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Meeting Our Need for Trust

Trainer Tip "What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?" —George Eliot What loneliness is more lonely than distrust? —George Eliot I once dated someone whose stories changed frequently. He always had an explanation if I asked him about them. Other times, he told me things that I simply didn’t believe. Still, I questioned my own reality throughout the year we dated. I didn’t focus on whether...
Approaching a Difficult Conversation

How do you repair a relationship when you've already said things you regret, and want to reconnect with explaining or defending yourself? Listen as Miki Kashtan offers two valuable tips. This is an excerpt from Miki Kashtan's 7 part course Naturalizing NVC Language, which is also available in the NVC Library. Access the complete 7-part course Keywords Miki Kashtan naturalizing NVC regret fear...
Self-Empathy

Watch this video with Jim Manske to explore the practice of Self-Empathy through a different lens. Included is a unique four-step Self-Empathy process that culminates in a focus of gratitude. The four-step process of Self-Empathy as seen by Jim Manske is: Recognizing that you need Self-Empathy (tuning into physical sensations, emotions and self-talk). Self-acceptance (looking at what upsets you...
Embodying the Consciousness of NVC

Access this complete 6 session course Explore how you can embody the consciousness of NVC and live every moment of every day in the fullness of compassion - for yourself and others. This course recording includes specific teachings from Robert with time for practicing the principles he covers, as well as processes that you may take into your daily life for deepening your learning. In this...
Improving Relationships as a Primary Goal

Trainer Tip I am not easily frightened. Not because I am brave but because I know that I am dealing with human beings, and that I must try as hard as I can to understand everything that anyone ever does. —Etty Hillesum, Holocaust victim Compassionate Communication suggests that improving the quality of our relationships is a primary goal. Indeed, that connection with ourselves and other people...
Requests, the Fourth Component of Compassionate Communication

Trainer Tip We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. —John F. Kennedy Over the past few days, we have looked at the first three components of Compassionate Communication: observations, feelings, and needs. The fourth component is making a request. This component is critical because it clarifies for you and the people in your life what it would take to meet your need....
Communicating with Children

Trainer Tip "The ways parents interact with their children contribute to shaping children’s understanding of themselves, their parents, human nature, and the world around them. A parent who takes a toy away from a toddler who had just taken it from another child, while saying, “No grabbing,” teaches both children that grabbing is okay—for those with more power. A parent who unilaterally imposes...
Hearing The Yes Behind The No

Trainer Tip "Why do you walk through the field in gloves When the grass is soft as the breasts of doves And shivering sweet to the touch?" —Frances Comford It is often easy for us to hear rejection when someone says “no” to us. If we focus on the rejection, we may feel hurt and fail to take the time to understand what is going on with them. However, if we focus on their feelings and needs, we...
Facilitate Change

newly remastered audio with seasoned Life Coach and CNVC Certified Trainers Martha Lasley and Dian Killian to explore how you can "be the change" in your life, to live fully in integrity with your values in your work, community, faith and social action groups. Through this, you will learn new ways to use NVC to support social change and to create the world where you want to live! Through sharing...
Stoking the Fires of Joy

Learn ways to express and receive gratitude Live with renewed energy and savor moments that matter Find ways to hold pain and joy simultaneously Expand awareness of the ways you are living your values Find peace around needs that are not fully met in your life Practice celebrating your power to serve life Understand what keeps you from living with gratitude Develop strategies to incorporate more...