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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.

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.

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!

NVC Dialogue Lab (Complete Course)

NVC Dialogue Lab (Complete Course)

NVC Dialogue Lab (Complete Course)

with Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 06:28 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
06:28 hours:minutes

If role play, hearing conversations modeled and dialogue practice is how you learn, this is the telecourse recording for you! Learn the art of entering, staying in and bowing out of the conversational dance using real-life situations.

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.

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...

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...

Dialogue with Extended Family

Dialogue with Extended Family

Dialogue with Extended Family

with Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 01:14 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
01:14 hours:minutes

Many families are far more complex and varied than they used to be. In this recording, Miki works with participants, focusing on specific challenges they’re facing with family members. Listen In.

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...

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...

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.

Compassionate Communication and Empathy’s Awakening

Compassionate Communication and Empathy’s Awakening

Compassionate Communication and Empathy’s Awakening

with John Cunningham

Beginner Skill Level • Article • 11 pages

Beginner Skill Level
Article
11 pages

John Cunningham provides support to deepen your understanding and practice of NVC, including a sketch of the participatory and onlooker modes of consciousness, lists of feelings, needs and sample dialogues.

Power Relations and Connection Across Differences in US Society: An NVC Perspective (Complete Course)

Power Relations and Connection Across Differences in US Society: An NVC Perspective (Complete Course)

Power Relations and Connection Across Differences in US Society: An NVC Perspective (Complete Course)

with Inbal Kashtan and Roxy Manning

Advanced Skill Level • Audio • 03:17 hours:minutes

Advanced Skill Level
Audio
03:17 hours:minutes

Join CNVC Certified Trainers Inbal Kashtan and Roxy Manning, for a passionate and intimate exploration of how NVC can support personal and social transformation in the area of power relations and social divisions. The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.

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...

Peace Starts At Home (Complete Course)

Peace Starts At Home (Complete Course)

Peace Starts At Home (Complete Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 06:13 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
06:13 hours:minutes

Through your dialogues at home, where the stakes are often very high, you can increase your ability to meet the challenges of life everywhere with empathy, goodwill and authenticity. Please listen to this inspiring recorded telecourse with Miki Kashtan and learn how!

Connection Requests: Motivations and Examples Article

Connection Requests: Motivations and Examples Article

Connection Requests: Motivations and Examples Article

with Inbal Kashtan and Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Article • 5 pages

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
5 pages

Connection requests focus on the quality of connection between people instead of on any particular strategy or solution.

Expressing Anger Peacefully

Expressing Anger Peacefully

Expressing Anger Peacefully

with Raj Gill

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 01:16 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
01:16 hours:minutes

In this prerecorded telecourse, Raj Gil uses an interactive dialogue and proven exercises to help you develop a profoundly healthy response to anger, right in the moment.

Is NVC Always, in the End, “Just One-on-One”?

Is NVC Always, in the End, “Just One-on-One”?

Is NVC Always, in the End, “Just One-on-One”?

with Miki Kashtan

Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 3 pages

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
3 pages

Ask the Trainer: "Can you share stories of transforming group conflict, or is NVC strictly intended for 'one-on-one' work?"

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."

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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