Zero Step
Video
54 minutes
11/12/2016
Jim and Jori’s Zero Step helps you focus your attention on your intention to connect, and then affirms your intention to live in the present. Listen in as they demonstrate the process — and learn about the benefits of using and cultivating it!
NVC Life Hacks 32: Mediation in a formal setting
Video
15 minutes
11/8/2022
Mediation is a great skill to have whether it's for your personal relationships or in the workplace. We look at four different techniques and their benefits in a role-play between two neighbours discussing a dispute.
The Nature of our Reactions
Video
3 minutes
4/22/22
Responding to our own reactivity is an inside job. Robert reveals how our reactions are often a secondary reaction to a triggering stimulus, and that accepting responsibility for our reactions can lead to less blame and more inner peace.
The Big Why
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
05/30/2022
Some questions will take you deeper and deeper to universal human needs when you toggle between them. Questions like “What do I need?”, “If I had that, then what would I have?”, and “If I had that, what would that give me?”
Hit the Ground Running: How to Build and Sustain your NVC Business
Hit the Ground Running: How to Build and Sustain your NVC Business
Hit the Ground Running: How to Build and Sustain your NVC Business
Video
1 hour, 10 minutes
07/05/2017
Listen in as Dian shares her vision for spreading NVC through the world, and engages with participants in sharing their visions, and the areas in which they are seeking support. This session stresses the value of visioning work.
Life, Interdependence, and the Pursuit of Meeting Needs
Life, Interdependence, and the Pursuit of Meeting Needs
Life, Interdependence, and the Pursuit of Meeting Needs
Article
9 - 13 minutes
12/2017
The more we can support an interdependent flow of resources and energy in society and the economy, the greater we can increase both natural abundance and the chances of averting extinction. Accumulation is a strategy born of mistrust. It’s an attempt to control the flow of life to guarantee that we will have enough for the future. Accumulation and exchange has blocked this interdependent flow. We can transform this blockage by uncoupling giving from receiving, and shedding excess as much as we can, so that energy and resources can travel further to those in need.
Thank You: Finding the Gift in Everything That Happens
Thank You: Finding the Gift in Everything That Happens
Thank You: Finding the Gift in Everything That Happens
Audio
1 hour, 11 minutes
11/29/2015
Jim and Jori Manske share strategies for employing gratitude to create more joy in life, jettisoning the fear of asking for what you want, and welcoming feedback no matter how it is delivered.
Going Deep: Understanding Your Own and Others’ Deeper Motivations
Going Deep: Understanding Your Own and Others’ Deeper Motivations
Going Deep: Understanding Your Own and Others’ Deeper Motivations
Practice Exercise
n/a
09/2016
One of the premises in NVC is that behind all behavior and expressions are Universal Human Needs as the deeper motivators. And one of the key distinctions in NVC is that between Needs and Strategies. Try Alan's exercise called "Peeling the Layers of the Onion, " a process for uncovering these needs — the deeper motivations — that underlie words and behaviors we may find disturbing or puzzling.
Four Ways to Respond to a "Jackal" Message
Video
13 minutes
04/2007
In this lively video, veteran trainer, Liv Monroe, introduces the NVC mascots of jackal and giraffe by detailing what they represent and how they are used to teach NVC dialogue to others. Many examples of jackal expression are used throughout the video.
The Book of Love: Bringing You Closer to Your Lover
The Book of Love: Bringing You Closer to Your Lover
The Book of Love: Bringing You Closer to Your Lover
Trainer Tip
1-2 minutes
Circa 2007
Trainer Tip: Could you tell me something I do that meets your need for love?