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Transforming Painful Patterns

come back to it as many times as necessary, WITHOUT guilt. Clarify the choice and motivation for change. Are you operating out of fear-guilt-shame or “have to?” Or is there a clear sense of self-connection and desire for liberation? Take the time to explore. Acknowledgment: In writing and/or aloud, express to yourself the conscious acknowledgment that transforming this (or any other) pattern...
Connection Requests

While the core motivation for a connection request may be connection with the other person, varied internal states and needs may help guide us toward different types of connection requests. Self-connection and understanding of our motivation in making a connection request can therefore greatly support our capacity for discovering and articulating what specifically we want from the other person...
Facilitating Connection

will go after we've made ourselves vulnerable. This recording will demonstrate how the power of our honesty is enhanced by ending on a clear and present request. Doing so supports self-connection because we know what we want before we open our mouth, and also supports connection with the other person because it gives them the gift of knowing how they can contribute back to us. Personal practices...
Owning Your Own Experience

aside about 10 minutes per day to journal, using this template, in order to support “owning your own emotional experience.” Begin with an intention to be gentle with yourself in a process of self-connection. Remember a time today when you felt a sense of constriction. Write a brief description of what happened. (the Observation) Explore your emotional experience. First, notice your physical...
Developing Discernment

Write how you might talk to yourself with this choice. Consider what needs may be met with this choice. Consider what needs may be unmet with this choice. From this place of consideration and self-connection, imagine receiving the difficult message, then choose how you would like to respond. © 2010 peaceworks, Jim and Jori Manske Keywords: consciousness core beliefs exercises/practices feelings...
Parenting and Anger

and let John and Stephanie guide you through it, step-by-step. In this course recording, you will learn how to: Meet your own intensity with compassion and find your way back to empathic self-connection by understanding basic brain functions such as the brain’s negative bias, the three motivation brain systems, memory and the spiraling of emotions. Meet your children’s intensity and gain more...
The Heart of Conflict

elements needed in order to begin to use the NVC process during conflict situations. This 6-session telecourse recording integrates the skills and consciousness of empathy, honesty and self-connection in the context of becoming a "third presence" with others who are in conflict. Topics include: Focusing on observations, feelings, needs and requests to support people in taking responsibility for...
Self-Empathy

this course, you'll learn a variety of supportive Self-empathy techniques, such as Mary's unique Wrap Process for deep healing of old wounds and quick Self-empathy methods for on-the-spot self-connection. The techniques themselves are simple, yet the results are profound. You'll pick up skills for: Understanding yourself more deeply Expressing a fuller spectrum of emotions Getting past...
Rooms in the Same House

in tune with your spirituality as you experience interactions with others and become aware of your own inner dialog. What You Can Expect: Easier and steadier access to presence, awareness and self-connection in relationships and challenging situations Illumination of basic Buddhist and NVC principles A deeper understanding of how to live the Buddhist precepts of non-harming, mindful speech and...
Empathy And Mindfulness With Inner Conversations Of Fear And Anxiety

Now, connect with the underlying energy of need and ask your unconscious mind for universal need words related to what you are currently perceiving, thinking and feeling. I call this the Self-Connection Practice — breath, body, need. Keywords: fear anxiety empathy mindful inner work self talk presence self awareness John Kinyon