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Expressing Our Pain Without Blame

Expressing Our Pain Without Blame

Expressing Our Pain Without Blame

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 4 - 6 minutes •

Article
4 - 6 minutes

The more we can stay present with our hurt, and own our interpretations, we are more likely to express what's important to us without blame and also to become resilient. From there, the listener can have more space to offer their full presence and empathy. Read on for more.

The Gift of Compassionate Giving

The Gift of Compassionate Giving

The Gift of Compassionate Giving

with Jim Manske

Article • 5 - 8 minutes •

Article
5 - 8 minutes

What would the world be like if there was flow between all of us based on "mutual giving from the heart"? Using examples, this article offers models for us to follow that could inspire us to treat our NVC practice as one of compassionate giving and receiving.

Creating and Sustaining Strong Teams (4 Session Course)

Creating and Sustaining Strong Teams (4 Session Course)

Creating and Sustaining Strong Teams (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

Audio
5 - 7 hours

In this course recording, you'll encounter new abilities and learn how to collaborate effectively from WITHIN a team. You'll be invited to build on interpersonal relationships, and branch out into the exciting challenges present when people work together toward a shared purpose.

Two Essential Tips for Facilitating Vibrant NVC Groups

Two Essential Tips for Facilitating Vibrant NVC Groups

Two Essential Tips for Facilitating Vibrant NVC Groups

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 10 minutes •

Video
10 minutes

Listen to Mary Mackenzie as she focuses on her opening premise for group participation, which lays the foundation for developing vibrant groups and then defines the facilitator’s role, which is often not known or incorrectly defined.

Navigating Individual Requests That Divert From Your Group's Purpose

Navigating Individual Requests That Divert From Your Group's Purpose

Navigating Individual Requests That Divert From Your Group's Purpose

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 9 minutes •

Video
9 minutes

Mary illustrates how we can get diverted from our group's purpose by the needs of a single indvidual in the group, especially requests for prolonged empathy. Listen to Mary reframe these scenarios and offer three helpful tips for handling these situations.

Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 1)

Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 1)

Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 1)

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 6 minutes •

Video
6 minutes

Mary offers tips for developing effective tracking skills, including how the energy of the group is managed discerning the qualities of presence for each of the members, and monitoring group participation while striving for a balance of inclusion.

How to Create Your Own Teaching Activities

How to Create Your Own Teaching Activities

How to Create Your Own Teaching Activities

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 49 minutes •

Video
49 minutes

Listen as Mary Mackenzie shares an eight step path to create your own NVC learning activities, based on your own NVC learning experience. In this session, Mary uses the value of requests and observations as teaching examples.

Supporting a Culture of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

Supporting a Culture of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

Supporting a Culture of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

Audio
5 - 7 hours

Transforming organizational culture requires attention and change at the systemic level. Learn which systems are crucial for any organization to establish and clarify whether that organization is collaborative or not, and then learn how to create and strengthen a collaborative organization.

The Inside Job of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

The Inside Job of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

The Inside Job of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

Audio
5 - 7 hours

Although we are evolutionarily designed for collaborating with others when attending to our basic needs, the weight of the systems and cultural messages we have inherited interfere. Many of us are doubtful that collaboration is possible or effective, and most of us lack both the faith and the skills to live collaboratively, regardless of cultural imperatives. Miki helps us navigate this terrain.

Courage

Courage

Courage

with David K Weinstock

Article • 4 - 6 minutes •

Article
4 - 6 minutes

In listening to what our emotions tell us, and embracing what we do not know, we begin the path of courage. Even though our culture tells us not to, revealing our imperfections is where we can deeply connect. Living our lives more courageously honest, can shift us towards inspiring one another. Read on for how some people experienced this in coming together to transform one woman's heroine...

Getting Beyond Our Judgments So We May Connect

Getting Beyond Our Judgments So We May Connect

Getting Beyond Our Judgments So We May Connect

with Mary Mackenzie

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •

Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes

Trainer Tip: Thinking someone is bad, wrong, or evil can make it more difficult to connect with them. If we focus on this kind of thinking, we stay in the problem or conflict. The minute we step out of judgement and listen for the needs underlying their actions, we begin working for the solution. Put your focus in the direction of the result you want. Read on for an example.

Somatic Practices for Embodying NVC

Somatic Practices for Embodying NVC

Somatic Practices for Embodying NVC

with David K Weinstock

Video • 9 minutes •

Video
9 minutes

How do you build new learning paths and change old practices? Listen as David presents the elements of somatic practice — including those that build new learning paths — and discover where that learning “sweet spot” is!

The Timing of Making A Request

The Timing of Making A Request

The Timing of Making A Request

with Mary Mackenzie

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •

Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes

It's important to make requests specific and doable. Also, without a swift request immediately after we state our observation, feeling, and need in regard to the situation, the other person is left guessing what we want. Instead, a swift request can bring clarity and lessen the potential for the listener to become defensive or argue.

Navigating Relationships Between Individuals and Political or Cultural Systems

Navigating Relationships Between Individuals and Political or Cultural Systems

Navigating Relationships Between Individuals and Political or Cultural Systems

with Liv Larsson

Audio • 5 minutes •

Audio
5 minutes

Listen as Liv shares her experience of mediating conflict between two groups: using NVC to ascertain the needs of both sides, raise awareness, and diminish polarization.

How to Create a “Living” Organization

How to Create a “Living” Organization

How to Create a “Living” Organization

with Gregg Kendrick

Audio • 1 hour, 5 minutes •

Audio
1 hour, 5 minutes

Listen to this interview with Gregg Kendrick and one of his clients to learn how to successfully introduce NVC into an organization that is unfamiliar with the concept. Gregg’s client, Dale Neikirk, will be sharing how NVC has supported and improved the results of his insurance company, through Gregg’s masterly facilitation.

Five Core Principles of Living Compassion and the Relationship of Needs to Spirituality

Five Core Principles of Living Compassion and the Relationship of Needs to Spirituality

Five Core Principles of Living Compassion and the Relationship of Needs to Spirituality

with Robert Gonzales

Audio • 8 minutes •

Audio
8 minutes

Listen to Robert describe the five core principles of Living Compassion and the relationship of needs to spirituality. Great material for reflection and reference!

Unconscious Contracts

Unconscious Contracts

Unconscious Contracts

with Sarah Peyton

Video • 37 minutes •

Video
37 minutes

Discover how our unconscious contracts limit our life energy and how we make a vow or contract every time we experience a traumatic event. Listen in as Sarah works with a course participant.

Consciousness, NVC, and Navigating Inner and Outer Conflicts

Consciousness, NVC, and Navigating Inner and Outer Conflicts

Consciousness, NVC, and Navigating Inner and Outer Conflicts

with John Kinyon

Audio • 35 minutes •

Audio
35 minutes

Listen to John talk about the inner and outer mediation process, the importance of the "3rd chair," and an experience of working with Pakistani elders.

Responding to the Call of Our Times - Living into Your Power

Responding to the Call of Our Times - Living into Your Power

Responding to the Call of Our Times - Living into Your Power

with Miki Kashtan

Video • 45 minutes •

Video
45 minutes

Want a world that truly works for everyone? What are you going to do right now to help it efficiently move in that direction from wherever you are? Listen to Miki’s coaching and guidance as she’s helping participants with their challenges.

Partnership Paradigms in Schools: An NVC Integration Approach

Partnership Paradigms in Schools: An NVC Integration Approach

Partnership Paradigms in Schools: An NVC Integration Approach

with Jared Finkelstein and Lore Baur

Video • 1 hour, 4 minutes •

Video
1 hour, 4 minutes

What do you experience when you give up on needs that are important to you, and are coerced into doing something you didn’t want to do? And why is it hard to make requests? Listen in and learn more.

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