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NVC Resources on Healing


Reconciliation & Healing of Interpersonal Pain: Working with Marshall Rosenberg’s Four Part Process

Reconciliation & Healing of Interpersonal Pain: Working with Marshall Rosenberg’s Four Part Process

Reconciliation & Healing of Interpersonal Pain: Working with Marshall Rosenberg’s Four Part Process

with John Kinyon
Audio • 2 hours, 5 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Audio
2 hours, 5 minutes
Experience John Kinyon's application of NVC Founder Marshall Rosenberg's 4-part model of reconciliation and healing, a model he developed over the course of decades of work with people around the world who have experienced the deep pain of violence.
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Healing Old Pain

Healing Old Pain

Healing Old Pain

with Robert Gonzales
Video • 41 minutes
Advanced Skill Level
Video
41 minutes
Watch this heartwarming video as Robert Gonzales works with a volunteer to heal old pain over a situation with her grandmother. By playing the grandmother role, and using three different role play scenarios, Robert guides the woman through three stages of healing.
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Healing and Reconciliation (Complete Course)

Healing and Reconciliation (Complete Course)

Healing and Reconciliation (Complete Course)

with Ike Lasater and John Kinyon
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:
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Understanding and Healing from Bullying, Giving and Receiving

Understanding and Healing from Bullying, Giving and Receiving

Understanding and Healing from Bullying, Giving and Receiving

with Sarah Peyton
Article • Read Time: 6 - 9 minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Article
Read Time: 6 - 9 minutes
When bullying occurs, if we do our own healing, our brains can become more sharp and present and willing to take action to connect and to begin to shift and mitigate the harm that trauma does in our world. We can reduce trauma inflicted upon others when we recognize the patterns of abuse and bullying, hold zero tolerance for it, bring in support for both sides of the conflict, and take action to...
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Healing a Repetitive Reactive Dynamic

Healing a Repetitive Reactive Dynamic

Healing a Repetitive Reactive Dynamic

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
Article • Read time: 3-5 minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Article
Read time: 3-5 minutes
In healing reactivity try identifying your most common complaints, wishes, or requests. Or when you tend to defend, justify, get angry, or protect. Find the tender needs. You can recall when you experienced deep nourishment of that need. Several times a week nourish your tender needs. Be clear about the strategy to address needs by answering key questions. Read on for more.
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Self-Empathy: Healing from the Inside Out (Complete Course)

Self-Empathy: Healing from the Inside Out (Complete Course)

Self-Empathy: Healing from the Inside Out (Complete Course)

with Mary Mackenzie
Audio • 5 - 7 hours
All Skill Levels
Audio
5 - 7 hours
Ever wish you knew how you might experience more choice when you've been triggered, instead of being trapped in old habits and unmet needs? Wish you could REALLY heal old internal messages that tell you you're not good enough… not loveable… or not deserving? Join veteran CNVC Certified Trainer, Mary Mackenzie, for this 6-session course designed to deepen your ability to connect with self and...
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Tips for the Road Series: Tip 13. The Eight Most Powerful Things You Can Do to Build an Inspiring Relationship

Tips for the Road Series: Tip 13. The Eight Most Powerful Things You Can Do to Build an Inspiring Relationship

Tips for the Road Series: Tip 13. The Eight Most Powerful Things You Can Do to Build an Inspiring Relationship

with Eric Bowers
Trainer Tip • 4 - 6 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
4 - 6 minutes
What are the most powerful things I can do to build an inspired relationship? I answered the question with romantic relationships in mind; however, I believe the answer below applies to all important relationships.
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An Introduction to Self-Compassion (Complete Course)

An Introduction to Self-Compassion (Complete Course)

An Introduction to Self-Compassion (Complete Course)

with Robert Gonzales
Audio • 11 hours, 12 minutes
Beginner Skill Level
Audio
11 hours, 12 minutes
In this 10 session telecourse recording, world renowned CNVC Certified Trainer Robert Gonzales will help you discover a new level of self-acceptance that can lead to profound emotional healing and a deeper spiritual presence. The first session of this course is available for all to listen to and enjoy.
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Nonviolence in the Face of Hatred

Nonviolence in the Face of Hatred

Nonviolence in the Face of Hatred

with Miki Kashtan
Article • Read time: 14 - 21 minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Article
Read time: 14 - 21 minutes
When Anita's sister reveals that the Ku Klux Klan broke into her home and dragged her out into a field towards a burning cross, Anita's commitment to nonviolence is challenged. Here, Miki highlights practices and lessons from her story of inner struggle -- including an insight about how, even in extreme polarization, our freedom and healing is wrapped up in others' freedom and healing.
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NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

with Dian Killian
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...
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Living the Fullness of Life (Complete Course)

Living the Fullness of Life (Complete Course)

Living the Fullness of Life (Complete Course)

with Robert Gonzales
Video • 14-18 hours
Intermediate Skill Level
Video
14-18 hours
How do we live each and every day from the “living energy of needs” – with the unimpeded fullness of life’s energies flowing through us, regardless of the conflicts or life circumstances we may be experiencing? Through developing deep self-compassion. How can we experience our inner world from a place of utter and total compassion? When we practice compassionate self-care, we create an inner...
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Simple Interventions for Chronic Reactivity

Simple Interventions for Chronic Reactivity

Simple Interventions for Chronic Reactivity

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
Article • Read time: 6-9 minutes
Intermediate Skill Level
Article
Read time: 6-9 minutes
For each reactive pattern there is a perceived threat to a tender need. Knowing these tender needs helps us figure out how to interrupt these patterns and creating new ways of perceiving and relating to life. In addition to knowing the need, knowing the healing response and the primary reactive behavior helps with transformation.
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Trauma and Sanctuary

Trauma and Sanctuary

Trauma and Sanctuary

with Bob Wentworth
Article • Read time: 3 - 5 minutes
All Skill Levels
Article
Read time: 3 - 5 minutes
One clue we have trauma is when we respond in a way we don't want (eg. being reactive, self sabotaging, etc). Even when we have high level NVC skills our trauma-related mechanisms can activate, and we can lose access to well honed NVC skills. Read on for approaches that involve healing trauma, and approaches that involve managing the effects of trauma and preventing additional trauma.
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