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The Four Responses Exercise Cards

See this learning tool Use these cards in your practice group or NVC training to understand 4 different ways of responding to hard to hear messages. Become aware of the way you habitually respond to stimulus and develop skills to respond with empathy and express honestly. Keywords: Rachelle Lamb Dialogue preparation conversation preparation learning tool NVC mechanics practice roleplay Practice...
Practicing With Anger

Anger is neither good nor bad. When you don't foresee it or you haven't cultivated a relationship to anger, you may behave from it and hurt yourself and others. There are three reasons anger may rise: primitive anger, resistance, and lack of resources. For practicing with these last two types of anger, we'll look at four practices: cultivate awareness, pause and expand, self-care and planning,...
Exercises For Transforming Rebellion

In these exercises, you'll transform your urge to rebel with punishment or reward. Punishing can include withholding love or other necessities, attacking verbally with insults or name calling (directly or with others), giving a "dirty look," or attacking physically. With these exercises you'll allow space for your urge. You'll also explore needs, benefits, consequences, and alternatives. Read...
W.A.I.T: Practices For Presence And Patience

With these practices make space before reacting to emotion or external stimulus. This can enable your capacity to respond from your self-connection to universally shared values. With practice you can create the capacity to temporarily put impulsiveness aside, in the service of connection with yourself and others, and in service of more informed and effective strategies. Read this practice...
Practice Tracking Various Living States of Being

Use this exercise to identify what state you're in at any moment, and as an exercise to grow capacity for self-awareness and self-compassion. Identify what happened, thoughts, sensations, feelings, longings, etc. Includes a table that outlines three states of being: Protective/Defensive, Vulnerability, Essence. Read this practice exercise Keywords: states of being self compassion self awareness...
NVC Gratitude Practice

Join Jim and Jori Manske, to explore the relationship between gratitude and Nonviolent Communication, and how to develop a gratitude practice that helps you learn and practice NVC. Jim and Jori guide the group through a practice to learn how to "do gratitude" and how it relates to Marshall's 4 components of NVC. Keywords: Jim Manske Jori Manske Jim and Jori Manske gratitude practice group
Written Check-in and Self Connection Exercise

Tap into feelings, needs and requests for greater self connection with the six steps in this worksheet. Read this exercise Keywords: Self Empathy Self Connection practice Trainer Tip exercises Jim and Jori Manske Jim Manske Jori Manske
Practices For Requesting

Practice making requests for feedback, clarity, and action. Opportunities for making requests might be when you expected something different from what you got, were treated undesirably, and noticed inner constriction or reactivity. Identify observations, feelings, and values to support finding the request. Ensure your request states what you want, is specific, names the present-tense action,...
Contemplative Practice For Spiritual Insight

A structured and clear contemplative practice can start with calming the body, heart, and mind for 20 minutes. Next, it contains at least three key elements: body awareness, clarifying what you already know, and consistent sustained attention. Celebrate and note insights, or any expanded perspective that pops into your awareness. Set an intention to notice these things in daily life and to...
Five Core Practices For Meaningful Conversation

If you’re interested in improving your relationships, advancing in your career, or enhancing your capacity for change in life in general, communication is a powerful lever. Presence, listening, bringing curiosity and care, focusing on what matters, and pausing with silence, are all key. Read on for five foundational and advanced core practices you can start using today to improve your...