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Meeting Our Need for Honesty

with Mary Mackenzie

Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 1 page

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1 page

Trainer Tip: Mary offers a perspective on how to know if our need for honesty is being met.

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Honesty as a Means to Connect

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: Notice an opportunity today to use honesty as a means to connect with someone else. Consider what type of honesty might stimulate pain in others.

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Two-Way Street Empathy and Honesty

with Liv Larsson

Intermediate Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 00:03 hours:minutes/seconds

Intermediate Skill Level
Trainer Tip
00:03 hours:minutes/seconds

Ask the Trainer: "I recently attended an NVC workshop where the focus was entirely upon empathy, and expressing honestly was not covered. Aren't empathy and honesty both vital NVC components?"

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Overcoming Unworthiness to Express Vulnerable Honesty

with Arnina Kashtan

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 00:09 hours/minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
00:09 hours/minutes

Does unworthiness keep you from expressing vulnerably and honestly? Afraid of being "found out?" Join CNVC Certified Trainer Arnina Kashtan as she explores this topic with a workshop participant to discern stories from needs, recognize the tension between self-acceptance and personal development and sit with the discomfort of self-acceptance.

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Expressing Vulnerable Honesty While Fearful

with Arnina Kashtan

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 00:30 hours/minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
00:30 hours/minutes

What do you do when you are thinking that it's not "emotionally safe" to speak honestly? Join CNVC Certified Trainer Arnina Kashtan as she explores this topic with a workshop participant.

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Transparency: What We Are Afraid to Say

with Kelly Bryson

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 00:29 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
00:29 hours:minutes

Kelly Bryson, CNVC Certified Trainer known for teaching people how to live authentically, focuses this audio on honesty: how to express what you're most afraid to say, when honesty is the best choice to support connection and how to employ "naked" honesty.

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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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Conflict Improv: She Talks Too Much!

with Christine King

Intermediate Skill Level • Video • 00:08 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Video
00:08 hours:minutes

In this edition of Conflict Improv, CNVC Certified Trainer Christine King navigates the challenging practice of expressing honesty when that expression might easily be heard as criticism.

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Differentiating Between Feelings And Faux Feelings

with NVC Academy

Introductory Skill Level • Learning Tool • N/A

Introductory Skill Level
Learning Tool
N/A

This chart is intended as an aid to translating words that are often confused with feelings. These words imply that someone is doing something to you and generally connote wrongness or blame. To use this list, when somebody says “I’m feeling rejected,” you might translate this as: “Are you feeling scared because you have a need for inclusion?”

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How I Changed My Relationship to Time

with Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Article • Read time: 8 - 12 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
Read time: 8 - 12 minutes

What would happen if you considered that time is a concept, and that it doesn't rule your life? What would it mean to make all choices based on needs and not on time? Do you obey the external rhythm of the clock over and above the internal rhythm of your life energy? This is an invitation into more responsibility, awareness, honesty, choice and freedom.

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Key Differentiations in Nonviolent Communication

with Sylvia Haskvitz

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 01:00 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
01:00 hours:minutes

Veteran CNVC Certified Trainer, Sylvia Haskvitz, reviews the key distinctions (sometimes referred to as the key differentiations) in Nonviolent Communication.

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Group Feedback

with Sylvia Haskvitz

Advanced Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 2 pages

Advanced Skill Level
Trainer Tip
2 pages

Ask the Trainer: "I'm part of a small, self-led NVC group that's been working together for almost two years. We are experiencing some growing pains in that we're still not certain how and under what circumstances to make requests, especially negative ones."

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Understanding I’m Not Responsible for Another's Feelings

with Jeff Brown

Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 2 pages

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
2 pages

Ask the Trainer: "I understand that I'm not responsible for someone else's feelings, but my girlfriend doesn't. Do you have ideas for how I could get her to understand this concept?"

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Facilitating Connection

with Jim & Jori Manske

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 00:59 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
00:59 hours:minutes

Expressing ourselves honestly is sometimes scary because we can't predict where the conversation will go after we've made ourselves vulnerable. This recording will demonstrate how the power of our honesty is enhanced by ending on a clear and present request.

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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.

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NVC Basics: A Foundational Course (Complete Course)

with Sylvia Haskvitz

Beginner Skill Level • Audio • 06:49 hours:minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
06:49 hours:minutes

Sylvia Haskvitz uses 20+ years of experience to introduce the core concepts of Nonviolent Communication, leaving you grounded in the basics and ready to make transformative improvements to the quality of your communication.

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Creating the Life You Want With Powerful Requests (Complete Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 05:11 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
05:11 hours:minutes

In this telecourse recording, expert trainer Miki Kashtan will help you uncover what prevents you from asking for everything you want without fear. The class includes daily practices for ongoing skill building.

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Integrating NVC (Complete Course)

with Kathleen Macferran

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 6.5 - 9 hours

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
6.5 - 9 hours

Does NVC seem like a good idea, but not practical? Do you feel frustrated when you find yourself in the same jackal scenario repeatedly? Let beloved trainer Kathleen Macferran guide you toward integrating NVC into all aspects of your life. The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.

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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.

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Learning the Practice of Being in Empathy (Complete Course)

with Mary Mackenzie and Raj Gill

Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 02:29 hours:minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
02:29 hours:minutes

Join CNVC Certified Trainers, Raj Gill and Mary Mackenzie as they explore the Nonviolent Communication process of Empathy. This audio will support people with a basic understanding of Nonviolent Communication who want to deepen their ability for empathic presence.

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