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Bridging the Gap: Practical Support for Parents of Grown Sons and Daughters (4 Session Course)

Bridging the Gap: Practical Support for Parents of Grown Sons and Daughters (4 Session Course)

Bridging the Gap: Practical Support for Parents of Grown Sons and Daughters (4 Session Course)

with Selene Aitken
Audio • 4 - 6 hours • 
Audio
4 - 6 hours
Learn tools to help you reconnect and repair your relationship with your adult children. Whether the issues are estrangement, lack of trust, conflict, dependence, miscommunication or any other challenge that impacts you with your grown sons and daughters, your heart will find comfort and ease through this course.
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Group Feedback

Group Feedback

Group Feedback

with Sylvia Haskvitz
Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes • 
Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes
Ask the Trainer: "I'm part of a small, self-led NVC group that's been working together for almost two years. We are experiencing some growing pains in that we're still not certain how and under what circumstances to make requests, especially negative ones."
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An Invitation to Resonance: The Practice of Nonviolent Communication

An Invitation to Resonance: The Practice of Nonviolent Communication

An Invitation to Resonance: The Practice of Nonviolent Communication

with Sarah Peyton
Article • 10 - 15 minutes • 
Article
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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Moving Towards Life-Serving Responsibility in NVC

Moving Towards Life-Serving Responsibility in NVC

Moving Towards Life-Serving Responsibility in NVC

with Bob Wentworth
Article • 11 - 26 minutes • 
Article
11 - 26 minutes
In the "obnoxious stage" we care for our needs in a way that doesn't respect others' needs. In the "emotional liberation" stage we fully care for others' needs as much as our own—while being free of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation. Often NVC training teaches us how to achieve the latter stage without the former. For greater compassion we can be more rigorous in how we talk about...
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Leadership within Your Workplace (4 Session Course)

Leadership within Your Workplace (4 Session Course)

Leadership within Your Workplace (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan
Audio • 4 - 6 hours • 
Audio
4 - 6 hours
Most of us believe we are powerless at work – even if we’re the one “in charge.” This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to consciously change this mindset, and have a positive impact on workplace culture and attitudes along the way. Most of us believe we are powerless at work – even if we’re the one “in charge.” This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to consciously...
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Miki Kashtan And Inbal Kashtan’s Additional NVC Key Differentiations

Miki Kashtan And Inbal Kashtan’s Additional NVC Key Differentiations

Miki Kashtan And Inbal Kashtan’s Additional NVC Key Differentiations

with Inbal Kashtan and Miki Kashtan
Article • 10 - 15 minutes • 
Article
10 - 15 minutes
Here are 14 more key differentiations that are not, at time of publishing this, on the CNVC key differentiations list. They can be used to support people who are on the path of learning and integrating NVC in making sense of their own understanding of their journey and where they are within it. And it can be used to support people who share NVC with others in offering brief information in...
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Calling Out / Calling In

Calling Out / Calling In

Calling Out / Calling In

with Roxy Manning
Article • 12 - 18 minutes • 
Article
12 - 18 minutes
When someone's in immense pain and uses words that are hard to hear, see if you can bring in as much attention and compassion as you would to someone who was cut with a sword. Focusing on what's important to them, and not so much on how it was said. This may support greater understanding and healing. Otherwise, we risk prioritizing needs, norms, and inequities of the dominant culture, over...
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The Powers No One Can Take Away From Us

The Powers No One Can Take Away From Us

The Powers No One Can Take Away From Us

with Miki Kashtan
Article • 16 - 24 minutes • 
Article
16 - 24 minutes
We can choose our stories of interpretation, and how to respond. And while stories of self-sufficiency can (to a degree) give us more influence over our own lives, they don't erase oppression, war, nor climate change. When stories omit a lens that includes impacts of interdependence, oppression, and structural inequities, stories can also keep us disconnected and blocked from compassion for...
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The Ultimate Romance

The Ultimate Romance

The Ultimate Romance

with Eric Bowers
Article • 6 - 9 minutes • 
Article
6 - 9 minutes
For the ultimate romance to unfold, as an expression of your care for how your words and actions affect others, prioritize digging into your inner work before addressing conflict with them. This means doing the inner work necessary to get to the root of the issue, which can bring bigger shifts, more aliveness, love, creativity, inspiration and compassion. This doesn't mean letting the other...
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Laughter, IPNB and Empathy

Laughter, IPNB and Empathy

Laughter, IPNB and Empathy

with Sarah Peyton
Article • 3 - 5 minutes • 
Article
3 - 5 minutes
Sometimes even a very skilled empathy practicitioner can go into offering a non-empathic response, even when asked for empathy. Why? One reason could be that our brains might be less receptive because of unseen forces that affect our brain and relationship with others. This article speaks to the deeper "why" and also to one thing we could do to turn it around...
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Parenting and Anger: Walking the Ultimate Path to Peace (5 Session Course)

Parenting and Anger: Walking the Ultimate Path to Peace (5 Session Course)

Parenting and Anger: Walking the Ultimate Path to Peace (5 Session Course)

with John Kinyon and Stephanie Bachmann Mattei
Audio • 6 - 8 hours • 
Audio
6 - 8 hours
John and Stephanie combine mediating conflict, parenting and study of brain science to this ground-breaking course recording on how to funnel your anger and your child’s anger toward mutual caring and peace.
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Independence vs. Interdependence in NVC

Independence vs. Interdependence in NVC

Independence vs. Interdependence in NVC

with Bob Wentworth
Article • 3 - 5 minutes • 
Article
3 - 5 minutes
For us to have a more peaceful world and relationships, growing our skills to engage interdependently is key. An interdependence-oriented person may choose to attend to both inner factors and outer factors that affect their own and others' experiences. Unfortunately, this is likely to be misunderstood by independence-oriented people as enmeshment -- and this is where conflict emerges. Read on...
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