Intermediate Resources

Parenting and Anger: Walking the Ultimate Path to Peace (Complete Course)

with John Kinyon, Stephanie Bachmann Mattei

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 6 - 8 hours

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
6 - 8 hours

John and Stephanie combine mediating conflict, parenting and study of brain science to this ground-breaking course recording on how to funnel your anger and your child’s anger toward mutual caring and peace.

The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.

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Staying Self-Connected in a Challenging Dialogue

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé

Beginner Skill Level • Article • Read time: 6-9 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Article
Read time: 6-9 minutes

When we're judging we're less able to access both what we care about and constructive next actions. Instead, create more internal space and agency starting with connecting to your feelings and needs; then feel your grief or disappointment; followed by getting curious about the other party's needs and context -- and then based on collective needs and the long term effects make requests or take aligned action that works for all.

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Grief and Mourning for the World

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé

Beginner Skill Level • Article • Read time: 5-7 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Article
Read time: 5-7 minutes

As you witness injustices in the world, tension, anger, hopelessness, despair and more, may rise up in you. These feelings may lead to reactive thinking that doesn't contribute to healing nor wise action. Mourning is a universal need. If your culture pushed away grief and its emotional expression, you may have habits that block your access to the aliveness of grief. Read on for ways to give grief the space and support it needs.

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Your Resonant Self: Transforming the Critical Inner Voice (Complete Course)

with Sarah Peyton

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 8 - 11 hours

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
8 - 11 hours

Does your inner dialog sound supportive and encouraging - or more like you’re being yelled at by a critical task-master? Gain an understanding of the neuroscience of the left and right hemispheres of the human brain and locate just where this savage inner voice is coming from and how to respond to it with empathy.

The first session is available for all to listen to and enjoy.

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How to Ask for Responsiveness

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé

Beginner Skill Level • Article • Read time: 3-5 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Article
Read time: 3-5 minutes

If it's a tender topic and/or you are looking for a particular level of responsiveness, you can let listeners know what you want back before you share -- or you can ask them for a particular kind of response right after you share. The more you can do this, the more it can create supportive relationships in your life. Read on for ways to ask for a particular kind of responsiveness to meet particular needs.

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Catch Unhealthy Relationship Dynamics Early

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé

Advanced Skill Level • Article • Read time: 4-6 minutes

Advanced Skill Level
Article
Read time: 4-6 minutes

Little negative impacts can become big when left unattended. Watch for things like using a sharp tone, choosing not to share something, going along with something when you don’t really want to, trying to convince your partner, impulsively turning away, shrinking, losing access to parts of yourself, hiding, daydreaming about a different life, and judgmental thoughts. Instead, shift the dynamic: take responsibility, provide empathy, and commit to change.

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The Blame-Free State (Complete Course)

with Francois Beausoleil

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 6 - 8 hours

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
6 - 8 hours

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.

The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.

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Responding to Unwanted Feedback from Peers

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé

Intermediate Skill Level • Article • Read time: 6-9 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
Read time: 6-9 minutes

When someone offers continual unsoliticed feedback or advice, setting a boundary may not be easy if you care about how they might hear you. And if you don't set a boundary, you may eventually become resentful and say something you regret. Instead, here are six ways to respond, with varying degrees of effectiveness.

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Getting Past Childhood Trauma To Transform Your Chronic Jackal Messages (Complete Course)

with Susan Skye

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 7 - 9 hours

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
7 - 9 hours

Join Susan Skye as she guides you to experience profound transformation of the inner jackal messages resulting from childhood trauma. Discover how the limbic system of the brain works, and transform jackal messages stored there with compassionate connection.

The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.

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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

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.

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