Feelings vs Interpretations
with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
Beginner Skill Level • Article • Read time: 1-2 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Article
Read time: 1-2 minutes
Article
Read time: 1-2 minutes
Here's a list of words that pose as feelings, but are actually interpretations of what you think someone is doing to you. They trigger defensiveness in another thereby preventing a connected dialogue. Behind each of these words are precious feelings and needs. This sheet includes ways to distinguish feelings from interpretations.
Expressing Appreciation
with Mary Mackenzie
Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • Read time: 2-3 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
Read time: 2-3 minutes
Trainer Tip
Read time: 2-3 minutes
Trainer tip: When you want to thank someone expressing what that person did, how you felt about and what needs were met for you, can provide the other person with more information. It can also help her more fully understand how she contributed to you, and deepen your connection with her.
Addressing Needs Beyond Market Economies. (Part 2/9 from the "Apart and Together" series)
Addressing Needs Beyond Market Economies. (Part 2/9 from the "Apart and Together" series)
Addressing Needs Beyond Market Economies. (Part 2/9 from the "Apart and Together" series)
with Miki Kashtan
All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 22 - 31 minutes
All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 22 - 31 minutes
Article
Read time: 22 - 31 minutes
Within the pandemic, limitations of our market economies are more visible. Extreme need is exposed when the economy is collapsing and so many people are without jobs. We can now see how it’s possible to direct resources where they are most needed, solely out of care and interconnection. This is a call to explore a more viable way of living, that centers relationship over transaction.
Emotional Regulation Strategies
with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
All Skill Levels • Learning Tool • Read time: 2-3 minutes
All Skill Levels
Learning Tool
Read time: 2-3 minutes
Learning Tool
Read time: 2-3 minutes
Emotional regulation is the consistent capacity to fully experience one’s feelings, particularly when they are intense and/or painful. Here are 36 practices that help with emotional regulation that can be done alone or with others. Read on for more.
Communicating with Children
with Mary Mackenzie
Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • Read time: 2-3 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
Read time: 2-3 minutes
Trainer Tip
Read time: 2-3 minutes
Trainer tip: Empathy can offer profound learning opportunities to children, expand their feelings and needs vocabulary, and teach them the positive results of valuing everyone’s needs. Read on for a story that illustrates this.
Navigating Tense Conversations
with Oren Jay Sofer
Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • Read time: 2 - 3 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
Read time: 2 - 3 minutes
Trainer Tip
Read time: 2 - 3 minutes
Trainer Tip: Here are some options for tense moments in conversations: try a "redo", understand and recognize your habits, pause to regroup, empathize with the person so they feel heard, check your mind frame before speaking, and name some appreciations about one another.
Privilege Literacy: Why we Need to Know About the Effects of Power, Privilege and Status to Live Nonviolently
Privilege Literacy: Why we Need to Know About the Effects of Power, Privilege and Status to Live Nonviolently
Privilege Literacy: Why we Need to Know About the Effects of Power, Privilege and Status to Live Nonviolently
with Sarah Peyton
All Skill Levels • Article • Read Time: 15 - 23 minutes
All Skill Levels
Article
Read Time: 15 - 23 minutes
Article
Read Time: 15 - 23 minutes
Our brains make patterns out of everything to save effort. But this has consequences on both how we treat others and on our ability to live nonviolently. The more we know about our own patterns, the more choice we have. Read on to learn our most important tendencies in groups, and what we can do in response.
Awareness to Action: Creating Bridges Across Differences (Complete Course)
Awareness to Action: Creating Bridges Across Differences (Complete Course)
Awareness to Action: Creating Bridges Across Differences (Complete Course)
with Roxy Manning
Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 10 -12 hours
Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
10 -12 hours
Audio
10 -12 hours
For many people, attempting to connect with others across differences can feel akin to walking through a minefield. With humility, tenderness, and courage, Roxy challenges your perspectives and encourages you to open your heart and mind. Roxy uses concrete examples and visual tools to illustrate complex concepts.
The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.
The Three Stages of Emotional Liberation
with Mary Mackenzie
Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • Read time: 1-2 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
Read time: 1-2 minutes
Trainer Tip
Read time: 1-2 minutes
Trainer tip: Read on for the three stages of emotional maturity. In the third stage, we integrate the first two stages. We come to realize that everyone is responsible for their own feelings, but we also recognize our role if we do something that stimulates pain in another person. We also start to value the needs of everyone, rather than just one party's needs over the other.
Honor Your Need to be Heard
with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
Beginner Skill Level • Article • Read time: 2-3 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Article
Read time: 2-3 minutes
Article
Read time: 2-3 minutes
When you want to be heard, first check if your listener is available. This honors yourself, and the other person’s choice about listening. You need to be clear about wanting a particular quality of listening, and that you are willing to wait if that isn’t available in the moment. Read on for how to ask for listening in a way that can build trust that your request isn't a demand.
