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Feast for the Soul

you through the discomfort of constriction and suffering and guide the opening of the heart and soul to healing and new perspectives. The light in these words and music shines through shame to trust, softens the letting go of self-doubt and waiting for life to be different, and inspires transformation, surrender and awakening to love and your true nature. Join us in this celebration of human...
Taking Responsibility for Your Choices

as bad. Our primary motivation may be the desire to be accepted and valued; however, it’s an awkward strategy to meet those needs. If we don’t take responsibility for our actions, others no longer trust us. We all have choices. You may think that you have to follow the rules at work. You don’t; you choose to follow the rules. You can choose to quit, or confront the system, or rebel. Because none...
All in

course When you consider making the full-on commitment to living nonviolently, do you … Worry that in some situations you will compromise your own needs? Wonder if it's even possible? Struggle to trust yourself to have what it takes? I used to feel that way too. Now, after some years of being on this path, I feel more able to face life, to trust myself to work out difficult situations. I am more...
Tips for the Road Series Tip 7

(Rosenberg, 2003). If the other person tells you, in one way or another, that they do not want to talk about the ongoing conflict, you could offer them some needs guesses, “Is it hard for you to trust that I will really listen to your side and won’t judge and blame you? Are you worried that this discussion will turn into an argument? I have not always been able to listen to your side very well,...
Tips for the Road Series Tip 10

difficult emotions for me to reclaim as I have many implicit memories that associate anger and rage with danger and loss of safety and love. On top of that, though I have several empathy buddies I trust who could support me in my anger and rage, it is not always easy to create the appropriate space to explore those emotions. So sometimes I take them to the trees. I find that the forest is a...
Acknowledging Other People’s Reality

were late the last two nights, but don’t agree that you “never” come home on time or even that you are late most times. You can start by empathizing with him, “Are you angry because you want to trust that I’ll come home when I say I will?” “Yes! Not that I’ll get that, but that’s what I want.” “So, not only are you angry, you also feel hopeless that you will be able to trust that I’ll keep my...
Our Afghan Story Revisited

they wanted to be seen and heard. So, that’s what we did for two full days, listened and reflected back to them what we heard, especially their feelings and their needs for empathy, care, respect, trust, integrity, honesty, to matter and be seen, and many more tragically unmet needs. Through steep challenges translating a multitude of different languages and dialects being spoken, we could tell...
Transforming Drama in Congregations

relationship skills in congregations is integral to working with the conflicts that arise. NVC helps us turn toward conflict and connect us to life so we can sit with unmet needs, grow the trust to accept our humanity and shift our behaviour so that it reflects trust, love, and interconnectedness. These principles can be applied to any spiritual community. Keywords: consciousness needs...
How to Create Your Own Teaching Activities

needs and then the rote technique, and then I learned that the purpose was to connect rather than reflect the “right” words, then I learned that empathy met my own need to connect, then to start trusting my gut instincts, and then I learned that empathy is a tool that helps me stay out of judgment.) 5. Ponder how you could recreate that moment in a workshop; play with ideas. 6. When you have an...
Living the Self-in-Life

Practical tips for bringing greater compassion to your relationships; Increased capacity for vulnerability and mourning; Clarified sense of your own spirituality; and Enhanced sense of trusting your own place in life, as well as your purpose. Finally, spirituality is your relationship to the divine / life force, where beauty is the central essence of your heart. Our practice time together will...