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Parenting Series: Understanding Requests and Demands

Inbal speaks to a group about our habit of demanding something of our children but making it sound like a request, the components of a true request and the importance of being honest when making a demand. Through an inspirational dialogue, Inbal demonstrates how we can stay in a dialogue even when our children say, “No” simply by viewing the situation through our “Giraffe Glasses.” Keywords:...
Honest & Conscious Expression

Jim and Jori Manske explore the considerations of expressing ourselves honestly, considerations that lead to more fully conscious and nonviolent connections. Practices for Honest Expression 1. Each evening, review your day and consider how you expressed your honesty, and if and how you would like to do it differently in the future. 2. With a practice partner, replay scenarios with you playing...
Punishment, Needs and the Protective Use of Force

Ask the Trainer: For many years I have been using crime and punishment (reward and consequences) to discipline because it was the only thing I knew. I knew deep in my heart it was alienating me...
Living the Fullness of Life

Access this complete 9 session course Living the Fullness of Life Program will help you: Gain skills for living in compassion every possible moment of your life Increase your ability to access your natural state of joy Transform your judgments by connecting to the inherent life within Expand your ability to embody the NVC consciousness Three key areas of focus in Robert’s work that he shares in...
Differentiating Needs from Strategies

Trainer Tip "Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy" ——Ralph Waldo Emerson Sometimes it is hard to remember that needs are universal and strategies are specific. Strategies are the methods we use to get our needs met. When we focus on needs, our world can feel abundant with possibility. When we focus on a particular strategy, our world can feel scarce. Conflicts arise when...
How to Express Feelings

Trainer Tip "By developing a vocabulary of feelings that allows us to clearly and specifically name or identify our emotions, we can connect more easily with one another. Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable by expressing our feelings can help resolve conflicts." —Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Expressing how we feel about something gives the other person an idea of how important it is to us. It...
Defining Needs

Trainer Tip "A theme may seem to have been put aside, but it keeps returning—the same thing modulated, somewhat changed in form" —Muriel Rukeyser In Compassionate Communication, we define needs as resources that life requires to sustain itself. Our physical well-being depends on our needs for air, water, food, rest, and shelter. Our psychological and emotional well-being relies on support,...
Being Radically Honest and the Art of Dialogue

Access this complete 4 session course This 4 session course is designed to help you more fully integrate NVC values and language into your daily life. Plan on practicing Nonviolent Communication's Radical Honesty through demonstrations, role-playing, and exercises designed to help you more fully integrate NVC values and language into your daily life. The topics addressed include how to: Be...
NVC and Social Change

We already know that Nonviolent Communication is an excellent tool for preventing and resolving conflicts, for transforming anger, guilt, shame and depression, and for creating a high quality of connection through which people enjoy spontaneously contributing to one another’s well-being. We’ve also heard that NVC is a powerful ally for creating social change. How does this work? How do we...
Groups Tip Series: How Can I Support More Collaboration?

It seems to me that people see ideas which are different from theirs as threatening. Instead of listening, the group polarizes around the different ideas and a lot of judgments develop, conflicts develop and people feel hurt. Forward progress becomes a battle ground. How can I support more collaboration? Keywords: conflict resolution groups collaboration Group Facilitation Tips purpose...