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Facilitating Connection

Expressing ourselves honestly is sometimes scary because we can't predict where the conversation will go after we've made ourselves vulnerable. This recording will demonstrate how the power of our honesty is enhanced by ending on a clear and present request. Doing so supports self-connection because we know what we want before we open our mouth, and also supports connection with the other...
The Art and Science of Happiness

Access this complete 4 session course What is it that enables us to thrive? How is it that some people are generally happier than others? How can we influence our capacity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life? Listen to Jim and Jori in this course recording on the intersection of NVC and cutting-edge Positive Psychology, the science of human thriving. Research has identified 5 elements of...
Tips for the Road Series Tip 7

Conflict is a normal and natural part of life. To varying degrees, it happens whenever two or more people consistently spend time together. Resolving conflict effectively and peacefully, in a way in which all parties feel respected and valued, does not feel natural for those of us who grew up with punitive, adversarial, or avoidant approaches to conflict. When conflict ignites, it can be...
Acknowledging Our Inner Critic

Trainer Tip "The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still small voice within me." —Mahatma Gandhi In Compassionate Communication, some of us call the critical voice inside our heads our jackal. The jackal says you should or shouldn’t do something; it judges you and other people; and it is the most likely to get scared when you begin to make a change. I used to be embarrassed by my jackal...
Opening to Intimacy

Trainer Tip "The deepest need of man is the need to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of his aloneness." ——Erich Fromm Some time ago, I was at a gathering of 2,000 people. I was feeling very sad, vulnerable, and lonely, so I chose to sit by myself in a crowd of people I didn’t know. Then I heard my name blaring across the crowd. A group of my friends were calling me over to sit...
Dialogue within Communities

Access this complete 4 session course Dialogue is a life-changing, heart-opening experience. It’s collaboration instead of compromise. Join Miki for a practical, step-by-step framework to help you understand how a community develops, how to maintain or repair a community, and how this unique process creatively supports you and each member of your community in getting things done. With Miki as...
Living Compassion in Challenging Times

Access this complete 6 session course Self-compassion is essential for healing trauma and restoring your wholeness. It is also an antidote to reactivity and separation, allowing presence to emerge. In developing presence, you can become what the world needs most in these times of intensity and chaos. This work can strengthen your skills to be more fully in relationship with all that life offers...
Spiritual Practice in Troubled Times

When your dedication to something is fueled by a profound intention to benefit all life, you might call it your spiritual practice. The word practice here is very specific. In the context of Mindful Compassionate Dialogue, practice means cultivating the compassion, wisdom, and skills to continuously and subtly notice what truly serves life. This practice doesn't require you to adopt or set...
Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World

Access this complete 10 session course Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World is the last course that Robert Gonzales offered before his passing in November of 2021. It is an intermediate course whose purpose is to deepen our conscious connection to our own vital life force, to develop skills that support inner healing, and to grow and strengthen daily practices that allow us to truly live...
Our Afghan Story Revisited

Close to 20 years ago I went to Pakistan with my close colleague Ike Lasater to work with Afghan tribal elders in a refugee camp along the border. It was January 2002, soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. and our bombings and invasion of Afghanistan. It was a particularly dangerous time for Americans to go to that part of the world, yet for reasons I can only understand in...