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Empathy Hacking

Empathy Hacking

Empathy Hacking

with Dian Killian

Video • 45 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Video
45 minutes

Empathy guessing when I was new to NVC seemed magical and mysterious. How could that other person have known that about me? And seen inside me — often in ways I'd missed myself. While empathy is both intuitive and an art, there is also a science to it. In this brief yet fascinating introduction to Dian's course, Empathy Magic (now called Empathy Hacking), you'll learn a super-practical way to...

Tip: Demystifying Empathy Guesses

Tip: Demystifying Empathy Guesses

Tip: Demystifying Empathy Guesses

with Dian Killian

Trainer Tip • 6 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Trainer Tip
6 minutes

Here's a quick tip to improve your empathy skills with empathy guessing.

How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects Men, Fishbowl Discussion

How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects Men, Fishbowl Discussion

How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects Men, Fishbowl Discussion

with Alan Seid

Video • 1 hour, 19 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Video
1 hour, 19 minutes

Join Alan Seid for a provocative fishbowl discussion about how privilege and lack of privilege affect men.

Workplace Series: Supervisors Giving Feedback to Others

Workplace Series: Supervisors Giving Feedback to Others

Workplace Series: Supervisors Giving Feedback to Others

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 11 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
11 minutes

Creating a trusting connection and keeping the line of communication open are the primary prerequsites for giving feedback as a supervisor. Listen to Miki work with a course participant to ready herself for an upcoming feedback session.

NVC in Hostage Negotiations and Hospitals: An Interview

NVC in Hostage Negotiations and Hospitals: An Interview

NVC in Hostage Negotiations and Hospitals: An Interview

with Wes Taylor

Audio • 21 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
21 minutes

In this inspiring interview, Wes Taylor relays a story of how Nonviolent Communication is successfully used in law enforcement, and some of his challenges and joys in infusing Nonviolent Communication into a Maryland hospital culture.

Experiencing the Energy of Your Needs Meditation

Experiencing the Energy of Your Needs Meditation

Experiencing the Energy of Your Needs Meditation

with Mary Mackenzie

Audio • 4 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
4 minutes

Mary Mackenzie leads listeners through a guided meditation to experience the energy of needs. This meditation will support you to connect to your feelings and needs in the moment, and to experience the unique and deep energetic quality of that primary need.

How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects People of Color, Fishbowl Discussion

How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects People of Color, Fishbowl Discussion

How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects People of Color, Fishbowl Discussion

with Roxy Manning

Video • 1 hour, 30 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Video
1 hour, 30 minutes

Join Roxy Manning for a provocative fishbowl discussion about how privilege and lack of privilege affect people of color.

How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects Women, Fishbowl Discussion

How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects Women, Fishbowl Discussion

How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects Women, Fishbowl Discussion

with Dian Killian, PhD and Mary Mackenzie

Video • 1 hour, 22 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Video
1 hour, 22 minutes

Join Dian Killian and Mary Mackenzie for a provocative fishbowl discussion about how privilege and lack of privilege affect women.

Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects White People, Fishbowl Discussion

Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects White People, Fishbowl Discussion

Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects White People, Fishbowl Discussion

with Jeff Brown

Video • 1 hour, 21 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Video
1 hour, 21 minutes

Join Jeff Brown for a provocative fishbowl discussion about how privilege and lack of privilege white people.

Reframing OFNR for the Workplace

Reframing OFNR for the Workplace

Reframing OFNR for the Workplace

with Dian Killian

Audio • 7 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Audio
7 minutes

Listen in as Dian reframes the 4 steps of NVC (observations, feelings, needs, requests) into everyday words you might hear at work. This training segment is free for all to enjoy.

Intention and Effect

Intention and Effect

Intention and Effect

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 12 - 18 minutes

Advanced Skill Level
Article
12 - 18 minutes

When someone expresses upset about our actions, and we focus on our intention being seen and understood (e.g. "I didn’t mean to hurt you”) it doesn't support the speaker in being heard more deeply with care. Here we'll explore this dynamic in a way that supports more clarity and the possibility of greater personal liberation. Read on for more.

Groups Tip Series: The Value of Groups

Groups Tip Series: The Value of Groups

Groups Tip Series: The Value of Groups

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 3 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Trainer Tip
3 minutes

Listen to Miki talk about the value of participating in groups, recognizing our inherent nature to do so, how industrialization has hindered our skills and the value of participating in a time when it's most needed.

Workplace Series: The Distinction Between Giving Feedback and Wanting to be Heard

Workplace Series: The Distinction Between Giving Feedback and Wanting to be Heard

Workplace Series: The Distinction Between Giving Feedback and Wanting to be Heard

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 9 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
9 minutes

Listen to Miki make an important distinction between giving feedback, which is grounded in a desire to contribute to another, and our own need to be heard.

Workplace Series: Turning a Mandatory Meeting Into a Collaboration

Workplace Series: Turning a Mandatory Meeting Into a Collaboration

Workplace Series: Turning a Mandatory Meeting Into a Collaboration

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 8 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
8 minutes

Miki works with a course participant to transform begrudging attendance at a mandatory meeting into the possibility for collaboration, more connection where little is expected and focus on clarity of purpose for meeting in the first place.

Workplace Series: When Purpose Trumps Connection

Workplace Series: When Purpose Trumps Connection

Workplace Series: When Purpose Trumps Connection

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 6 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Audio
6 minutes

In most business environments, purpose holds a higher priority than connection. Listen to Miki discuss the strategy of using minimum connection to remain true to the purpose at hand, and how the purpose of empathy may differ in the workplace.

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

Intermediate Skill Level
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...

Core Beliefs and Gratitude Exercise

Core Beliefs and Gratitude Exercise

Core Beliefs and Gratitude Exercise

with Kathleen Macferran

Practice Exercise • 2 pages

Intermediate Skill Level
Practice Exercise
2 pages

Some of my core beliefs make experiencing gratitude difficult . For example, it’s difficult to celebrate others or myself when I think I have to prove my worth in order to be accepted. So much energy goes into proving myself, there’s little left for celebration.

Conflict Improv: My Friend's Inner Jackals

Conflict Improv: My Friend's Inner Jackals

Conflict Improv: My Friend's Inner Jackals

with Christine King and Kelly Bryson

Video • 9 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Video
9 minutes

Kelly Bryson and Christine King engage in a role play about how to stay connected to a friend whose persistent jackal voices tell her that she is worthless and her life is hopeless.

Conflict Improv: “I’m Bored”

Conflict Improv: “I’m Bored”

Conflict Improv: “I’m Bored”

with Christine King and Kelly Bryson

Video • 11 minutes

Beginner Skill Level
Video
11 minutes

In this amusing and inspiring video, CNVC Certified Trainers Kelly Bryson and Christine King engage in a role play about a parent talking to a seven year old daughter who is feeling bored.

Embracing Jackal Thoughts

Embracing Jackal Thoughts

Embracing Jackal Thoughts

with Liv Larsson and Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes

Intermediate Skill Level
Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "In trainings I say our jackals are thoughts and now I've come to wonder if all thoughts are jackals...?"

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