Living Without Enemies
Audio
1 hour, 18 minutes
11/11/2009
Join CNVC Certified Trainer Arnina Kashtan as she explores enemy images to increase your capacity to embrace life more fully. Free yourself from the “us-them” paradigm and experience true compassion for the people whose actions most trouble you.
Observation: The Awareness of the Thoughts, Stories and Core Beliefs to Enhance Connection
Observation: The Awareness of the Thoughts, Stories and Core Beliefs to Enhance Connection
Observation: The Awareness of the Thoughts, Stories and Core Beliefs to Enhance Connection
Audio
2 hours, 10 minutes
06/2010
In this recorded telecourse, John Kinyon, world renowned CNVC Certified Trainer, guides you through processes to strengthen your capacity for mindful presence and awareness of your thinking, and to develop the skills to translate thoughts into observations.
Is NVC Always, in the End, “Just One-on-One”?
Trainer Tip
3-5 minutes
2007
Ask the Trainer: "Can you share stories of transforming group conflict, or is NVC strictly intended for 'one-on-one' work?"
Why Do I Feel Depressed?
Article
7 - 11 minutes
04/2018
When does identifying our or others' needs become a coping mechanism that hides the real problems that go unaddressed, and thereby reinforcing problems? This article zooms out to take a look at how dealing with our needs in the absence of the larger picture can inadvertertly support unhealthy ways of operating, rather than become a healthy solution. It asks us to see what could be hidden -- both on the personal and societal levels.
Personal Breakthroughs in Nonviolent Communication: Identifying Needs
Personal Breakthroughs in Nonviolent Communication: Identifying Needs
Personal Breakthroughs in Nonviolent Communication: Identifying Needs
Video
3 minutes
Circa 2007
What are the qualities you value in your relationships? Mary teaches the NVC concept of needs to a group of people new to NVC, using a clever method she learned from Holly Eckert, a CNVC Certified Trainer in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Guided Self-Empathy Experience
Audio
23 minutes
Circa 2009
CNVC Certified Trainer Gina Cenciose guides listeners through a 20-minute guided self-empathy meditation.
3 Simple Keys To Dissolving Reactivity In Dialogue
3 Simple Keys To Dissolving Reactivity In Dialogue
3 Simple Keys To Dissolving Reactivity In Dialogue
Practice Exercise
7 - 10 minutes
07/14/2022
Reactivity can be big or subtle. Pressuring yourself or someone to be or do a certain way without trying to understand them with curiosity, is a form of reactivity. Reactivity can create much damage in the short and long term. Catch it early –through discernment, transparency, and remembering that connection is key– and you can foster more open and fulfilling relationships.
Beyond Praise: Expressing Gratitude
Article
4 - 6 minutes
10/09/2021
Praise may disconnect us from our own confidence, intrinsic motivation, or discernment. It may lead to perfectionism, people pleasing, codependency, a tendency to criticize others or fix others, and more. Instead, without evaluative words we can sincerely share what we specifically liked about what they did, and what needs were met for us.
Change Your Response to Conflict — Change Your Life (4 Session Course)
Change Your Response to Conflict — Change Your Life (4 Session Course)
Change Your Response to Conflict — Change Your Life (4 Session Course)
Audio
5 hours, 12 minutes
02/26/2013
Listen to this introductory 4-session Mediate Your Life telecourse recording to change your response to conflict and change your life.
I Don't Know Whether to Express Myself or Offer Empathy
I Don't Know Whether to Express Myself or Offer Empathy
I Don't Know Whether to Express Myself or Offer Empathy
Video
5 minutes
06/07/2011
CNVC Certified Trainer Miki Kashtan discusses how focusing on connection and care can guide us in expressing honestly and offering empathy.