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Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution

Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution

Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution

with Miki Kashtan
Intermediate Skill Level • Article • 9 pages
Intermediate Skill Level
Article
9 pages
Miki explains how teachers and administrators can become more effective in relating to themselves, other faculty and staff, and they can contribute more to students' ability to feel connected and energized. Nonviolent Communication provides specific tools to empower ourselves and others to live more in line with our values and deeper needs.
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Dialogue with Anyone About Anything (complete course)

Dialogue with Anyone About Anything (complete course)

Dialogue with Anyone About Anything (complete course)

with Miki Kashtan
Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 4 hours
Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
4 hours
A chosen, interdependent world… In most cases, that's sure not the world we live in today, is it. But it could be the world we live in tomorrow. And you can choose to be part of bringing that better world to life – to be part of a gradual, joyful transformation – simply by using the dynamic, living power of Dialogue. The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.
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Dialogue with the World at Large (Part 2)

Dialogue with the World at Large (Part 2)

Dialogue with the World at Large (Part 2)

with Miki Kashtan
Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 01:10 hours:minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
01:10 hours:minutes
Welcome to our first "Staff Pick of the Month," a new feature in the Multimedia Library, bringing fully edited sessions from our currrent live telecourses to you. Our November pick comes from Miki Kashtan. Listen as Miki works with participants in an intensive dialogue about deeply polarized political views, a land ownership dispute and an organizational conflict within a co-op. Enjoy!
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Preparing for Difficult Dialogue

Preparing for Difficult Dialogue

Preparing for Difficult Dialogue

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
Beginner Skill Level • Article • Read time: 3-5 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Article
Read time: 3-5 minutes
Effective and connected dialogue requires significant self-awareness, mindfulness, and skill. You can focus on any of these six areas that most often escape your awareness: anchoring and staying grounded; boundaries; thoughts and beliefs; stuckness or attachment; feelings and needs; and requests. Read on for a list of questions to help you focus on how to do that.
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Dialogues with Our Shame

Dialogues with Our Shame

Dialogues with Our Shame

with Giorgos Tsitsirigkos
Beginner Skill Level • Video • 45 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Video
45 minutes
During this session, Giorgos will walk you through a series of short, meditative practices and exercises designed to help you practice noticing, experiencing, and bringing shame to light — transforming it from a burden to a playful fellow as well as a portal to self-knowledge and internal freedom. You'll discover how the deep power of human connectedness can dilute the fogginess of sensitive...
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Tips for the Road Series: Tip 7. Talk about Conflict When You’re Not in Conflict

Tips for the Road Series: Tip 7. Talk about Conflict When You’re Not in Conflict

Tips for the Road Series: Tip 7. Talk about Conflict When You’re Not in Conflict

with Eric Bowers
Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 4 pages
Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
4 pages
Conflict is a normal and natural part of life. To varying degrees, it happens whenever two or more people consistently spend time together. Resolving conflict effectively and peacefully, in a way in which all parties feel respected and valued, does not feel natural for those of us who grew up with punitive, adversarial, or avoidant approaches to conflict. Eric offers some tips for approaching...
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Transformative Dialogue

Transformative Dialogue

Transformative Dialogue

with Oren Jay Sofer
Intermediate Skill Level • Article • N/A
Intermediate Skill Level
Article
N/A
The less blame and criticism, the easier it is for others to hear us. From this perspective, it’s in our best interest to come from curiosity and care. This way differences can bring us together and help us know one another. The more mutual understanding, the easier it is to work together and find creative solutions. Read on for more on this, with a story about how a black man inspired 200...
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Not Trusting the “Yes”

Not Trusting the “Yes”

Not Trusting the “Yes”

with Miki Kashtan
Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 00:24 hours:minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
00:24 hours:minutes
In this audio recording, Miki demonstrates how to stay in a dialogue when you don't trust someone's "yes," how to equalize power between people and how to allow space for others to say "no" to our requests. In this 2-part audio series, Miki demonstrates how to stay in a dialogue when you don’t trust someone’s “yes,” how to equalize power between people and how to allow space for others to say...
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Can the Social Order Be Transformed through Personal Practice? - Part 2

Can the Social Order Be Transformed through Personal Practice? - Part 2

Can the Social Order Be Transformed through Personal Practice? - Part 2

with Miki Kashtan
All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 18 - 27 minutes
All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 18 - 27 minutes
We can't alone (nor with lone communities) transform the hidden structures of violence and domination. Dialogue alone isn't disruptive enough. We can easily be in dialogue with Trump supporters while the planet burns up, millions are still hungry, and we go extinct. NVC seriously risks reinforcing vast inequities and abuses if we're not radically engaging systemic constraints, and impacts of our...
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Working with a Difficult Counseling Situation

Working with a Difficult Counseling Situation

Working with a Difficult Counseling Situation

with Robert Gonzales
Intermediate Skill Level • Video • 00:30 hours:minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Video
00:30 hours:minutes
Clinical psychologist, Robert Gonzales, Ph.D., uses an open dialogue with a practitioner to explore effective, compassionate methods to handle a volatile counseling situation. This resource has been newly remastered to a larger, higher quality video.
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Addictions

Addictions

Addictions

with Mary Mackenzie and Susan Skye
Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 00:38 hours/minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
00:38 hours/minutes
In this compelling dialogue, veteran CNVC Certified Trainers, Susan Skye and Mary Mackenzie, discuss the intrinsic needs present in addictive behaviors, and how Nonviolent Communication aligns with the 12-step programs’ process for treating addiction.
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How to Interrupt

How to Interrupt

How to Interrupt

with Jeff Brown
Intermediate Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 3 pages
Intermediate Skill Level
Trainer Tip
3 pages
Ask the Trainer: "I feel a lot of fear or nervousness about approaching a neighbor who uses 'wastebasket talk.' Once she's engaged, there are only two techniques that interrupt the flow: leaving or interrupting."
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Tips for the Road Series: Tip 24. Shine a Light on Your Shadow: Projection Detection and Reclaiming Disowned Parts

Tips for the Road Series: Tip 24. Shine a Light on Your Shadow: Projection Detection and Reclaiming Disowned Parts

Tips for the Road Series: Tip 24. Shine a Light on Your Shadow: Projection Detection and Reclaiming Disowned Parts

with Eric Bowers
Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 1 page
Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1 page
How do you know when you’re projecting disowned parts or replaying old relationship dynamics? It’s hard to know for sure, but if you find yourself upset or shutting down and unable to have a dialogue in which you can speak clearly about your feelings and needs and empathize with the other’s feelings and needs, there is likely a projection. The stronger your reaction, the more likely you are...
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Authenticity

Authenticity

Authenticity

with Mary Mackenzie
Introductory Skill Level • Trainer Tip • Read time: 1-2 minutes
Introductory Skill Level
Trainer Tip
Read time: 1-2 minutes
Trainer Tip: When we are authentic about who we are, and our preferences, we give everyone and ourselves a better opportunity to open up dialogue about how to meet our collective needs better. We simply express our truth, and in that way we value our own needs as much as those of others.
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