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Attachment and Connection as a Foundation for Parenting--and Life!

Audio • 40 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
40 minutes

Ingrid shares about the three primary keys of parenting & NVC, two child rearing models, developmental needs for children and how to foster secure attachment.

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Increasing Your Capacity to Feel

with Eric Bowers

Article • Read time: 4 - 6 minutes

Introductory Skill Level
Article
Read time: 4 - 6 minutes

What's really going on underneath the surface when we bring or encounter blame, judgements, pain -- and thereby the inability to empathise, be present, attuned, or responsive? Why does this happen even if one or more people in a relationship dynamic is working hard at bringing in an NVC response? This article addresses these and more questions from the perspective of how our brains are affected...

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Mediating Conflict with Kids

with Stephanie Bachmann Mattei

Audio • 48 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
48 minutes

In this stimulating audio recording, Stephanie Mattei covers several "hot" parenting topics such as: boundary issues, strategy resilience, how to shift your right/wrong mentality and understanding the concept of fairness. While unraveling these topics, Stephanie intersperses some practical neuroscience around brain regulation and brain-wise conflict prevention.

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An Invitation to Resonance: The Practice of Nonviolent Communication

with Sarah Peyton

Article • Read Time: 10 - 15 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
Read Time: 10 - 15 minutes

Sometimes there are moments when empathy has no effect at all on one another. Why? One reason could be that our brains might be less receptive because of unseen forces that affect our nervous system and relationship with others.

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What Makes NVC Hard?

with Sarah Peyton

Article • 3 - 5 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
3 - 5 minutes

Sometimes there are moments when empathy has no effect at all on one another. Why? One reason could be that our brains maybe less receptive because of unseen forces that affect our nervous system and relationship to others...

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Using Therapeutic Communication to Connect with Patients

with Melanie Sears

Article • 5 pages

Advanced Skill Level
Article
5 pages

"I was taught in Nursing School that when someone expressed a feeling to reflect it back. I tried this technique in the room of a patient who had just received a diagnosis of cancer."

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Communicating with Children

with Mary Mackenzie

Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes

Trainer tip: Empathy can offer profound learning opportunities to children, expand their feelings and needs vocabulary, and teach them the positive results of valuing everyone’s needs. Read on for a story that illustrates this.

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Where Do Jackal Voices Come From?

with Stephanie Bachmann Mattei

Article • 4 pages

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
4 pages

CNVC Certified Trainer Stephanie Bachmann Mattei explores the biological basis of our inner jackal voices.

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Bringing Peace to Kids in Conflict (Complete Course)

with John Kinyon and Stephanie Bachmann Mattei

Audio • 9 -12 hours

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
9 -12 hours

This 6-session telecourse recording focuses on supporting people who work with children (e.g. parents, teachers, ministers, etc.) in applying the skills of NVC mediation in conflict situations that involve children. The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.

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Conflict Improv: “I’m Bored”

with Christine King and Kelly Bryson

Video • 11 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Video
11 minutes

In this amusing and inspiring video, CNVC Certified Trainers Kelly Bryson and Christine King engage in a role play about a parent talking to a seven year old daughter who is feeling bored.

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Why Don’t They Get It?

with Roxy Manning

Article • Read time: 5 - 8 minutes

All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 5 - 8 minutes

What can we do when someone tells us we're contributing to a pattern we're genuinely not seeing (nor experiencing)? What makes these patterns visible to some people but not others? This article addresses these things by talking about what to factor in when receiving feedback; handling feedback; responding relationally; paying attention to social location; considering impact; plus, broadening our...

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Taking on the World: How to Become a Change Agent (Complete Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 14 - 18 hours

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
14 - 18 hours

Are you eager to translate your vision of a world where everyone’s needs matter into a tangible reality? Do you long to discover your unique role in responding to the challenges of our times? If, so join Miki for 12 sessions that will propel you on your way! The first session of this course is free for all to enjoy. nvctraining.com

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Is Nonviolent Use of Force an Oxymoron?

with Miki Kashtan

Article • Read time: 37 - 56 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
Read time: 37 - 56 minutes

What do we actually mean by “use of force” and what counts as such? Here's a template that will be unpacked in this article: "Use of force is consistent with nonviolence to the extent that we use the least amount of force possible, with the most love possible, aiming at (re)creating conditions for dialogue; that we make the choice using as much nonreactive discernment as possible, with as much...

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Create Your Personal Learning Path

with NVC Academy

Learning Tool • 30 -60 minutes

All Skill Levels
Learning Tool
30 -60 minutes

As you browse through the NVC Multimedia Library or the Live NVC Courses, use this quick guide to assess your current skills and interests and set goals for yourself.

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Committing to Full Understanding

with Mary Mackenzie

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes

Trainer Tip: There's one sure way to find hidden assumptions, stop and check it out!

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Empathy Hurdles

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 2 pages

Intermediate Skill Level
Article
2 pages

Miki Kashtan poignantly shares about the challenges of empathizing with another when we really don't understand their actions.

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Demands vs Requests

with Mary Mackenzie

Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes

Trainer tip: Demands are more likely to limit the possibilities and create distance between people. The trick to asking something as a request is valuing everyone’s needs equally. When you value everyone’s needs equally, then you are more willing to come to solutions that satisfy everyone. It thus opens possibilities and helps build connection.

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The Sweetest Game in Town: Contributing Without Praise

with Inbal Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 2-3 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
2-3 minutes

Inbal answers a parent's question about praise and offers a perspective on how praise translates into the NVC framework.

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Expressing Anger Peacefully

with Raj Gill

Audio • 1 hour, 16 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
1 hour, 16 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.

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I'll Work on Me, You Work on You

with Jim Manske

Article • Read time: 5-8 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Article
Read time: 5-8 minutes

As a beginner in NVC, you might find your attempts to practice your NVC only increases conflict, disconnection and upset in your interactions with people. Or perhaps people start seeing you as inauthentic. From there, you may find yourself sinking deeper into self-judgement. In this article, Jim Manske shows us how to shift these potential unintended outcomes, into deeper NVC consciousness that...

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