When you're suddenly experiencing difficulty in your relationship, what's your first – and usually automatic – response?
Friday, April 17, 2015 - May 8, 2015, 12:00noon-2:00pm
Pacific (California) Time
For many of us, our first response is to blame the other person… Or we blame ourselves, telling ourselves stories such as, "If only I'd done this the "right" way, then our relationship would be different and everything would be better."
However, blaming – whether you're blaming yourself or someone else – instantly puts you into the position of a victim: someone who's unable to have the kind of relationship you want, or whom life has dealt an impossible situation.
This course presents you with a powerful alternative: assume the stance of leadership.
Taking up this position means that all those days, months, or years of waiting for the other person to change will be at an end.
And there will be no need to subjugate your needs in order to make any relationship work, since you have claimed the position of leader and will be supporting both of you in putting all your needs on the table and holding them, together.
During this course you'll practice focusing on, identifying, and expressing your needs in a non-demanding manner while remembering to be fully open to caring for another's needs.
Each week, you and Miki will focus on one specific aspect of what stepping into an empowered position within a relationship can look like.
You'll learn how to:
- Compost dissatisfaction – attend fully to your needs;
- Transform judgments – your own and the other person's;
- Combine empowerment and empathic understanding; and
- Make decisions together in support of both of your needs.
The goal? That your relationships be as workable as possible for both of you.
Register today and open your relationships up to powerful change!
| Single Person Registration | Register and pay $265.00 USD | |
| Library Members Discount |
NVC Multimedia Library Members get a 20% discount! Register and pay $212.00 USD | |
| Bring a Friend Discount |
Register with a friend and you each get a 50% discount. Register and pay $265.00 USD Total ($132.50 per person)
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Sessions last 2 hours on Fridays from 12:00-2:00 PM Pacific Time
April 17, 2015 • 12:00-2:00 PM PDT April 24, 2015 • 12:00-2:00 PM PDT May 1, 2015 • 12:00-2:00 PM PDT May 8, 2015 • 12:00-2:00 PM PDT
What Happens After I Register?
Upon registration, you will receive an email with complete instructions on how to access the course.
All registrants will receive access to all course recordings.
About Miki Kashtan
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Miki Kashtan is a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC). Her latest book, Reweaving Our Human Fabric: Working together to Create a Nonviolent Future, was published in February 2015. She is also the author of Spinning Threads of Radical Aliveness: Transcending the Legacy of Separation in Our Individual Lives, and The Little Book of Courageous Living. She is inspired by the role of visionary leadership in shaping a livable future, and works toward that vision by sharing the principles and practices of Nonviolent Communication through mediation, meeting facilitation, consulting, retreats, and training for organizations and committed individuals. Miki blogs at The Fearless Heart and her articles have appeared in the New York Times ("Want Teamwork? Encourage Free Speech"), Tikkun, Waging Nonviolence, Shareable, Peace and Conflict, and elsewhere. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Berkeley. |