NVC Resources on Love
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The Lonely Trainer
Even before I turned twenty, I became a member of a spiritual cult group. There was an incredible amount of deep spiritual companionship present, belonging, love, beauty, and loads of spiritual experiences, expansions. And, at the same time, there was lack of transparency, lack of honesty, manipulation, strong hierarchy, abuse of power, sex and money, primarily by the spiritual leader himself…...
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Parenting Series: The Importance of Self-Empathy
Inbal offers parents and anyone with children in their life a lucid discussion of the important role self-empathy plays in creating healthy, supportive relationships. Are the strategies you're using right now supporting your goals for the relationships you want with your children? In this introduction to the NVC principle of self-empathy, Inbal uses an interactive dialogue and simple...
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Transparency
Kelly Bryson, CNVC Certified Trainer who is especially known for his skill in teaching people how to live authentically, focuses this audio on honesty: how to express what you're most afraid to say, when honesty is the best choice to support connection and how to employ "naked" honesty. He explains that transparency is a practice in self-acceptance and the outcome of living in integrity with...
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The Cause of Our Feelings
Ask the Trainer Dear Trainer, I would love some clarity about the NVC perspective on the cause of our feelings. I am quite clear that nothing external to me is the cause of my feelings, and it seems also quite clear that my thoughts (beliefs and perceptions) are the cause of my feelings. Yet in NVC the cause is said to be our unmet needs. Yet again I have also heard NVC trainers say that we...
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Connecting With Your Husband
Ask the Trainer Dear Trainer, My question is about wanting to empathize more with my husband. It is difficult to communicate with him sometimes. Sometimes we connect very deeply when we have decided to use NVC. Other times it seems that we have never even talked about NVC and he slips back into jackal talk. I would like to see a more balanced relationship and I don’t know how to do it. I would...
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Living with the Power of Gratitude
Session 1 Session 2 Hema Pokharna shares how truly becoming a healing influence in this world, requires we each be powerful in a balanced, spiritually mature and responsible way. To a large extent, we need to develop our own healthy way of being powerful. One concrete method we can develop is an "attitude of gratitude," a life-affirming process that brings greater awareness of the wonder and...
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Idiomatic vs. Formal Compassionate Communication
Trainer Tip Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself. —Marquis de Vauvenargues Do you sometimes feel awkward when you use the four components of Compassionate Communication (observation, feeling, need, request)? The four components are a tool to help people interact with others in a connected and compassionate manner. Formal use of the language is very...
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Experiencing Gratitude
Trainer Tip Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. —Jacques Maritain Do you ever think you’re taking life just a little too seriously? Many of us work hard trying to improve our outlook, our ability to communicate, and our lives. Sometimes we work so hard, we forget to enjoy life. So let’s make a pact to enjoy our day. This doesn’t mean we pretend that our life is enjoyable when it’s...
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Don’t Make Assumptions!
Trainer Tip Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. —Arthur Schopenhauer Do you ever feel certain that other people see things the way you do, only to find out they don’t? Did you ever sit in a meeting feeling bored, certain that the other participants were also bored, only to discover when you mentioned it that they were totally engaged? People make...
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Dealing with Loss
Access this complete 3 session course This gentle, healing telecourse recording will assist you in unearthing feelings and issues that have become tangled up with loss, enabling you to face whatever is blocking your grief. Gain an understanding of your relationship to grief Recognize and free yourself from your judgmental mind Change guilt and shame into life-serving empathy Distinguish between...
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