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NVC Resources with Shantigarbha Warren

NVC Life Hacks 14: Purpose of NVC

NVC Life Hacks 14: Purpose of NVC

NVC Life Hacks 14: Purpose of NVC

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 7 minutes •

Video
7 minutes

Nonviolent Communication at its core is about the quality of connection that will lead to everybody's needs being met. In this months 'Purpose of NVC' episode, we ask ourselves five questions that help us gain an awareness of where Nonviolent Communication is being used.

NVC Life Hacks 16: Recovering Perfectionist

NVC Life Hacks 16: Recovering Perfectionist

NVC Life Hacks 16: Recovering Perfectionist

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 5 minutes •

Video
5 minutes

Do you just keep going with a task, even if your body is screaming for a pause? Maybe you leave tasks incomplete because you can't finish them the way you want? Do you not even attempt some tasks because you know that you won't be able to do them perfectly? In short, are you a perfectionist? In this Life Hack, we look at 5 tips to help any recovering perfectionists.

NVC Life Hacks 15: Scary Honesty

NVC Life Hacks 15: Scary Honesty

NVC Life Hacks 15: Scary Honesty

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 4 minutes •

Video
4 minutes

It's normal for us to keep something inside, avoiding sharing it with someone else as the risk may feel too high. Maybe they will reject me, or be offended and not speak to me again? It can be difficult to know when to share your truth and when to keep it inside. In this episode we layout some useful strategies that will help you speak your truth, while still keeping the connection.

NVC Life Hacks 13: Restorative v. Punitive Approaches

NVC Life Hacks 13: Restorative v. Punitive Approaches

NVC Life Hacks 13: Restorative v. Punitive Approaches

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 7 minutes •

Video
7 minutes

When people get hurt or harmed, how can we restore trust, safety and connection in the community? A restorative approach which focuses on who got hurt and how can we restore it? Rather than whose fault is it and how can we punish them?

NVC Life Hacks 36: From depression into life

NVC Life Hacks 36: From depression into life

NVC Life Hacks 36: From depression into life

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 11 minutes •

Video
11 minutes

How can Nonviolent Communication practices support us when we're feeling depressed? Taking a look at some characteristics of depression and how they're linked to unmet needs, we offer some steps to take that help you reconnect with life and others.

NVC Life Hacks 35: Hearing a difficult message

NVC Life Hacks 35: Hearing a difficult message

NVC Life Hacks 35: Hearing a difficult message

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 12 minutes •

Video
12 minutes

Being put on the spot or confronted in an unexpected way can be an unpleasant experience to have. Even more so during lockdown when meetings are held on Zoom. In Life Hack 35 we're exploring the feelings that come up from hearing a difficult message as well as ways you can respond. Esme recently had this experience and offered to record a one on one session with Gesine to explore the situation.

NVC Life Hacks 34: When working from home clashes with home life

NVC Life Hacks 34: When working from home clashes with home life

NVC Life Hacks 34: When working from home clashes with home life

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 18 minutes •

Video
18 minutes

Have you been struggling with the difficulties that can arise from working at home? If you're used to working from an office, a space that is designed for work, it can be a shock working from a space that is usually associated with other kinds of activities. In this Life Hack, we look at ways that NVC can help you deal with potential conflicts that arise.

NVC Life Hacks 33: Mediation in an informal setting

NVC Life Hacks 33: Mediation in an informal setting

NVC Life Hacks 33: Mediation in an informal setting

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 13 minutes •

Video
13 minutes

Mediation is a great skill to have whether it's for your personal relationships or in the workplace. We look at four different techniques and their benefits in a role-play that takes place in an informal, unorganised setting.

NVC Life Hacks 32: Mediation in a formal setting

NVC Life Hacks 32: Mediation in a formal setting

NVC Life Hacks 32: Mediation in a formal setting

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 15 minutes •

Video
15 minutes

Mediation is a great skill to have whether it's for your personal relationships or in the workplace. We look at four different techniques and their benefits in a role-play between two neighbours discussing a dispute.

NVC Life Hacks: 31 Learning from Limitations

NVC Life Hacks: 31 Learning from Limitations

NVC Life Hacks: 31 Learning from Limitations

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 8 minutes •

Video
8 minutes

Whenever we make mistakes, we're often beating ourself up in a way that breeds guilt, fear and/or shame. Nonviolent Communication offers a model based in self-empathy that lets you reflect, process and move forward without the guilt, fear and shame.

NVC Life Hacks 30: How to Stay Sane in the Climate and Ecological Emergency

NVC Life Hacks 30: How to Stay Sane in the Climate and Ecological Emergency

NVC Life Hacks 30: How to Stay Sane in the Climate and Ecological Emergency

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 9 minutes •

Video
9 minutes

With more and more news coverage on the increase in climate events around the world, climate change is slowly becoming accepted as an emergency. But how do we stay sane amongst all the chaos and to go one step further how can we take action whilst being grounded and calm?

NVC Life Hacks 29: Inner Conflict

NVC Life Hacks 29: Inner Conflict

NVC Life Hacks 29: Inner Conflict

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 10 minutes •

Video
10 minutes

How often do you find yourself stuck between two options? Do you go with option A or option B and what if it's a complicated decision that involves more than just a quick thought process? In this Life Hack we guide you through a process you can use when facing a difficult decision with a simple 5 step process, this meditation should leave you feeling more at peace and with more clarity on...

Life Hacks 28: Celebrating Life

Life Hacks 28: Celebrating Life

Life Hacks 28: Celebrating Life

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 4 minutes •

Video
4 minutes

Sometimes life gets so busy that even the things you enjoy seem to go by without you receiving that feeling of joy. It's important that even when we are busy to celebrate life to the full. In this month's Life Hack Gesine explores 7 things to keep in mind when remembering to celebrating life.

NVC Life Hacks 27: Compassionate Parenting

NVC Life Hacks 27: Compassionate Parenting

NVC Life Hacks 27: Compassionate Parenting

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 4 minutes •

Video
4 minutes

When the pressure is on whether that's rushing out the door for the school run or getting them to bed on time, it's easy to leave all our best practices to one side. Luckily Nonviolent Communication gives us some useful tools to add to our metaphorical parenting tool belt and today we're sharing 6 tips to help bring out the compassionate parent in you.

NVC Life Hacks 26: Life-enriching education

NVC Life Hacks 26: Life-enriching education

NVC Life Hacks 26: Life-enriching education

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 4 minutes •

Video
4 minutes

A lot of us picked up new hobbies and learning new things during the COVID lockdown. After recently posting a puzzle on Facebook, Shantigarbha ended up being delightfully surprised at the conversation it began around NVC in relation to learning and education. Watch the video to hear our tips and click see more for the solution to the padlock puzzle below. My solution to the padlock puzzle: 042...

NVC Life Hacks 25: Deepening the roots of self-empathy

NVC Life Hacks 25: Deepening the roots of self-empathy

NVC Life Hacks 25: Deepening the roots of self-empathy

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 7 minutes •

Video
7 minutes

In this Life Hack, we're going deeper into self-empathy with a simple guided reflection that you can work through. This will be followed by a short exercise with a fill-in sheet led by Gesine and is something you can come back to as you wish.

NVC Life Hacks 24: Bridge & Self Expression

NVC Life Hacks 24: Bridge & Self Expression

NVC Life Hacks 24: Bridge & Self Expression

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 7 minutes •

Video
7 minutes

Welcome to the final video in our 3 part Embodied NVC Life Hack series. So far we've learnt about rewiring our brain from a flight, fright or freeze reaction to the choice of self-empathy, allowing us to centre and check-in with ourselves. In part two, Empathy Skills, we went beyond self-empathy to look at ways we can empathise with the other person. In this final instalment, we create a bridge...

NVC Life Hacks 23: Embodied NVC Part Two Empathy Skills

NVC Life Hacks 23: Embodied NVC Part Two Empathy Skills

NVC Life Hacks 23: Embodied NVC Part Two Empathy Skills

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 5 minutes •

Video
5 minutes

Welcome to Part Two of our 3 part Embodied NVC Life Hack series. Last time we looked at rewiring your brain to navigate our primitive mind and sometimes default reactions such as fight, flight or freeze when faced with conflict. In this episode, we're going beyond self-empathy and looking at ways we can empathize with the other person.

NVC Life Hacks 22: Embodied NVC Part One: Fight, Flight, Freeze

NVC Life Hacks 22: Embodied NVC Part One: Fight, Flight, Freeze

NVC Life Hacks 22: Embodied NVC Part One: Fight, Flight, Freeze

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 7 minutes •

Video
7 minutes

When we're faced with certain situations we tend to go into a fight, flight or freeze mode. While these can sometimes be helpful and even lifesaving, they can also be crippling when the situation may not be life-threatening. In this episode, we give you some tips on how to shift into a more intentional way of handling difficult situations.

NVC Life Hacks 21: Shame and the fear of doing it wrong

NVC Life Hacks 21: Shame and the fear of doing it wrong

NVC Life Hacks 21: Shame and the fear of doing it wrong

with Shantigarbha Warren

Video • 5 minutes •

Video
5 minutes

When was the last time you were in a situation with an overwhelming feeling of shame or an unnerving fear of 'doing it wrong'? Sometimes we get sweaty palms or a dry mouth, maybe we freeze on the spot or start an unhelpful internal monologue that makes the situation feel even worse. In this months NVC Life Hack Gesine takes a closer look at her own experience with shame and the fear of doing it...

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