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From Awareness to Action: Creating Bridges Across Differences (6 Session Course)

From Awareness to Action: Creating Bridges Across Differences (6 Session Course)

From Awareness to Action: Creating Bridges Across Differences (6 Session Course)

with Roxy Manning
Audio • 10 -12 hours • 
Audio
10 -12 hours
For many people, attempting to connect with others across differences can feel akin to walking through a minefield. With humility, tenderness, and courage, Roxy challenges your perspectives and encourages you to open your heart and mind. Roxy uses concrete examples and visual tools to illustrate complex concepts.
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Life, Interdependence, and the Pursuit of Meeting Needs

Life, Interdependence, and the Pursuit of Meeting Needs

Life, Interdependence, and the Pursuit of Meeting Needs

with Miki Kashtan
Article • 9 - 13 minutes • 
Article
9 - 13 minutes
The more we can support an interdependent flow of resources and energy in society and the economy, the greater we can increase both natural abundance and the chances of averting extinction. Accumulation is a strategy born of mistrust. It’s an attempt to control the flow of life to guarantee that we will have enough for the future. Accumulation and exchange has blocked this interdependent flow....
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Connection Requests: Motivations and Examples Article

Connection Requests: Motivations and Examples Article

Connection Requests: Motivations and Examples Article

with Inbal Kashtan and Miki Kashtan
Article • 6 - 9 minutes • 
Article
6 - 9 minutes
Connection requests focus on the quality of connection between people instead of on any particular strategy or solution. While the core motivation for a connection request may be connection with the other person, varied internal states and needs may help guide us toward different types of connection requests. Self-connection and understanding of our motivation in making a connection request can...
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Clarifying Our Needs

Clarifying Our Needs

Clarifying Our Needs

with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes • 
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: We often find ourselves slipping into old behaviors that we would rather change. This is because we don’t have a new plan for responding to the same old situations. In that case, notice whether you are slipping into old behaviors today. Connect to your unmet needs and then identify a new strategy for the situation.
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What To Do When They Never Want to Talk About It

What To Do When They Never Want to Talk About It

What To Do When They Never Want to Talk About It

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
Article • 5 - 7 minutes • 
Article
5 - 7 minutes
When someone doesn't want to talk some options include releasing your attachment to the strategy you want, asking about and affirming with empathy their reasons for not talking, looking for what support could be helpful to shift to more openness, letting go, and grieving. Read on for more on this, including possible reasons for why they might not want to engage on it.
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Healing a Repetitive Reactive Dynamic

Healing a Repetitive Reactive Dynamic

Healing a Repetitive Reactive Dynamic

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
Article • 3-5 minutes • 
Article
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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Understanding Judgement And Criticism

Understanding Judgement And Criticism

Understanding Judgement And Criticism

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
Practice Exercise • 4 - 6 minutes • 
Practice Exercise
4 - 6 minutes
Judging or criticizing others indicates pain, unmet needs and a coping strategy. It distracts you from yourself and can give you the illusion of control. You may think you see more than they do, imagining criticism will bring change. But even a correct analysis won’t inspire change if they hear criticism. Instead, the moment you notice judgments or criticism turn towards yourself with...
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Baby Giraffes: NVC Parenting of Children Under 5 (3 Session Course)

Baby Giraffes: NVC Parenting of Children Under 5 (3 Session Course)

Baby Giraffes: NVC Parenting of Children Under 5 (3 Session Course)

with Ingrid Bauer
Audio • 3 hours, 26 minutes • 
Audio
3 hours, 26 minutes
This 3-part telecourse recording explores what it means to practice “power with” parenting with babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Ingrid has been teaching and writing about very young children for a decade and has a special passion for this age range.
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How To Deal With Ourselves When We Are Less Than Perfect

How To Deal With Ourselves When We Are Less Than Perfect

How To Deal With Ourselves When We Are Less Than Perfect

with Kathleen Macferran
Practice Exercise • 30 minutes • 
Practice Exercise
30 minutes
How we treat ourselves when we fall short of our own ideals, desires and hopes can profoundly affect the quality of our lives. Learn how to identify your triggers and reactions, to mourn falling short, and to practice self-connection and self-empathy.
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Connection, Connection, Connection

Connection, Connection, Connection

Connection, Connection, Connection

with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes • 
Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes
Trainer tip: Do you get into “right fights”? You know you’re in one when you’re arguing with somebody in order to be right or because you want to win. What needs do I hope to meet from winning or being right? Notice if you enter into a right fight today and shift your focus to your needs and connecting with the other person's needs.
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