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Principles of Nonviolent Communication

Let this inspiring video guide you through exercises as if you are actually present at the workshop with Mary Mackenzie! The video opens with Mary leading you through an exercise that generates a physical experience of the NVC consciousness. You will then explore the concept of "needs" in the NVC process, examine feelings and finally learn the NVC process of self-empathy. True to Mary's style,...
Working With Anger

Fully connecting to the deeper need under the anger can transform and release the anger, without requiring the other person to do anything differently. From there, you can reach an understanding of the other person's experience, feelings and needs underlying the actions that stimulated your anger to re-establish connection with your own and the other person's humanity. Read this practice...
What’s Important to You?

For me this exercise is most often the first activity in a beginning level workshop after the usual logistics/history/check-in. I experience it as wonderfully alive. It's also an opportunity for people to build connection with one another. It has worked well for a variety of different groups, whatever the age level, history or current life challenges. I usually use a flipchart or a whiteboard....
Mourning

In this session Jim and Jori Manske facilitate the exploration of the topic of Mourning using the three modes of NVC: self-empathy, honesty and empathic presence. Using an array of tools and exercises such as metaphors, somatic experience, connecting with needs, and breathing, Jim and Jori lead the group in a mourning practice and answer participants's questions such as what does mourning mean?...
Prepare for Love

Access this complete 12 session course This 12 session course recording brings together Eric's passions for Nonviolent Communication, Attachment Theory and Interpersonal 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...
Somatic-Based Empathy

Use this interactive empathy exercise to track the relationship and shifting of body sensations, feelings and needs as you note them out loud. Read this practice exercise Keywords: empathy somatic Eric Bowers
Working With Our Mixed “Yes”

For this exercise choose a situation in which you have said a “yes” to someone‛s request but you didn't experience your “yes” as given freely or joyfully. Then explore judgements, feelings, needs, and alternate strategies that come up in relation to your “yes”, your “no”, and in relation to what the other person might be experiencing. Read this practice exercise Keywords: mixed yes yes behind...
Working With Others' Mixed “Yes”

In this exercise choose a situation in which you got a “yes” to your request but you are not confident that it was agreed to freely or joyfully. Then explore your response to their “yes”, and possible unexpressed "no", with related observations, judgements, feelings, needs, requests, and alternate strategies that come up. Read this practice exercise Keywords: submission yes behind the no duty...
Working With No To Deepen Self-Connection

Use this exercise to stay in dialogue and connect to needs while facing a “no”. Identify a situation where you have low confidence that you'll get your needs met, and it'll be hard hearing a “no” to your request. Explore your response to the “no” by working with feelings, needs, request and alternate strategies. Thus you can work towards meeting your needs while also releasing the idea that...
A Positive Relationship With Reactivity

With practice we can prevent reactivity from overtaking and harming: notice signs of reactivity, bring compassion to it, see reactivity as the misperception of threat and a distortion of what's happening, plus engage and pursue connection and the clarity to weaken reactive impulses. In taking responsibility like this overtime, you can live from your values and from care. And life can get easier...