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Sociocratic Meeting Facilitation

NVC and consent decision making Part 5: Proposed decisions - an efficient process for identifying and meeting everyone’s needs Part 6: Applying the concepts to your practice group, office and family Keywords: exercises/practices requests strategies connection dialogue intention coaching conflict resolution education leadership social change sociocracy workplace groups Greg Rouillard John Buck...
Shooting For The Moon

her past or current partnerships, she may think it is unavailable to her. As long as she focuses solely on meeting her needs with her partners, she misses opportunities to meet it with friends and family. Try not to limit your success by stopping when one particular strategy doesn’t work. Focus again on your need and try another way. Identify one need that you would like to experience more of...
Striving for Win-Win Resolutions

to contribute to young parents who want to learn effective ways to communicate with their children. I shifted from my original need for financial security to a desire to contribute to her and her family. My decision met both our needs. Be aware of opportunities to shift to a different need in order to contribute to someone else’s life today. This trainer tip is an excerpt from Mary Mackenzie's...
Parenting With A Focus On The Long-Term Goal

a paradigm that it is OK to do certain things as long as they aren’t caught. When they live in this paradigm, they are no longer connecting to their own needs to belong or to contribute to their family or community. They lose their connection to self. Be aware of the times you are coercing or forcing your child to do things today, then consider other methods that will help her connect to her...
Resistance

instead play the one that is about true wealth and power — deep relationship, loving and caring for each other, and the meaning and purpose of working to contribute to a healthier world for our family, community, country, everyone? These are what actually fulfill us and bring richness and beauty to our lives. We’ve always known this. We just fall into the trance of materialism, consumerism, and...
What Is In Your Power To Change?

I have been experiencing far more stress than usual for far too long now – and I know I am not alone. Most of my friends, family, and students feel similarly. Can you relate? Underneath my stress are precious needs for reassurance, inner and outer peace, and trust. This also includes a longing for political and world leaders who create policies and make decisions that reflect my values....
Complex Truth-Telling And Empowered Change

but especially at the holidays, we may become acutely aware of our longings for wholeness and connection. We may mourn the disconnections and the chasms between how we see the world and how our family members see the world. And we may feel reignited in our commitment to finding connection across differences and building a world in which equity, social and climate justice, and restoration are...
Power Over vs. Power With

in which a few hold power over many. In contrast, "power with" refers to power that seeks to meet everyone’s needs. Examples of this include parents who discuss vacation plans with the rest of the family, corporations that seek participation and decision-making from all employees, and neighborhood associations that invite input from community members. A power with system values the input and...
Radical Understanding In A Post-Truth World

ecology, biology and viruses, and cosmology (e.g. the earth being round and revolving around the sun). It seems we really have entered a “post-truth” world. I have personal experience with this. Family members of mine believe things about the world that are deeply disturbing to me. It’s as if we live in different realities. It has been a painful emotional struggle for me, and for them. If you...
Getting Beyond Our Self-Defeating Behaviors

Trainer Tip There is no way to peace; peace is the way. —A.J. Muste Have you ever noticed yourself doing something that shakes the serenity of your colleagues, your family, or yourself? We have become so used to conflict that we hardly know how to handle some situations without it. Not long ago, I participated in a committee of Nonviolent Communication trainers. I was starting to tell myself...