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The Art and Science of Happiness

offered for enhancing integration of the skills Through listening to this recorded telecourse you can: cultivate habits that support purpose, well-being, belonging and fulfillment bring more presence and flow into your life experience the joy of engaging activities that utilize your strengths more fully experience an increased quality of life Jori and Jim Manske have been married and playing...
The Heart of Conflict

the NVC process during conflict situations. This 6-session telecourse recording integrates the skills and consciousness of empathy, honesty and self-connection in the context of becoming a "third presence" with others who are in conflict. Topics include: Focusing on observations, feelings, needs and requests to support people in taking responsibility for their own experience, and being...
Thank You: Finding the Gift in Everything That Happens

jettisoning the fear of asking for what you want, and welcoming feedback no matter how it is delivered. Try this thought experiment exercise designed to: Train yourself to become aware of the presence of conflict Engage in a perspective broader than your habitual reactive patterns Engage your curiosity to remain open Connect to your needs in a reactive situation Keywords: exercises/practices...
Principle Based Teaching

that still responds to where people are likely to be. Session 4 - Preparing for the Workshop – II: This session continues the process of preparing for a workshop to reach a level of relaxed presence that allows your plan to become simply an empathic guess that meets and then adapts to the reality of the situation you find. You do this by identifying for yourself the core ideas you want to cover...
We Don’t Need to Fix Other People

to resolve their issues. Rely on this process and you will lose all desire to fix people’s problems. Instead, you will learn to trust their ability to resolve their issues. All it takes is your presence and your desire to hear their feelings and needs. Amazing! An underlying theme in a Nonviolent Communication consciousness is to translate our judgments into feelings and needs. It is impossible...
Pause Difficult Conversations with Skill and Self-Connection

Oren Jay Sofer explains how we can stay grounded and maintain choice during overwhelming or emotionally charged conversations. He highlights the importance of presence—feeling our feet, noticing our breath, and expanding our awareness—to counter the fight-or-flight response and self-regulate. Oren also teaches a simple three-part structure for pausing a conversation without damaging the...
Recovering from Reactivity Series

Join Jim and Jori Manske in this thought experiment exercise designed to: Train ourselves to become aware of the presence of conflict Engage in a perspective broader than our habitual reactive patterns Engage our curiosity to remain open Connect to our own needs in a reactive situation {attachment:all} Keywords: exercises/practices feelings observation presence strategies personal growth self...
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...
Integrating Inner And Outer

This exercise brings forth presence, awareness, and witnessing regarding what you observe. And also the inner form of experiencing: thinking, feeling, sensing, longing, and noticing any inner resistance. This exercise is designed to allow self-compassion to clear the inner space, and to help you feel it as a flow of energy, presence to the other, and bring in a more relaxed experience and more...
Practicing Unconditional Self-Acceptance When I Want Change

like to see change, personal growth or spiritual transformation, rather than immediately acting to make a change, Robert suggests we practice unconditional self-acceptance through a spacious presence to our inner experience. Robert asks us to give our attention and spacious awareness to our own judgments, inner contractions, and other experiences we often regard as undesirable. Keywords: Robert...