NVC Resources on Relationships

When Someone's Anger Stimulates Fear for My Physical Safety

Audio • 7 minutes •

Audio
7 minutes

CNVC Certified Trainer Arnina Kashtan tells us to look to our inner dialogue and the other's needs when we're feeling fear of physical violence that's been stimlated by someone's anger.

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Expressing Vulnerable Honesty While Fearful

with Arnina Kashtan

Audio • 30 minutes •

Audio
30 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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Being Me and Loving You (4 Session Course)

with Kelly Bryson

Audio • 6 - 8 hours •

Audio
6 - 8 hours

It is time to create true transparency, empathy and trust in your intimate relationships! In this inspiring telecourse recording, Kelly Bryson combines humor, music, group readings and experiential exercises to help you realize the fulfilling and intimate relationships you long for.

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What Are Enemy Images?

with Liv Larsson

Audio • 5 minutes •

Audio
5 minutes

In this compelling interview with Liv Larsson, CNVC Certified Trainer from Sweden, the NVC concept of enemy images — how they develop, what they represent and how they affect our relationships with others and self — is explored.

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Key Facts About Nonviolent Communication (NVC)

with Puddledancer Press

Article • 7 pages •

Article
7 pages

Learn how Nonviolent Communication (NVC) can improve the quality of your personal and professional relationships, one interaction at a time.

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7 Transformative Conversations

with Mukti Jarvis

Video • 18 minutes •

Video
18 minutes

What is essential to make a relationship thrive? Listen to CNVC Certified Trainer Linda Mia Mukte (formerly Rysenbry) share seven types of conversations vital to healthy, flourishing intimate relationships.

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Lasting Love – The Magic and Mechanics (5 Session Course)

with Mukti Jarvis

Audio • 3 hours, 49 minutes •

Audio
3 hours, 49 minutes

Join Linda Mia Mukte (formerly Rysenbry), CNVC Certified Trainer, for this uniquely powerful telecourse recording that blends NVC with Dr. Sue Johnson’s empirically validated work on adult love relationships called EFCT: Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.

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Staying Connected with Yourself While with Family

with Rita Herzog

Audio • 1 hour, 17 minutes •

Audio
1 hour, 17 minutes

This audio training with expert trainer Rita Herzog explores the NVC alternative to family relationships: stay grounded in your own needs and values so you are able to reach out with empathy to family members.

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NVC Life Hacks 1 : Partnership

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 3 minutes •

Video
3 minutes

This is the first in a series of tips on applying NVC to daily life. In this episode, Shantigarbha offers five tips for improving communication in relationships.

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The Difference Between Needs and Requests

with Mary Mackenzie

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •

Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes

Trainer Tip: Knowing the difference between what we need and what we want someone else to do about that need can have a profound impact on our relationships and our happiness.

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Self-Empathy for Self-Evolution (6 Session Course)

with Kelly Bryson

Audio • 7-10 hours •

Audio
7-10 hours

Join Kelly Bryson and go Psychologically and Spiritually Spelunking into your own Caverns of Consciousness, using the inner mining tools of NVC Self-Empathy, Progoff Journaling processes, Focusing, and individual work. Get self-empathy tools that will help you rejuvenate yourself and your relationships.

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Increasing Your Capacity to Feel

with Eric Bowers

Article • 4 - 6 minutes •

Article
4 - 6 minutes

What's really going on underneath the surface when we bring or encounter blame, judgements, pain -- and thereby the inability to empathize, 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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NVC Life Hacks 17: How to say I love you

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 5 minutes •

Video
5 minutes

Falling in love is quite an experience, especially when it comes to that moment of saying 'I love you'. So what happens once you're in a relationship but still need to express the way you feel? Sometimes people feel like just saying 'I love you' is too impersonal or unspecific. So in this Life Hack, we give you some tips on how Nonviolent Communication can help set the mood with your loved ones.

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Developing Compassion for Humans, Animals and All Life (4 Session Course)

with LoraKim Joyner, DVM

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

Audio
5 - 7 hours

Join LoraKim Joyner to investigate how merging science, the social and emotional intelligence of humans, animals and other species and Nonviolent Communication can bring a greater sense of belonging and wholeness to your life, and care and justice to the lives of others.

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The Shadow Side of Autonomy

with Rachelle Lamb

Article • 8 - 12 minutes •

Article
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...

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The Vortex of Submission (9 Session Course)

with Jim & Jori Manske

Audio • 9 hours, 55 minutes •

Audio
9 hours, 55 minutes

Join CNVC Certified Trainers Jori and Jim Manske in an exploration of how gratitude can enable you to remain more present moment to moment, thus enabling you to flourish in your life!

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Don't Be Nice, Be Real! (4 Session Course)

with Kelly Bryson

Audio • 4 - 5 hours •

Audio
4 - 5 hours

In this dynamic 4 session telecourse recording, Kelly Bryson provides practical skills to balance passion for self with compassion for others. You will learn to apply Nonviolent Communication to stop yourself from being intimidated, giving in or giving up, abandoning your own needs or resenting others.

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The Value of Transparency

with Kelly Bryson

Audio • 5 minutes •

Audio
5 minutes

In this inspiring audio, Kelly discusses the true value of transparency and "truth." He defines truth as the whole truth, including our inner experience; this could also be called self transparency.

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Interdependence vs. Dependence/Independence

with Mary Mackenzie

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •

Trainer Tip
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...

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Peace Starts At Home (6 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 6 hours, 13 minutes •

Audio
6 hours, 13 minutes

Through your dialogues at home, where the stakes are often very high, you can increase your ability to meet the challenges of life everywhere with empathy, goodwill and authenticity. Please listen to this inspiring recorded telecourse with Miki Kashtan and learn how!

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NVC Resources on Relationships