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Life-Alienating Communication

Trainer Tip "Any change in one part of your life affects all other parts." —Gloria Karpinski We have all learned patterns of speech that keep us separate from other people. These patterns can look like judgments, criticisms, and blame, and they are prevalent in our society. In each case, the speaker separates herself from the listener by preoccupying herself with moralistic judgments. She...
Naturalizing NVC Language

Access this complete 7 session course Learn to speak NVC using your own voice and increase ease and flow in all your personal and professional conversations. This 7-session telecourse recording with renowned trainer Miki Kashtan is designed to help you integrate NVC into all aspects of your life by gaining fluency in your practice of NVC and by embodying the principles regardless of the words...
What the World Needs

peace in our world today, and a powerful means of creating a world that works for all of us. Good morning. My name is Inbal Kashtan. I grew up in Israel, but when I was 3 to 5 years old, my family lived in Mexico City. Like many middle class Mexican families, we had the privilege of having a maid working for us. Rosa cooked and cleaned, did laundry and ironed. More important for me — she gave me...
Prepare for Love

Neurobiology. We will learn about our past relationships, do healing work for our relationship wounds and trauma, and envision how we want to be in relationship with ourselves and with others—family, friends and intimate partners, if we are interested in having intimate partnerships. Part 1: Learning From the Past, Sessions 1-4 In Part 1, you will learn about Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)...
What’s Important to You?

the size of the main group). I ask each group to respond to the question, "What is important to you?" I mention that I'm looking for one-word responses. I usually give them a couple of examples (family or trust). I ask that one member of each group be the scribe for the group, to write down the responses. I give them about 5 minutes for this small group exercise. Part 3 (sometimes about 15-20...
Noticing What Is Important

that I had a lucrative career in higher education. I was paid a good salary and I had attained some freedom and a good reputation. I also had very few friends, was in little contact with my family, and wasn’t in a significant relationship. Most of my life was devoted to my career. Then I began to think, “Is this it? Is this enough?” I decided it wasn’t. Building a career never kept my bed warm...
The Value of Change

I often hear parents express sheer hopelessness that their relationship with their teenage children will ever change. They have tried everything they can think of and still there is unrest in the family. If you are in a similar situation, consider looking at things from the teenager’s perspective. What needs is he trying to meet in his life? How do those needs resemble or differ from those you...
Sometimes I Can’t Get Past My Judgments

me to lodge a complaint about an interaction we had. I let her talk for about ten minutes. In that time, she told me I had botched the job, that I had lied, and that I didn’t care about her or her family. None of this was true from my perspective. In fact, I had gone out of my way to help her family meet all its needs. Nevertheless, here she was on the phone full of rage and disappointment. My...
Street NVC

Access this complete 4 session course Are you finding yourself grappling with the NVC model despite your familiarity or practice? Do you often feel stuck or find it challenging to make it feel natural or authentic in your interactions? Dian guides you towards embodying the essence of NVC—a mindset of connection and collaborative engagement. Through her expertise, you'll discover invaluable...
What Makes NVC Hard?

Marshall Rosenberg, writing about Nonviolent Communication famously said, "Every action is an attempt to meet needs." Now, in the age when neuroscience has become accessible enough to help us decode everyday life, we can add, "And the needs behind every action might be in reaction to unseen nervous systems." In other words the things that people do sometimes have very little to do with us, and...