NVC Resources on Feelings
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Parenting and Anger
Access this complete 5 session course Combine mediating conflict, parenting skills and study of brain science in this ground-breaking course recording on how to funnel your anger and your child’s anger toward mutual caring and peace in your family. If you ’are tired of exploding, stuffing your anger, or living in endless hopelessness, take this course to learn practical tips for using anger to...
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Prevent Misunderstanding--One Simple Strategy
Misundertstandings can be painful. We can easily avoid this by checking what the other person understood from what we said, and ask the other person to do the same. Doing this is especially important when it comes to planning, shared decision-making, and when emotions are strong. Also, the more someone knows you, the more they think they already know what you mean -- which can get in the way of...
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The Spirituality of Nonviolent Communication
Access this complete 6 session course Discover how the perennial strength of compassion and the living energy of needs can help you develop resilience in order to remain present with yourself and others amidst today's challenges. Fully empower your place and engagement in life, cultivate and strengthen your center. The center is where your values lie, your heart center, and the center of your...
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Addressing Inequalities in Groups Using NVC
Near the end of a two-day workshop I facilitated, a white man who had not spoken within the group yet shared that he often finds it difficult to speak up in group settings. A transgender man from the Global Majority* - who had spoken up frequently over the two days - reacted with pronounced irritation. In that moment, the Global Majority man heard the messages from his past being reinforced....
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Apologizing in NVC Language
In this brief audio, Jim Manske uses a live situation to demonstrate how to use the NVC process in an apology. Jim starts by identifying the four steps to self-connection before expressing your apology: Identify what you are apologizing for Clarify your feelings associated with the situation Identify the need you were trying to meet Craft a statement that represents what you’d like to say to...
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Self-Connection Exercise
Join Jim Manske as he leads you through a self-connection exercise to guide you toward welcoming whatever enters into your awareness. Keywords: exercises/practices feelings needs observation presence requests self empathy connection personal growth self compassion mediation self connection awareness Jim and Jori Manske Jim Manske Jori Manske
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Resolving Conflict in Congregations
LoraKim explores what gets in the way of seeing the inherent worth and dignity of others when there is conflict in congregations. The language of needs and feelings bonds us together and can lead us into creating communities where our hearts share a common space. The strategies LoraKim offers can be applied to any spiritual community. Keywords: consciousness needs strategies intention conflict...
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Responding to Criticism
In general, criticism is a reactive response to discomfort. When someone criticizes, they are not yet able or willing to take responsibility for their needs. All criticism is a tragic expression of feelings and unmet needs. When you meet that criticism skillfully you not only care for yourself, you can facilitate clarity, and constructive communication, about what the other person is truly...
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Getting Stuck Arguments Unstuck
Some arguments stay stuck because each person thinks it's about the content of the argument, rather than the needs each person is attempting to protect. When the needs get attached to the strategies a "no way out" scenario gets created. Instead, fully step into one another's worlds and connect to the feelings and needs behind the strategy each party is putting forth. Read on for six elements to...
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NVC Flow
This single-page handout illustrates the steps to translating habitual judgments and actions into observations, feelings, needs, and requests (OFNR). See this handout Keywords: Handout flowchart illustration OFNR habit choice learning tool Peggy Smith
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