A List of Needs We All Have
Learning Tool
30 minutes
In a Nonviolent Communication model, we believe that everything someone does or says is an attempt to meet a need. That means that all actions or words are in service to a deep internal need. The following list of needs is neither exhaustive nor definitive.
What is Leadership?
Audio
51 minutes
What specifically is leadership? And why do so many people step back from it? Listen in as Miki shares her experience and thoughts around changing the paradigm of leadership, as well as the role – and challenges – of using NVC when working for social change. Check it out.
Setting Intentions Instead of Resolutions
Audio
8 minutes
How have have you suffered by making resolutions, and not going as far with them as you wanted? Join Kristin in setting three intentions instead of resolutions: one for your body, one for a close relationship, and one for the larger world!
Acknowledging the Impact of Identity within Social Change Movements
Acknowledging the Impact of Identity within Social Change Movements
Acknowledging the Impact of Identity within Social Change Movements
Video
56 minutes
Listen in as Roxy Manning and Mary Mackenzie introduce NVC… share information on the dynamics of identity in social change movements… and demonstrate through role playing how NVC grows connection.
Taking Responsibility for Sustaining Life on Earth
Taking Responsibility for Sustaining Life on Earth
Taking Responsibility for Sustaining Life on Earth
Video
5 minutes
Listen in as Miki challenges participants to step beyond the comfort or discomfort of their lives, and encourages them to instead take responsibility for their part in sustaining life on this planet, and more.
Acting with Courage and Imagination
Video
11 minutes
In this snippet, Victor discusses acting with courage and imagination, and explores the dilemma of not acting because we fear we've not come up with the perfect intervention. Do we do more harm by waiting for the perfect inspiration instead of acting?
Dealing with Loss: Speaking "No" in Fear of Backlash
Dealing with Loss: Speaking "No" in Fear of Backlash
Dealing with Loss: Speaking "No" in Fear of Backlash
Video
9 minutes
How do you speak your “No” when you fear retribution or a backlash, and all you want is love and protection? Listen in as Kristin leads participants through a unique process designed to help you feel less afraid and enable you to more easily cope with feelings of overwhelm, grief, or even anger.
Responding to a Painful Comment
Video
44 minutes
Responding to a Painful Comment: How do you carry on a conversation when someone’s comment has had an impact on you? And what happens when two intentions clash because of different perspectives? Here’s Roxy’s powerful, common sense approach.
Patterns, Privilege and Compassion
Video
8 minutes
How does it benefit you and the world to learn about privilege? How can NVC and Interpersonal Neurobiology help you see yourself and your patterns with compassion? How does using empathy address brain structures and patterns that have been embedded in privilege? Listen to Sarah’s answers.
NVC at Work Tips
Video
15 minutes
Listen in as Dian shares her tips and sense of urgency around bringing NVC skills to work: 1) How to use your imagination (visualization!) to help you connect with somatic responses and needs; and 2) Five built-in advantages to sharing NVC in the work place.