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Courageous Living Towards the World We Want

Miki leverages her extensive work with nonviolent social change activism, including ongoing work with the U.S. Department of Peace Campaign, to explore the use of NVC as a tool for effective social transformation. Individuals, activists, advocates and community leaders will be empowered with critical discoveries to re-ground themselves in their vision of the change they’d like to see. Using an...
Communicating With People Who Don’t Share Our Values

Trainer Tip Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. —Amelia Earhart Nonviolent Communication works with everyone, even people who aren’t familiar with the process or don’t share our values for connection and compassion. In fact, compassion automatically blossoms when we stay true to the principles of Nonviolent Communication. We don’t try to convince anyone to do it our way or...
Mourning Our Disappointments

need, we will feel relief. Take a few moments today to acknowledge the feelings and unmet needs associated with one of your behaviors. This trainer tip is an excerpt from Mary Mackenzie's book Peaceful Living, available from PuddleDancer Press. Keywords: feelings mourning needs self empathy peace vulnerability Mary Mackenzie
Self-Righteous Anger

Trainer Tip Hating people is like burning down your house to get rid of a rat. —Harry Emerson Fosdick Have you ever noticed that some of your behaviors ensure that your needs for peace and relief won’t be met? Take judgments for instance. The more we have, the less peaceful and happy we feel. The same is true for resentment and anger. Don’t you just feel awful when you are filled with them? How...
Why I'm Grieving the Loss of Both Israelis and Palestinians

difficult. As distraught as I feel, I cannot begin to fathom the shock, grief, and pain of those directly affected. Yet I have been profoundly affected emotionally, both as a longtime peace activist and as an American Jew born to an Israeli parent. As a Buddhist meditation teacher, I rarely speak about my Jewishness. I’ve yet to come to terms with the pain of Jewish history, or with the...
Nonviolent Communication

that true safety lies in our ability to openly connect with ourselves and other people, to live authentically and to respond to all situations with compassion and humanity. This process promotes peaceful living on a daily basis. Be aware today of the times that your behaviors or attitudes promote distrust and self-protection, rather than compassion and humanity. This trainer tip is an excerpt...
Keeping Ourselves Open

heart And there are ways of closing it . . . —Rumi One of the swiftest ways to close the heart is critical or judgmental thinking. How open are you when you are judging another person? The goal in peaceful living is to approach our relationships with an open heart. Years ago, I asked another trainer of Nonviolent Communication to help me come up with a request that would help me meet my needs...
Conflict Resolution

colleagues. —Dean Tjosvold and Mary Tjosvold When there is conflict, the chances are good that people are arguing over a particular strategy. When we focus on our needs, the opportunities for peaceful resolution that values everyone’s needs are much greater. For instance, if a couple is arguing over whether they will get to their vacation spot by train or plane, they are arguing over strategy....
The Illusion of Conflicting Needs

This exercise will help you resolve situations in which you have two needs which seem to be in conflict with each other, transforming inner conflict into peace. Click the arrows above the slide to navigate through the course. Keywords: Illusion of Conflicting Needs self empowerment self connection inner peace inner work personal growth needs strategies strategy inner conflict inner confusion...
Setting Goals for the New Year

Trainer Tip If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world. —The Dalai Lama What do you want to focus on this year? What are your goals, hopes and dreams? It’s important to make your goals concrete and specific. Don’t just say that you want to be happier;...