NVC Resources on Attention
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Adding Active Bystander Skills to Your NVC Toolkit
the stages of becoming an active bystander; Experience a "mini" training and demonstration; Discuss possible interventions you might use as an active bystander; Learn where to put your attention when you act; and Receive materials containing bystander training information. Lore has offered Bystander Trainings to teens and adults in her local community. These skills fit within the realm of...
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Using Anger to Serve Life
rather than the actions, we are more likely to connect compassionately with other people. For instance, if your son shaves your cat, what do you suppose his unmet need might be? Could it be attention, fun, or adventure? Rather than staying stuck in your judgments, consider empathizing with him by saying, “When I see that you shaved the cat, I feel horrified because I value consideration and...
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The Jackal as a Teacher
Hear it, empathize with it, learn its intentions, and create more satisfying strategies to meet your needs. This journey is filled with self-care, love, nurturing, and healing for you. Pay attention to what your inner jackal has to teach you today. This trainer tip is an excerpt from Mary Mackenzie's book, Peaceful Living, available from PuddleDancer Press. Keywords: Trainer Tip jackal...
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Empathy, a Potent Healer
time,like to have a friend takes time. —Georgia O’Keeffe I cannot say it enough. Most of us rarely feel truly heard and understood. Empathy, the simple act of hearing someone and focusing your attention on them, can be incredibly healing. Try to listen for the feelings and needs behind someone’s words. This isn’t always easy, but the results are remarkable. Here’s an example. One of your kids...
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Communicating with Children
Gary, why did you do that?” “Because you were sitting on a marble and I was down to the last one!” Then I empathized with Gary. “So, Gary, are you frustrated because your brother wasn’t paying attention to the game the way you like to?” “Yeah. He’s always messing things up. I wish he’d just play the game or go do something else.” “So, you’d like him to make up his mind and to be as serious as...
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Honesty Is the Key
Trainer Tip "It is tempting to sleepwalk through life. To tell half-truths, listen halfway, be half-asleep, drive with half attention . . . Wake Up!" —Sark Do you sometimes struggle with honesty? Do you ever have something you’d like to say to someone, but worry about how she will receive it? In Nonviolent Communication, we see expressing honesty as a gift of our authenticity, and an...
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Embodying Compassion Exercise
presence and just allowing it to be there. Noticing what happens. Notice whatever sensations…then emotions. Be with the felt sense of the experience. Continue to breathe as you focus your attention. Simply allow whatever arises in your experience. {attachment:all} Keywords: exercises/practices compassion meditation presence awareness visualization Robert Gonzales
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The Building Blocks of Interpersonal Collaboration
your ability to collaborate in ways that work for all. Explore key aspects of collaborating with others, using examples drawn from the participants' work lives: Speaking truth with care and attention to cultural norms; Opening to hear and integrate others' points of view; Moving from conflict to dilemma: aiming for solutions that work for both of you while attending to the larger purpose; and...
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Creating and Sustaining Strong Teams
when people work together toward a shared purpose. Each session focuses on a single element essential to effective collaboration within teams. Examples are drawn from real life situations: Attention to both relationships and shared purpose; Working with power differences – from above; Working with power differences – from below; and Maximizing efficiency and collaboration during meetings....
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Empathic Connection and Politics
be. We just need to “start the conversation,” as one of my inspirational heroes poet David Whyte would say. And as my mentor Marshall Rosenberg often said, if we can “trust the process” and keep attention on our shared humanity, it is inevitable that empathic connection and compassionate giving and receiving will happen. Keywords: conflict polarization empathy politics Donald Trump John Kinyon
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