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Setting Loving Boundaries

How do you protect yourself while staying as connected as possible with others? How can you effectively communicate your limits and boundaries in clear, confident, and compassionate ways that actually enhance and strengthen your relationships? This session touches on concepts like narcissism, codependence, and shame while providing a nonviolent reframing of those dynamics. This will help you...
The Cause of Our Feelings

feelings when my needs aren't being met! In these moments, using NVC has been a lifesaver. I acknowledge the incredible capacity of using feelings and needs in NVC to foster connection and compassion yet, it would meet deep needs of mine for clarity and understanding, to know whether it is also true to say that our thoughts are the cause of our feelings, and still be within the model of NVC....
It Takes a Community to Raise a Relationship

of a mean migraine. Under different circumstances I might not have the courage to embrace and express this pain and ask for help. In this moment, held by this community with acceptance, compassion and a shared intention to support healing, any beliefs I hold about what I should look or act like lose their grip. My pain begins to dissolve in the waves of my feelings and the pressure in my head...
Core Beliefs and Gratitude Exercise

to myself, to have the intention of trusting I have worth/beauty regardless of how anyone else responds and to assume goodwill on the part of everyone listening. Assume their intentions for compassion and caring are just as strong as mine. Now I can be open to recognizing what needs are fulfilled in the moment, and to experience my own deep gratitude. Keywords: core beliefs exercises/practices...
Colloquial NVC Options

Miki Kashtan, offers seven options that support NVC enthusiasts in evolving from classical to colloquial NVC language. KEYS: Fluency in our use of NVC rests on the foundation of connecting with compassion for self and other, and with a deep authenticity within us, and allowing the words we choose to arise from this connection. This means prioritizing the consciousness over the form. Our goal in...
Experience More Joy and Success at Work

by: Mary Mackenzie – co-founder of the NVC Academy, executive director of the Peace Workshop International, and author of Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing and Compassion. This lively discussion includes these trainers discussing their real world experiences of how they’ve applied NVC in business and what they’ve learned along the way, such as: Is NVC really...
Getting Past Our Judgments

my own feelings and needs without judging or blaming someone else. Learning to do this took time, but after a while I began to notice that I was less judgmental, which allowed more room for compassion. Notice how many judgments you have of yourself and other people today and begin translating those judgments into your feelings and needs. This trainer tip is an excerpt from Mary Mackenzie's book...
Tips for the Road Series Tip 7

we have to the middle prefrontal cortex (MPFC) of our brain. This is unfortunate because the MPFC is crucial for resolving conflict peacefully and effectively. The MPFC has the capacity for compassion, for soothing emotions, for empathizing with others and understanding their perspectives, and for coherent decision-making based on needs, rather than reactive decision-making arising from a sense...
Forgiving Ourselves

it differently next time. In a sense, this means acknowledging both parts of ourselves—the part who was trying to meet a need and the part who took the action we regret. Offering ourselves this compassion can be an effective motivator for change. Next time, we could say: “My corn flakes are getting soggy, and I’m worried about wasting food. Would it be OK with you if I called you in a few...
Tips for the Road Series Tip 24

with the other’s feelings and needs, there is likely a projection. The stronger your reaction, the more likely you are projecting. You’ll know you are no longer projecting when you feel more compassion toward the other person and view the person and event/conflict in a different light. If the conflict was due to a particular behavior, dissolving a projection may leave you still wanting to...