Can Needs Be Harmful?
Article
7 - 10 minutes
06/15/2017
Rachelle Lamb invites us to consider how our well being is impacted by what we choose to put at the center of our narrative regarding our needs. And how that affects whether or not we get closer to truly serving life and compassion...
Making Sure We Are Heard
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
10/2005
Trainer Tip: We all see through our own filters. To disentangle what we hear from some is really saying, check using understanding requests at the level of detail you need. Course correct along the way. In a charged situation this can be critical to bringing in clarity, being heard and resolving differences amicably.
Power Relations and Connection Across Differences in US Society: An NVC Perspective (4 Session Course)
Power Relations and Connection Across Differences in US Society: An NVC Perspective (4 Session Course)
Power Relations and Connection Across Differences in US Society: An NVC Perspective (4 Session Course)
Audio
3 hours, 17 minutes
02/2009
Join CNVC Certified Trainers Inbal Kashtan and Roxy Manning, for a passionate and intimate exploration of how NVC can support personal and social transformation in the area of power relations and social divisions.
The Power of Silent Empathy
Article
1 page
Circa 2007
When Rita first learned about silent empathy she didn't know how soon she'd try it out. She was visiting her daughter and making comments about her life, analyzing her behavior, giving her unsolicited view on everything.
Common Ground…How?
Audio
14 minutes
9/25/2022
Speaking with a united head, heart, and body is the epitome of internal NVC work. HOW do you get there? Listen as David demonstrates his formula for connecting all three areas: 1) ignition; 2) get the big picture; and 3) Break it down: practice, correct, practice, correct!
Embracing the Body: Learning Compassion as a “Felt-Sense”
Embracing the Body: Learning Compassion as a “Felt-Sense”
Embracing the Body: Learning Compassion as a “Felt-Sense”
Article
5 - 8 minutes
2/2014
Our "felt-sense" can provide crucial information about our experience and our lives. It can also help us integrate and retain information. This can also bring greater access to internal resources, choice, open heartedness, collaboration and creative solutions. From there, profound insight and transformation can follow. Here's how we can harness that...
Setting Goals for the New Year
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
10/2005
Trainer Tip: What are your goals, hopes and dreams? For greater success it’s important to make your goals concrete, specific, and focused on what do you want (rather than what you don't want).
Empathy Hacking: The Art and Science of Empathy Guessing
Empathy Hacking: The Art and Science of Empathy Guessing
Empathy Hacking: The Art and Science of Empathy Guessing
Video
45 minutes
11/17/2018
Empathy guessing when I was new to NVC seemed magical and mysterious. How could that other person have known that about me? And seen inside me — often in ways I'd missed myself. While empathy is both intuitive and an art, there is also a science to it. In this brief yet fascinating introduction to Dian's course, Empathy Hacking, you'll learn a super-practical way to demystify empathy guessing by making use of the root meaning of words.
Healing Old Pain
Video
41 minutes
Circa 2007
Watch this heartwarming video as Robert Gonzales works with a volunteer to heal old pain over a situation with her grandmother. By playing the grandmother role, and using three different role play scenarios, Robert guides the woman through three stages of healing.
Love as a Need
Trainer Tip
1-2 minutes
Circa 2007
Trainer Tip: In NVC we consider love to be a need. We all need love, but the ways in which we express it can be very different.