual Path of NVC made through Shambhala.com
- Code is valid April 28 through May 28, 2026
- Enter code in shopping cart. Cannot be combined with other offers.
About the Book
In this book, based on a series of talks and published posthumously, Gonzales introduces basic, foundational concepts of NVC—observation, feelings, needs, and requests—and then illuminates how they can lead to compassion—and ultimately a transcendent sense of connection with others. This sense of spirit manifests as the needs, longings, and values underlying whatever we hear or say, and it can be experienced in every moment and during every conversation. Gonzales shows that by expressing what is most important to us (our passion) and listening for the essence of what others express, no matter what words they use (compassion), we embody the Divine.
Gonzales addresses anger, fear, grief, and impermanence, pointing out that choices are always present for us to embrace or resist life. Each chapter includes exercises—to do alone or with a partner—to directly embody the concepts of spirituality that Gonzales introduces, showing simple and practical ways to access the Divine right here, right now.
About Robert Gonzales
Robert Gonzales was a core teacher to many of us who founded the Greater Madison Conscious Communication Community of Practice.
Robert Gonzales’s work of Living Compassion emerged from more than 30 years of teaching Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and a lifetime of inquiry into the intersection between spirituality and human communication. His influences included Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, Stephen R. Schwartz, and other spiritual teachers. Gonzales received a PhD in clinical psychology in 1989 and practiced for many years. He began teaching NVC in 1986.