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Neural Pathways to Happiness (Complete Course)

Neural Pathways to Happiness (Complete Course)

Neural Pathways to Happiness (Complete Course)

with Anne Walton

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 5 - 6 hours

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
5 - 6 hours

Want to learn how to live your life more fully than you ever dreamed? In this course you’ll learn how you can shake off old behaviors that no longer serve you, get inspired to embrace a daily happiness practice, and begin experiencing a brand new sense of personal joy and inner peace. The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.

The Art and Science of Happiness (Complete Course)

The Art and Science of Happiness (Complete Course)

The Art and Science of Happiness (Complete Course)

with Jim & Jori Manske

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 4 - 6 hours

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
4 - 6 hours

What is it that enables us to thrive? How can we influence our capacity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life? Join Jim and Jori Manske in this exciting telecourse recording on the intersection of NVC and cutting-edge Positive Psychology, the science of human thriving. The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.

Using NVC When the Going Gets Rough: If Mom/Dad Ain't Happy, Nobody Is!

Using NVC When the Going Gets Rough: If Mom/Dad Ain't Happy, Nobody Is!

Using NVC When the Going Gets Rough: If Mom/Dad Ain't Happy, Nobody Is!

with Stephanie Bachmann Mattei

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 00:50 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
00:50 hours:minutes

Parenting can bring out the worst in us. Let's learn to meet the challenges of parenting with awareness, self-compassion and a spirit of inquiry, and explore a few practices to regain self-regulation, choice and freedom, staying anchored in the realization that as human beings we do have the capacity to respond with discernment rather than habitual reactivity.

The Three Stages of Emotional Liberation

The Three Stages of Emotional Liberation

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 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.

Moralistic Judgments

Moralistic Judgments

Moralistic Judgments

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 express moralistic judgments we are implying that other people are wrong or bad because they don’t act in ways that are in harmony with our values. Judging the situation or people can create distance and hurt. Instead, we can express our needs and how we're affected, bringing greater connection and healing. Today, notice how often you judge, and how you feel when you judge.

Enjoyment Redefined

Enjoyment Redefined

Enjoyment Redefined

with Mary Mackenzie

Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 1 page

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1 page

Trainer Tip: Mary reflects on the nature of happiness and its relationship to presence.

Tips for the Road Series: Tip 11. Catching Hearts

Tips for the Road Series: Tip 11. Catching Hearts

Tips for the Road Series: Tip 11. Catching Hearts

with Eric Bowers

Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 1 page

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1 page

When we take a leap in life and put our hearts out into the world in new or bigger ways—sharing a song, dance, or poem, writing a book, competing at a sporting event, giving a speech, and so on—there is greater potential for aliveness but also for shame and pain

The Shadow Side of Autonomy

The Shadow Side of Autonomy

The Shadow Side of Autonomy

with Rachelle Lamb

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 8 - 12 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 8 - 12 minutes

Could our "need for autonomy" be getting in the way of "partnership consciousness" (as NVC is sometimes called). Could "autonomy" also block healthy relationships with not only ourselves and with others, but also with the planet? This article invites us to consider how "autonomy" may colour our NVC practice at the peril of our critical values. Values such as our care for impact, shared...

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements (Part 2 of 2)

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements (Part 2 of 2)

Acknowledging the Impact of Identity Within Social Change Movements (Part 2 of 2)

with Mary Mackenzie and Roxy Manning

All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 22-35 mins

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 22-35 mins

In part two, of this two-part transcript, clinical psychologist and organizational consultant, Roxy Manning, Ph.D., offers a way we can help people from marginalized groups free more of their energy for greater joy, meaning and contribution to our groups, social change movements, and organizations. Roxy and Mary Mackenzie also show that while there's often that risk of inadvertently creating...

How to Survive the Holidays: 6 Communication Tips

How to Survive the Holidays: 6 Communication Tips

How to Survive the Holidays: 6 Communication Tips

with Oren Jay Sofer

Intermediate Skill Level • Article • Read Time: 6 - 10 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
Read Time: 6 - 10 minutes

For many, spending time with relatives over the holidays may be challenging. In addition to the love and care we may feel, family gatherings can bring up old hurts or expose painful differences. How many family meals have been marred by tense silence or devolved into harsh argument?

Stimulus vs. Cause

Stimulus vs. Cause

Stimulus vs. Cause

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: Notice how the exact same actions can stimulate different feelings depending on if your needs are met or unmet. So while what people say or do is the stimulus, the actual cause of our feelings comes from our met or unmet needs. Read on for more on this.

Self-Righteous Anger

Self-Righteous Anger

Self-Righteous Anger

with Mary Mackenzie

Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 1 page

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1 page

Trainer Tip: Have you ever noticed that some of your behaviors ensure that your needs for peace and relief won’t be met? Take judgments for instance. The more we have, the less peaceful and happy we feel.

Embracing Your Wounded Child

Embracing Your Wounded Child

Embracing Your Wounded Child

with Martha Lasley

Intermediate Skill Level • Video • 00:45 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Video
00:45 hours:minutes

It's never too late to have a happy childhood. In this class, Martha will share the process for witnessing a wounded child. She will work with a volunteer to demonstrate the power of creating safety, listening empathically, and honoring the child's deepest needs.

Noticing What Is Important

Noticing What Is Important

Noticing What Is Important

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: Where do you focus most of your life? Are there areas that you could reassess? Are you happy? Engage a new paradigm shift in your life.

A List of Feelings We All Have (Emotions and Sensations)

A List of Feelings We All Have (Emotions and Sensations)

A List of Feelings We All Have (Emotions and Sensations)

with NVC Academy

Introductory Skill Level • Learning Tool • N/A

Introductory Skill Level
Learning Tool
N/A

The following list of words are used to express a combination of emotional states and physical sensations. This list is neither exhaustive nor definitive. It is meant as a starting place to help you develop your emotional vocabulary and further support your communication with others.

Healing and Reconciliation (Complete Course)

Healing and Reconciliation (Complete Course)

Healing and Reconciliation (Complete Course)

with Ike Lasater and John Kinyon

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 7 - 9 hours

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
7 - 9 hours

Old emotional hurts and pains can easily erupt when you’re in the throes of conflict – even if you’re the mediator. Wouldn’t it be lovely if you could avoid all of that, and instead create more peace and happiness for yourself, your family, your co-workers and your community? The introductory session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy:

NVC as Spiritual Practice: Transcendence, Transformation & Self (Complete Course)

NVC as Spiritual Practice: Transcendence, Transformation & Self (Complete Course)

NVC as Spiritual Practice: Transcendence, Transformation & Self (Complete Course)

with John Kinyon and Newt Bailey

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 6 - 8 hours

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
6 - 8 hours

This 4 session telecourse recording offers practices while exploring the relationship between the core elements of NVC and universal spiritual principles. The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.

NVC “Reality TV” (Complete Course)

NVC “Reality TV” (Complete Course)

NVC “Reality TV” (Complete Course)

with Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 03:44 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
03:44 hours:minutes

If role-play, hearing conversations modeled, and dialogue practice is how you learn, this 4-part telecourse recording is for you! Learn the art of entering into, staying in, and bowing out of “the dance” of communication, playing with your real-life situations using Observations, Feelings, Needs, and Requests as the foundation.

Interdependence vs. Dependence/Independence

Interdependence vs. Dependence/Independence

Interdependence vs. Dependence/Independence

with Mary Mackenzie

Intermediate Skill Level • Trainer Tip • Read time: 1-2 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Trainer Tip
Read time: 1-2 minutes

Trainer tip: NVC consciousness recognizes interdependence. In this process each person is autonomous; everyone's needs matter; people have choice and responsibility for their actions; there's abundance, and a valuing of coming together. The dependence / independence paradigm assumes we either need someone else to be whole -- or we don’t need others at all. Commit to living autonomously. Notice...

Compassion: Mature, Astute & Courageous

Compassion: Mature, Astute & Courageous

Compassion: Mature, Astute & Courageous

with Rachelle Lamb

Beginner Skill Level • Article • Read time: 10 - 15 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Article
Read time: 10 - 15 minutes

Getting "feel good" empathy can become an addiction. Even to the point of seeing people who don't offer empathy as "not being NVC". Rachelle urges us to notice how this view of NVC can be seductive, and even dangerous. In this article, she explains how we can expand our compassionate awareness when we go beyond equating NVC with harmony and empathy. She asks us to become more open to noticing...

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