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How To Deal With Ourselves When We Are Less Than Perfect

the “mistake.” Write down as much as you can remember. Mourn (Distinguish between mourning vs. blaming. Mourning is full attention focused on needs. It allows me to learn when I in harmony with my values. Blame ”.) Put full attention on needs What need(s) or value(s) of mine were not met? I want to mourn when I don't act in harmony with my values/needs. I want to look for the good reasons why I...
Our Afghan Story Revisited

Close to 20 years ago I went to Pakistan with my close colleague Ike Lasater to work with Afghan tribal elders in a refugee camp along the border. It was January 2002, soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. and our bombings and invasion of Afghanistan. It was a particularly dangerous time for Americans to go to that part of the world, yet for reasons I can only understand in...
Self Assessment Matrix

This self-assessment matrix is a concrete step toward naming and clarifying many skills that you may find valuable in your life. We suggest you periodically assess your skills to track your progress. Listen to this audio overview, and download the Self Assessment Matrix document to use in your self-assessment. You can also download the handy Strength/Edge Worksheet to record your strengths and...
The Basics of Partnership Parenting Using NVC

a relationship with your child based on connection, trust and everyone's needs mattering? Would you love to learn ways to ground your responses to in-the-moment triggers in your deeper parenting values? Do you want to deepen self-connection and balance your own needs with your child's more compassionately? Each session recording includes a teaching piece on a parenting theme, as well as Q&A and...
Navigating Conflict

others in holding compassion, while recognizing that each person is responsible for their own experience. Using requests to facilitate dialogue during disputes so that everyone's experience and values are expressed and acknowledged. Balancing patience and persistence when emotions of others are intense and you lack inner resources for listening. Identifying and using needs as a guideline to...
Financial Freedom and Integrity

went from food stamps to financial independence in 8 years two decades ago! We continue to learn and integrate many skills for nurturing all aspects of well-being including personal and spiritual values, work, family and play. We now spend our lives doing work we love and supporting others in creating the lives they want for themselves. We are eager to share this work with you!” —Jim and Jori...
Forming, Uniting and Nurturing NVC Communities

local and regional boundaries or organizations… We no longer even have to be face-to-face to have community; we can now gather virtually in online communities and share common interests and values regardless of where we work or live… Wherever you find “community” – and however you define it – each of us is seeking it, searching for that place where we feel strengthened and encouraged by others...
Embracing Leadership within Yourself

are. The four sessions cover the following topics: Understanding leadership Taking full responsibility for your life: aligning with vision Taking full responsibility for your life: aligning with values Making peace with your fallibility This course is part of the Leadership as a Way of Life series. The Leadership as a Way of Life series is divided into four stand-alone courses that focus on some...
Supporting a Culture of Collaboration

organization. Miki highlights specific systems and proposes ways of aligning those systems with core principles of collaboration: Basic principles of collaborative systems; Shared purpose and values; Decision making and resource allocation systems; and Feedback and conflict resolution systems. Keywords: Miki Kashtan expression teamwork conflict resolution strategies compassion connection...
Being Radically Honest and the Art of Dialogue

Access this complete 4 session course This 4 session course is designed to help you more fully integrate NVC values and language into your daily life. Plan on practicing Nonviolent Communication's Radical Honesty through demonstrations, role-playing, and exercises designed to help you more fully integrate NVC values and language into your daily life. The topics addressed include how to: Be...