NVC Resources on Enemy Images

Winning the Blame Game

Audio • 47 minutes •

Audio
47 minutes

Jim and Jori Manske offer insight into blame, how it arises and how do we handle being blamed and our own blame of others.

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Connection Time

with Rodger Sorrow

Audio • 22 minutes •

Audio
22 minutes

Rodger Sorrow introduces us to "Connection Time," a practice for you and a significant other to deepen, broaden and mend your relationship with each other.

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Responding to the Call of Our Times - Mentoring, Teaching and Coaching with Miki Kashtan

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 1 hour, 11 minutes •

Audio
1 hour, 11 minutes

Listen as Miki works with participants. Topics: how small requests serve interdependence; NVC process vs purpose; how to respond when empathy is used to create distance; coping with verbal aggression, and more!

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Consciousness, NVC, and Navigating Inner and Outer Conflicts

with John Kinyon

Audio • 35 minutes •

Audio
35 minutes

Listen to John talk about the inner and outer mediation process, the importance of the "3rd chair," and an experience of working with Pakistani elders.

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Nonviolence in the Face of Hatred

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 14 - 21 minutes •

Article
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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The Inside Job of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

Audio
5 - 7 hours

Although we are evolutionarily designed for collaborating with others when attending to our basic needs, the weight of the systems and cultural messages we have inherited interfere. Many of us are doubtful that collaboration is possible or effective, and most of us lack both the faith and the skills to live collaboratively, regardless of cultural imperatives. Miki helps us navigate this terrain.

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Anatomy of a Trigger: Change Your Focus and Improve the Outcome

with Mary Mackenzie

Article • 7-10 minutes •

Article
7-10 minutes

When you or anyone is upset, what could underneath the trigger? There may be more than is immediately visible. This article invites us to explore what it looks like to inquire deeper, take self-responsibility, examine our assumptions, attachments, interpretations, and "certainties" that could be hidden behind the needs that are aching to be attended to...

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Free Your Heart From the "Difficult" Person

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé

Article • 6-9 minutes •

Article
6-9 minutes

Reacting is deciding what to do based on what someone else does. Responding is deciding what to do based on your own needs and values. When someone isn't responding the way you want, and you want to respond in a way that embodies your values, with warmth and patience, examine your reactions. Ask yourself how you can access compassion and action that contributes to the well-being of all.

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Responding to Breakdown of Trust in Police: Capitalism, Racism, and Creative Compassion

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 39 - 60 minutes •

Article
39 - 60 minutes

If we're to have a better future, our biggest task will be to reexamine what the police are, their place in the system, and more. Police violence exists by systemic design. The myths of where the problems and symptoms lie with the police, capitalism, laws, government, citizens, class and racism --plus the relationship between all these-- is what keeps oppression ongoing on a mass scale. For...

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How can Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Be Helpful in These Transformative Times?

with Roxy Manning

Article • 23 - 34 minutes •

Article
23 - 34 minutes

Amidst racial violence, there are things that NVC can offer. And there are places where NVC culture needs to be more vigilant. Here are examples of where, amidst incredible loss and pain, "allies" and communities commonly (and often unknowingly) create false equivalences, minimization and re-injure those who've been historically marginalized -- even when they offer empathy, or aim to stay...

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Creating and Sustaining Strong Teams (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

Audio
5 - 7 hours

In this course recording, you'll encounter new abilities and learn how to collaborate effectively from WITHIN a team. You'll be invited to build on interpersonal relationships, and branch out into the exciting challenges present when people work together toward a shared purpose.

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Taking on the World: How to Become a Change Agent (12 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 14 - 18 hours •

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!

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Feedback without Criticism (5 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 8 - 11 hours •

Audio
8 - 11 hours

This 5-session telecourse recording is designed to support you in learning what makes giving and receiving feedback challenging and how you can turn these experiences into opportunities for learning, connection, and effective functioning.

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Connecting When Worldviews Conflict (4 Session Course)

with John Kinyon and Matthew Rich

Audio • 6 hours •

Audio
6 hours

John Kinyon and Matthew Rich examine the ways in which people’s worldviews can be different and why this often creates conflict.

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All in: Committing to a Life of Nonviolence (7 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 6 - 8 hours •

Audio
6 - 8 hours

How can we live life fully connected to the core values of nonviolence, no matter the circumstances, internal or external? Join Miki Kashtan as she shares the 17 core commitments that have served as a compass for herself and hundreds of others around the world as well.

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Nonviolence In The Face of Rape or Assault

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 1 - 2 minutes •

Article
1 - 2 minutes

Here's a brief anecdote showing how one woman was able transform a situation, where a man was about to assault or rape her. She responded in a creative way that lead them both to see each others' humanity -- navigating them both to safety. As part of her ingenuity he ended up spending the night in her house, in another room.

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The Building Blocks of Interpersonal Collaboration (4 Session Course)

with System Administrator

Audio • 5 -7 hours •

Audio
5 -7 hours

Don’t know how to effectively work through differences with others in your organization? You are not alone… Like most of us, you simply lack the training and skills – and that’s what you’ll acquire listening to this course recording. Join Miki and learn specific tools and tips that work – for everyone!

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Supporting a Culture of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

Audio
5 - 7 hours

Transforming organizational culture requires attention and change at the systemic level. Learn which systems are crucial for any organization to establish and clarify whether that organization is collaborative or not, and then learn how to create and strengthen a collaborative organization.

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Connecting Across the COVID-19 Pandemic Vaccination Divide

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 1 hour, 25 minutes •

Audio
1 hour, 25 minutes

Miki leads course participants in an exploration of connecting and understanding those with seemingly polar opposite beliefs and perspectives about COVID-19 pandemic vaccination. Miki demonstrates that to live nonviolently, we must include those whom we so strongly disagree with.

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How to Interrupt

with Jeff Brown

Trainer Tip • 3 - 5 minutes •

Trainer Tip
3 - 5 minutes

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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