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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...
Tips for the Road Series Tip 12

For many, the word “need” is associated with lack, neediness, and scarcity. These associations are the opposite of the meaning of needs in Nonviolent Communication (NVC). In NVC, needs are the motivational energy of our innate wholeness and desire to grow, like the energy of a plant pushing it up through the soil and toward the sun. The conditioning most of us grew up with has tricked us into...
Deal-Breakers and Staying with Yourself

it is, identifying what's really true for you, and acting on that truth. An aliveness and vibrancy in your life comes from a present moment responsiveness that arises from a deep sense of self-connection. Let’s look at an example with a student we will call Yesenia. Yesenia knows that positive judgments are a part of the general vernacular and for the most part she can hear them for what they...
9 Skills for Navigating Conflict

By slowing down and considering the state of your resources before engaging in a conflict, you increase the likelihood of discovering a solution that dissolves separateness and enhances the connection and compassion you long for. In this course, you can look forward to learning: An effective shortcut to activating “NVC Consciousness” when you need it the most Skills that increase the likelihood...
The Purpose Of Gratitude

Gratitude keeps us connected to what is working, rather than dwelling on what is not working. When used in its purest form – as a celebration – gratitude keeps us connected to the natural joy of giving that comes spontaneously when we are connected to how powerful we really are in our capacity to enrich each other’s lives. Besides being a form of celebration, receiving gratitude also serves the...
Compassion

with NVC. The beauty of this strong pairing is, of course, the wonderful capacity for one human being to listen to another human being in a manner that is likely to support mutual openness and connection. How could anyone object? One of the pitfalls however of understanding NVC as being primarily about empathy is that if some quantifiable measure of mutual openness and connection doesn’t result...
Prepare for Love

you get formed. You will also learn about and begin practicing resonant, somatic-based empathy, a style of empathy that supports brain hemisphere integration, brain-body integration and deep connection. Part 2: Transforming the Past: Group and Partner Processes for Healing Past Pain, Sessions 5-8 In Part 2, there will be less learning of new material and more time for process work. We will focus...
Teachers Expressing to Students and Colleagues

to classroom teachers. Four of them have created the Educator Institute, which is a 5-day intensive training, where you could meet many other teachers struggling with the same challenges, form connection and learn skills. This group offers other trainings, and you can check out their website at: www.trainforlifecommunication.com. How to Bring NVC to Your School Third, I want to respond directly...
Foundational NVC Skills

– seeking to value everyone’s needs Seeing your needs and requests as a gift to others, and seeing others’ needs and requests as a gift to you Keywords: demands needs presence requests connection requests compassion connection John Kinyon
An Introduction to Self-Compassion

and another portion is devoted to Robert working with individual participants. Keywords: beauty of the needs consciousness core beliefs exercises/practices needs presence self empathy compassion connection healing inspiration judgment self compassion self talk spirituality self connection authenticity vulnerability Robert Gonzales