GROK Empathy Game | Feelings & Needs Cards

Name: GROK Empathy Game | Feelings & Needs Cards
Brand: Grok the World
Price: 32.75 USD
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Turn everyday conversations into opportunities for empathy, understanding, and connection.

What if you had a simple, engaging way to help people understand what they're feeling, recognize what matters to them, and connect more compassionately with others?

Meet GROK – a conversation tool inspired by Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Through thoughtfully designed Feelings and Needs cards and playful activities, GROK makes the practice of empathy accessible, meaningful, and fun.

Whether you're navigating family disagreements, building emotional intelligence in the classroom, strengthening relationships, or facilitating group conversations, GROK offers practical tools to move beyond judgment and blame toward curiosity and understanding.

What GROK Helps Your Develop

Build Emotional Intelligence: Identify and understand feelings and the needs behind them.

Strengthen Empathy: Practice listening without judgment and seeing situations from another person's perspective.

Navigate Conflict: Transform disagreements into opportunities for understanding and resolution.

Improve Communication: Express yourself honestly while listening with compassion and curiosity.

Who Is GROK For?

Families & Parents: Help children and adults communicate feelings and navigate everyday challenges together.

Educators & Schools: Bring social-emotional learning (SEL), emotional literacy, and conflict resolution into the classroom.

Therapists & Counselors: Encourage emotional awareness, self-expression, and meaningful conversations.

Couples & Relationships: Explore feelings and underlying needs to better understand one another and navigate challenging conversations.

Facilitators & NVC Practitioners: Introduce and practice the principles of Nonviolent Communication in workshops, trainings, and group settings.

What's Included?

70 Feelings Cards to help identify and express emotions
70 Needs/Values Cards to explore the universal human needs behind our feelings
An illustrated guidebook featuring 20 ways to play and practice empathy

How Do You Play?

GROK is flexible and easy to incorporate into everyday life. Play on your own, with a partner, or with a group of up to 8–10 people.

Use the cards to explore questions like:

What am I feeling right now?
What might I be needing?
What might the other person be feeling or needing?
What could we do to meet everyone's needs?

There are no winners or losers. GROK is about getting curious about what's happening beneath the surface and discovering new possibilities for understanding and connection.

The guidebook includes 20 activities to help you get started, with plenty of room to make the game your own.

A Little History

Created in 2006 by Jean Morrison and Christine King, GROK was inspired by the principles of Nonviolent Communication developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. Over the years, the game has continued to evolve, and we're proud to share Version 6 of this original empathy-building tool.

Our mission is to help people of all ages better understand themselves and others, creating a more compassionate world.

Because when we understand the feelings and needs behind our words and actions, everything can change.

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