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Transforming Society Through Organizations

Article • 6 - 9 minutes • 9/1/2021
Beginner Skill Level
Article
6 - 9 minutes
9/1/2021

When we apply and practice NVC over a number of months in an organization, it can create group norms that make learning go deep faster. These new norms can impact people's interactions with others both inside and outside of work. From here, there's potential for people to start seeing value when they share these skills and experiences. This may create a ripple effect of interest in applying NVC across different domains in life.


Searching Together For A Way Forward

Trainer Tip • 1-2 minutes • 07/15/2022
Intermediate Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1-2 minutes
07/15/2022

It's tempting to shut down a heated conversation when it’s painful and overwhelming. What can give us strength to stay open to hearing and being moved, to being open to new possibility, is recalling the “triad of conversation.” The triad is self and other and then awareness on the third side of the conversation. Here we can return to connection, to what we share and need in common, to a searching together for the way forward.


The Blame-Free State (5 Session Course)

Audio • 6 - 8 hours • 10/23/2014
Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
6 - 8 hours
10/23/2014

Blame can become a terrible habit – one that’s extremely costly both personally, socially and culturally. When you play The Blame Game there are usually only losers. Nobody wins, not really. Learn how to move out of blame into peace – whether it involves others, yourself or situations.

 


Setting Boundaries with Attraction

Article • 3-5 minutes • 09/2019
All Skill Levels
Article
3-5 minutes
09/2019

Attraction to others is neither good nor bad. Although it's pleasurable it doesn’t necessarily help with wise discernment. When it arises, it's up to you to engage in wise discernment about how you manage it. This guide provides practices and points of focus to engage your own attraction in a way that holds more choice about what will meet needs for yourself and others, and what role attraction plays.


Tips for the Road Series: Tip 17. Make Time to Grieve

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes • 01/2016
Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
01/2016

Grieving reminds us of the preciousness of life, it helps us integrate loss, and it opens us to deeper compassion, inspiration, and joy. We need to create space in our lives to grieve fully.


Becoming a Change Agent Everywhere You Go (4 Session Course)

Audio • 6 - 8 hours • 10/7/2015
Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
6 - 8 hours
10/7/2015

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed – or locked into passivity? This course offers you a way out. Learn to change the way you perceive leadership, and you’ll help yourself respond more powerfully and proactively every day of your life – wherever you are – and whomever you’re with!


Finding Reasons to Celebrate

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes • 10/10/2005
Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
10/10/2005

Trainer Tip: Find ways to celebrate each day and enrich your life.


Finding Security in the Face of Fear

Article • 4-6 minutes • 04/2020
All Skill Levels
Article
4-6 minutes
04/2020

In pandemic we can notice where we seek security. For some, financial systems that seemed to offer security have suddenly become unpredictable. For others, living without such privilege, resources are even more difficult to access. And we become more vulnerable to illness and death. These changes can trigger fear, but also motivate choices that contribute to a sense of security. Read on for more.


Getting Your Needs Met

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes • 10/2005
Introductory Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
10/2005

We can ask for what we want but if we repeatedly don’t get it from one source, it's our responsibility to find a new way to get it. We don’t honor our relationships when we insist that people who are unavailable or unwilling to support us meet our needs. Read on for related a parable about a woman persistently asking to get milk from a hardware store.


Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Meditation

Video • 8 minutes • 10/20/2022
Beginner Skill Level
Video
8 minutes
10/20/2022

Practice leads to change of consciousness! Enjoy an MBSR guided practice with Stephanie Bachmann Mattei: STOP = Stop, Take a few mindful breaths, Observe, and Proceed.


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