NVC Academy
NVC Library

Search the Library

Search the Library

Search the Library
NVC Library search results for: protective, and use, and of, and force

Punishment, Needs and the Protective Use of Force

Punishment, Needs and the Protective Use of Force

Punishment, Needs and the Protective Use of Force

with Godfrey Spencer
Intermediate Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 00:08 hours:minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Trainer Tip
00:08 hours:minutes
Ask the Trainer: For many years I have been using crime and punishment (reward and consequences) to discipline because it was the only thing I knew. I knew deep in my heart it was alienating me...
Details...

Punitive Use of Force

Punitive Use of Force

Punitive Use of Force

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: What is motivating your (in)actions? Are you doing something in the name of supporting deeper heartfelt needs, free of judgement or blame? Or are you bringing in consequences based on viewing the other person as having "bad behaviour"?
Details...

No Need Left Behind: All Needs Matter in the Classroom - Including the Teachers!

No Need Left Behind: All Needs Matter in the Classroom - Including the Teachers!

No Need Left Behind: All Needs Matter in the Classroom - Including the Teachers!

with Lore Baur
Intermediate Skill Level • Audio • 00:37 hours:minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
00:37 hours:minutes
CNVC Certified Trainer Lore Baur shares how, as a teacher, the classroom is a laboratory for learning NVC and incorporating the NVC consciousness into the classroom. Topics discussed include empathy, permission to educate, protective use of force, corrective action, choice & options and re-do.
Details...

From Obedience and Shame to Freedom and Belonging: Transforming Patriarchal Paradigms of Child-Rearing in the Age of Global Warming

From Obedience and Shame to Freedom and Belonging: Transforming Patriarchal Paradigms of Child-Rearing in the Age of Global Warming

From Obedience and Shame to Freedom and Belonging: Transforming Patriarchal Paradigms of Child-Rearing in the Age of Global Warming

with Miki Kashtan
Intermediate Skill Level • Article • 33 pages
Intermediate Skill Level
Article
33 pages
What will it take to reclaim our fundamental relatedness with all things alive, surrender our attempts to control nature, and find a way of living that averts or mitigates the worst possible catastrophes awaiting us while it's still possible?
Details...

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.
Details...

Conflict Improv: Connecting with Kids

Conflict Improv: Connecting with Kids

Conflict Improv: Connecting with Kids

with Christine King, Jean Morrison and Kelly Bryson
Beginner Skill Level • Video • 00:09 hours:minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Video
00:09 hours:minutes
In this upbeat video, CNVC Certified Trainers Kelly Bryson, Christine King and Jean Morrison enact two role plays that involve a triggered adult interacting with a young student and a teacher who has just witnessed an unpleasant interaction between two students.
Details...

Key Assumptions and Intentions of NVC

Key Assumptions and Intentions of NVC

Key Assumptions and Intentions of NVC

with Inbal Kashtan and Miki Kashtan
Introductory Skill Level • Learning Tool • 3 pages
Introductory Skill Level
Learning Tool
3 pages
NVC practice is based on several key assumptions and intentions. When we live based on these assumptions and intentions, self-connection and connection with others become increasingly possible and easy, helping us contribute to a world where everyone’s needs are attended to peacefully.
Details...

Adding Active Bystander Skills to Your NVC Toolkit

Adding Active Bystander Skills to Your NVC Toolkit

Adding Active Bystander Skills to Your NVC Toolkit

with Lore Baur
Intermediate Skill Level • Video • 44 minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Video
44 minutes
CNVC Certified Trainer Lore Baur asks: "Have you ever seen something happen that made you feel uncomfortable and you didn't know what to do?" That's the "bystander effect:" a well-researched and commonly experienced phenomenon. Training can help you overcome it, enabling you to discern what to do and how to support others in ways that reduce trauma and increase safety.
Details...

Marshall Rosenberg's Vision of Social Change

Marshall Rosenberg's Vision of Social Change

Marshall Rosenberg's Vision of Social Change

with Rachelle Lamb
All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 12 - 18 minutes
All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 12 - 18 minutes
What could be, more often than not, overlooked when we think about or represent NVC or Marshall Rosenberg's work? This article busts some commonly held ideas and approaches to NVC. It challenges us to widen the lens of what it really means to be "life-serving", or speaking and hearing the "language of life". And it also speaks to how thinking can deepen feeling and relatedness...
Details...

What Could I Say or Do When Someone Does Not Talk?

What Could I Say or Do When Someone Does Not Talk?

What Could I Say or Do When Someone Does Not Talk?

with Jim & Jori Manske
Beginner Skill Level • Trainer Tip • 1 page
Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
1 page
Can you give me advice on what to do when people won't talk to me? I find it very difficult to discover what their needs are that aren't being met! Also, how can I be effective with people who don't actually want to think about why they're being the way they are?
Details...

Opening Hearts in Israel, Palestine, India and Sri Lanka

Opening Hearts in Israel, Palestine, India and Sri Lanka

Opening Hearts in Israel, Palestine, India and Sri Lanka

with Shantigarbha Warren
Beginner Skill Level • Article • 11 pages
Beginner Skill Level
Article
11 pages
CNVC Certified Trainer Shantigarbha Warren offers a report of his recent NVC training trip to Israel/Palestine, India and Sri Lanka and clarifies how NVC can support social change in three very different contexts. Included is an exercise, based on Gandhi’s teaching.
Details...

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.
Details...

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

with Dian Killian
All Skill Levels • Article • Read time: 9 - 14 minutes
All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 9 - 14 minutes
Some people in the NVC community consider the words "privilege" and "power" triggering and/or evaluative. From this perspective, how can the concepts of "privilege" and "power" be considered part of the NVC teaching? This writing piece examines the power and privilege debate. It also discusses what the author sees as Marshall Rosenberg and Gandhi's stance on the subject...
Details...

 
NVC Booksdance floors 300x30