NVC Resources on Practice Group

Starting and Maintaining a NVC Practice Group

Article • 2 - 3 minutes •

Article
2 - 3 minutes

This article explores ways of starting and maintaining NVC study groups and practice groups. It offers recommended reading support materials and poses questions to consider for structuring and organizing the group.

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How to Interact with an Angry Practice Group Member

with Liv Larsson

Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes •

Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes

Ask the Trainer: “I would like some suggestions on how to interact with a member of the practice group I started. This individual speaks and acts in a manner I interpret as angry and controlling.”

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Introduction to NVC Mediation: Conceptual Overview and Experiential Learning and Practice

with John Kinyon

Audio • 1 hour, 13 minutes •

Audio
1 hour, 13 minutes

This Introduction to NVC Mediation provides a conceptual overview and experiential taste of the NVC mediation learning model developed by John Kinyon and Ike Lasater.

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The Four Responses Exercise Cards

with Rachelle Lamb

Learning Tool • 30 - 60 minutes •

Learning Tool
30 - 60 minutes

Use these cards in your practice group or NVC training to understand 4 different ways of responding to hard to hear messages. Become aware of the way you habitually respond to stimulus and develop skills to respond with empathy and express honestly.

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Creating Safety and Ease in Your Groups

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 5 minutes •

Video
5 minutes

Listen in as Mary offers suggestions for leading practice groups: 1) how to build trust in a group setting; 2) clues that demonstrate a group’s lack of trust; and 3) signs that indicate a participants' need for trust isn't being met.

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Confidentiality Agreement

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 4 - 6 minutes •

Trainer Tip
4 - 6 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "A participant in our beginners' NVC practice group asked the co-facilitators if there was a confidentiality agreement that was typically used in NVC practice groups?"

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Connect Before Correct

with Sylvia Haskvitz

Trainer Tip • 2-3 minutes •

Trainer Tip
2-3 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "Recently, I was sitting in my weekly practice group trying to connect to my reasons for wanting to give empathy to a particular person. She was telling us about some painful feeling she was having, but was not connecting to her needs."

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Facilitating Connection

with Jim & Jori Manske

Audio • 59 minutes •

Audio
59 minutes

Expressing ourselves honestly is sometimes scary because we can't predict where the conversation will go after we've made ourselves vulnerable. This recording will demonstrate how the power of our honesty is enhanced by ending on a clear and present request.

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The Art and Science of Happiness (4 Session Course)

with Jim & Jori Manske

Audio • 4 - 6 hours •

Audio
4 - 6 hours

What is it that enables us to thrive? How can we influence our capacity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life? Join Jim and Jori Manske in this exciting telecourse recording on the intersection of NVC and cutting-edge Positive Psychology, the science of human thriving.

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Using Role Plays for Sharing NVC (3 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 3 - 4 hours •

Audio
3 - 4 hours

You've probably witnessed and participated in role plays that were powerful tools for inspiration, integration, or healing. You've likely also been in contexts where role plays fell flat, leaving people frustrated, confused, or disengaged. If you're sharing NVC with others – or are envisioning yourself going there in the future – you'll want to take this class, where the focus is on how to...

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Looking at Anger from an NVC Perspective

with Wes Taylor

Video • 11 minutes •

Video
11 minutes

In this vintage 1999 video, CNVC Certified Trainer, Wes Taylor leads a group of young people in a lively discussion on working with anger.

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Principle Based Teaching (6 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 7 - 10 hours •

Audio
7 - 10 hours

The focus of this 6-session class is on shifting the intention of your teaching from how to why while embodying the principles and practice of NVC every step of the way - from planning to delivery. The methodology Miki offers is to start with understanding what the people in your audience face in their environment, continue with what they might want to learn and how NVC principles can provide...

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Sociocratic Meeting Facilitation: For All the Meetings in Your Life (6 Session Course)

with Greg Rouillard, John Buck and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez

Audio • 7 - 9 hours •

Audio
7 - 9 hours

Join CNVC Certified Trainer Jerry Koch-Gonzalez, Greg Rouillard and Certified Dynamic Governance (Sociocracy) Consultant John Buck for this six-session course recording to learn how to transform your method of meeting facilitation. Many NVC organizations have begun using sociocratic tools, including circle meetings and decision making by consent, with satisfying results.

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Healing and Reconciliation (7 Session Course)

with Ike Lasater and John Kinyon

Audio • 7 - 9 hours •

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?

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Poetic License

with Christine King and Jean Morrison

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Practice Exercise
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Poetic License is a fun group exercise that's sure to incite laughter in your NVC group!

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Self-Empathy: Healing from the Inside Out (6 Session Course)

with Mary Mackenzie

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

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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Personal Breakthroughs in Nonviolent Communication: Identifying Needs

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 3 minutes •

Video
3 minutes

What are the qualities you value in your relationships? Mary teaches the NVC concept of needs to a group of people new to NVC, using a clever method she learned from Holly Eckert, a CNVC Certified Trainer in Seattle, Washington, USA.

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The Time and Money Course (6 Session Course)

with Francois Beausoleil and Jeff Brown

Audio • 7 - 10 hours •

Audio
7 - 10 hours

Join Francois and Jeff to gain a clear understanding of the internal mechanics that cause you to experience a sense of scarcity around time and money. You'll develop a personal action plan that will help you translate internal shifts into more success with time and money in the outer world, and much more!

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Acknowledging Our Inner Critic

with Mary Mackenzie

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •

Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes

Trainer Tip: Our inner critic judges ourselves and other people; and it is the most likely to get scared when we begin to make a change. It holds wisdom for us if we are willing to listen. When we acknowledge our inner critic and empathize with its need, we gain insights into ourselves and we clear the way for resolution.

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Mediating with a Group

with Mary Mackenzie

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •

Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes

Trainer Tip: People struggle to come to agreement when they don’t feel heard. So as a mediator, facilitate the process by asking all parties to reflect the essence of what's important to other parties. This is critical. Once everyone is confident that their needs have been heard, you'll notice the energy in the room relaxing. Then you can brainstorm strategies that will value everyone’s needs,...

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