Excellence in online learning since 2006
Jim & Jori Manske

CNVC Certified Trainers from Maui, Hawaii, USA

For more than 43 years, Jim and Jori Manske have been partners both in life and work. As co-creators of peaceworks, they offer training, mediation, facilitation, organizational development, consulting and mentoring. They have been working with a variety of businesses, community groups, government, NGO's, private groups and individuals for decades. They are both Certified Trainers for the Center for Nonviolent Communication (cnvc.org) and have been leaders in offering NVC to the world.

They co-authored Pathways to Liberation: A Matrix of Self-Assessment along with two colleagues, a tool used globally by those seeking to become certified trainers. Jori and Jim enjoy supporting candidates as they journey toward certification, Jori as a mentor and Jim as an assessor. 

In 2021, Puddledancer Press published Jim's book, Pathways to Nonviolent Communication.

Currently living in Haiku on Maui, they offer several online trainings and support certification candidate pods weekly and monthly and enjoy contributing to the growing NVC communities in Asia and the Americas.

More information at pathwaystoliberation.com or call 1-505-344-1305.

Upcoming Live NVC Courses with Jim & Jori Manske

Taste of Compassionate Leadership

  • Meets on the fourth Saturday of most months
  • Experience a taste of living within an empathic community
  • Enjoy short yet powerful training / practice sessions 
  • Learn concrete skills and steps for practicing compassion and leadership

Latest NVC Library Resources with Jim & Jori Manske

Effective Collaboration

Watch Jim and Jori Manske in this video as they share three key learnings about collaborating effectively.

Navigating Polarizing Conversations

This video with Jim and Jori Manske explores how to navigate polarizing conversations.

Starting a Practice

Create your own new personal practice using the Pathways to Liberation: Matrix of Self-Assessment and increase your capacity to access skills when you need them the most.

4-step Gratitude Process for the Holiday Season

Want ideas on how to more easily build resilience and navigate life's challenges? Listen in as Jim and Jori review their 4-Step Gratitude Practice and their 60 Challenge Practice, too!

Strengthening Your Empathy Muscle

Jori and Jim Manske explore strengthening your empathy "muscle" for your own well being. Empathy can be a means to strengthen your own resilience, as well as being present for another person.