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By Kelly Bryson, April 30, 2010 7:33 PM

Filmed at the Mello Center Theater, Watsonville, Ca Friday, July 11, 2008, during the Mello Center’s Season of Nonviolence

Kelly gives a talk about Nonviolent Communication. part 3 of 5.

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By John Kinyon, April 23, 2010 2:40 PM

Learn how to:

• Facilitate people in conflict feeling heard by each other and connected to their shared humanity.
• Empathically connect to others’ experience in challenging conflict situations.
• Translate judgments into need language with greater ease.
• Return to presence and connection in the midst of conflict.
• Make and support clear requests and collaborative solutions.

Develop your abilities to:

• Effectively mediate as a “third side” in your work.
• Lend your skills to support people in conflict.
• Peacefully resolve conflicts you are having with others.
• Transform warring voices in your own head.
• Apply mediation skills to conflict coaching and groups.

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By Mary Mackenzie, April 23, 2010 11:33 AM

I leave this afternoon for a 1.5 week training trip.  I’m leading a weekend retreat this weekend in Arizona and then leave for Washington State Tuesday to lead a 4-day retreat, followed by time with my elderly Dad.

I have noticed that whenever I am getting ready to leave for a trip, I feel a lot of stress and it would be easy for me to express myself in a grumpy or disconnected way.

Yesterday, I had a long list of things I wanted to get done and my phone rang way more often than usual, a couple people stopped in to see me at my office unexpectedly, and many of the things I was trying to complete weren’t getting done as easily as I’d hoped.  So, by 2:00pm I was starting to really experience the pressure of it and my jackals began to howl.

This is all so familiar to me.  Yet another time when if I choose to believe my jackals that I can’t get everything done, that people are interrupting me, or that there’s just too much…, I could fall into a heap of overwhelm and despair.

I could feel myself heading down this path and so I chose to give myself empathy several times in the day by saying or thinking to myself, “Ugh.  I would really enjoy more ease and flow.”  Followed by a few deep breaths and then reminding myself how much time I have before leaving.

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By Kelly Bryson, April 22, 2010 7:47 PM

Filmed at the Mello Center Theater, Watsonville, Ca Friday, July 11, 2008, during the Mello Center’s Season of Nonviolence

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By admin, April 22, 2010 6:26 PM

Create a relationship with money that’s clear, empowered, purposeful, and free of stress

A Telephone Course (Telecourse) with CNVC Certified Trainer Alan Seid from Kendall, Washington, USA

Mondays, May 3, 2010 – October 4, 2010 • 3:00 – 4:30 PM PDT (10:00 PM GMT)

• discover and begin applying a fantastic tool for creating a clear, empowered, and purposeful relationship with money
• align your money and your life – discover and surface your particular “issues” with money in a safe, supportive, and encouraging environment
• learn a process for effectively navigating our culture –which is confused and confusing when it comes to money– with clarity and skill
• learn the secret for discovering your enough point – a dynamic place of sufficiency, fulfillment, and integrity in relation to money

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By Mary Mackenzie, April 19, 2010 4:15 PM

I’ve been studying Michael Brown’s Presence Process and recently read this portion of his book, The Presence Process P. 260.  I love how clear this is:

He’s talking about choosing to live in presence on a daily basis and he says, “For example, when we are paying for our groceries we are either focusing on the stuff that we are purchasing or we are focusing on the cashier who is ringing up the items for us.  We are either fretting about the prices of the products in front of us or we are greeting the cashier warmly.  We are either worrying about whether we have got all the right things for the dinner we need to prepare or we are asking the cashier how his or her weekend was.  We are either opening the gap by focusing on the stuff in it, or closing the gap (to connection) by acknowledging the Presence on the other side of it.  It is this simple.  It is this obvious.  It is this easy.”

There was a moment when I was in a phone store and I opened my mouth and said something to the clerk that truly demonstrated that I wasn’t connected to his humanness.  In that moment I thought “So, you think it’s okay to NOT live your NVC principles because you’re frustrated and because you don’t know him and probably won’t ever see him again?  How is that living in integrity?”

In that moment, I made a decision to be committed to living my NVC values no matter.  Well, the truth is I do miss the mark sometimes as everyone does, but not nearly as often.  My intention stays firm, to live my values no matter what.  If I miss the mark, I give myself and other people empathy.

The daily living in my values is an ongoing commitment, moment to moment.

How about you.  What intention are you living?

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By Kathleen Macferran, April 17, 2010 4:10 PM

Communicating Compassionately

Santa Barbara, CA
May 15 & 16, 2010
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., respectively.

This conference is free and open to the public.

The weekend begins with keynote addresses by leading internationally recognized trainers brought in from around North America: Jori & Jim Manske, Raj Gill, and Kathleen Macferran. They will join several popular local Certified NVC Trainers such as Liz Otterbein and others for breakout seminars and workshops.

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By John Kinyon, April 17, 2010 12:20 PM

Take the Leap: Upgrade  Your Mediation Skills!

A Telephone Course with Trainer John Kinyon
An 8-week series in a small group setting.
8 consecutive Tuesdays, September 14 – November 2, 2010, 4:00 – 6:00 PM PDT

Sharpen your skills at resolving inner conflicts, and interpersonal differences in both formal and informal settings.
Take this class and you will enjoy experiential learning and skill-building practice with the mediation model of NVC and its application to conflict in all types of situations – from organizational and community to personal relationships – in four mediation contexts:

• Internal
• Interpersonal
• Informal
• Formal

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By Jori and Jim Manske, April 17, 2010 11:12 AM

A Telephone Course (Telecourse) jointly facilitated by Jim Manske and Jori Manske, CNVC Certified Trainers from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Every Wednesday for 6 Months, January 6, 2010 – June 30, 2010 • 12:00 Noon – 2:00 PM PST/PDT (8:00 PM GMT / 7:00 PM GMT) (recordings of all previously held practice groups are available even if you register after January 6th)

Sign up for this ongoing Practice Group and expect to:

• Enhance your intention and ability to live from NVC consciousness
• Explore and practice various skills to enhance quality of life
• Deepen your self awareness and connection to life energy
• Cultivate your capabilities of empathic connection and honest expression
• Foster community based on nonviolence with a shared intention to build connection and inspire compassionate giving and receiving
• Enjoy an ongoing opportunity to integrate NVC consciousness in a safe and supportive environment

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By Mary Mackenzie, April 16, 2010 3:18 PM

Bringing Presence, Joy and Creativity To Your Relationships and Life
A Women’s NVC 4-Day Intermediate* NVC Vacation Retreat
with Mary Mackenzie
August 4 – 7, 2010        Lake Arrowhead, California

When: Wednesday, August 4 to Saturday, August 7, 2010

Where: Peaceful Pines, Lake Arrowhead, California

“Creating Abundance In Love and Life”
is a unique opportunity to blend life-changing learning, vacation play, and relaxation time along the lakeside beauty of a National Forest.

A renowned leader in compassionate change, Mary Mackenzie, M.A., is Executive Director, Flagstaff Center for Compassionate Communication, Co-founder NVC Academy, CNVC Certified Trainer, Mediator and Author.

“Creating Abundance in Love and Life” is designed to facilitate deep growth and freedom from “scarcity thinking” that can get in the way of experiencing all that is possible.

If we trust in the Universe that there are infinite strategies available to us for having our needs met, we can be in the energy to receive and connect with others. Relationships, life and finances can shift - allowing for greater presence, joy, and creativity.

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