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“Obnoxious Tone” Roleplay

1. Pick a stimulus that has a tone you can't be present with 2. (In roleplay or not) Pick a neutral word (eg. Cup), and have that person say it in a way that contains that tone. Do this by having the person say it in different tones and ask them to do the tone that is closest to the stimulating tone. 3. Have them say the neutral word with the stimulating tone over and over untill there's an...
“Do Over” Roleplay

Instead of doing an "apology" using the NVC framework, you can do a "do over" to express regret. This roleplay exercise shows you how. You'll be talking about your needs that were not met by what you did, expressing what you wanted to say instead of what you said, and more. Read this practice exercise Keywords: do over apology regret Jori Manske Jim Manske
"Acting from the Zero Step" Roleplay

When Marshall designed NVC, he said that the purpose of it was to create a quality of connection, that inspires compassionate giving and receiving. The zero step is awakening or remembering your intention to support compassionate giving and receiving. Do this practice exercise to awaken this intention and to roleplay with it in your heart. Read this practice exercise Keywords: intention zero...
Confirmation and Feedback Requests

Jim and Jori Manske share the wisdom of Marshall Rosenberg, the founder of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Join them to learn why knowing what you want before speaking is essential for clear, meaningful interactions. This snippet from their eight session course, 9 Skills for Navigating Conflict, explores how to make "confirmation requests" to ensure you're understood—whether you're navigating a...
9 Skills for Navigating Conflict

Access this complete 8 session course Do you long for more reliable access to NVC when you need it the most? When conflict erupts, NVC skills can sometimes seem so far away. When you feel separate, enflamed with uncomfortable emotions and judgment, NVC can seem like the farthest thing from your mind. During those times it can be all too easy just to react when what you may really want to do is...
NVC Gratitude Practice

Join Jim and Jori Manske, to explore the relationship between gratitude and Nonviolent Communication, and how to develop a gratitude practice that helps you learn and practice NVC. Jim and Jori guide the group through a practice to learn how to "do gratitude" and how it relates to Marshall's 4 components of NVC. Keywords: Jim Manske Jori Manske Jim and Jori Manske gratitude practice group
Feelings Awareness

In this intriguing audio, Jim and Jori Manske create a framework for growing your feeling awareness, and offer daily practices for working with your feelings. Listen to this audio if you’d like to expand your emotional vocabulary! Keywords: feelings awareness needs Jim & Jori Manske
Repair and Heal Disconnection in Relationships

We all blow it sometimes. Maybe we are triggered and react in ways we regret. Or we unknowingly say or do something that unexpectedly touches a nerve for someone else. Either way, how do we heal the disconnection? In this session, you'll learn how to integrate skills for repairing relationships. Jim and Jori Manske are leading first with a self-connection meditation, then move on to practice...
Mourning

In this session Jim and Jori Manske facilitate the exploration of the topic of Mourning using the three modes of NVC: self-empathy, honesty and empathic presence. Using an array of tools and exercises such as metaphors, somatic experience, connecting with needs, and breathing, Jim and Jori lead the group in a mourning practice and answer participants's questions such as what does mourning mean?...
Conflict Evolution Policy

This document is for organizations that want to integrate NVC. The intention is to use conflict as a stimulus to personal growth, more open and honest relationships, and life-affirming change. It mentions using NVC skills such as self connection, empathy, honesty, and requests (and protective use of force as last resort) to navigate the conflict with an intention of connection. Read this...
Effective Collaboration

Plowing ahead without collaboration can result in taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back. Would you enjoy more ease and co-operation with others? More partnership? More warmth? Learning more about collaborating effectively can help you: Empower yourself in relationships that matter Collaborate more effectively to make life wonderful Successfully open a dialog when the topic matters and...
Navigating Polarizing Conversations

Do you find yourself in difficult conversations, wishing to be understood? Do you receive comments that you do not know how to navigate effectively? Does it sometimes seem that the other person wants to argue? Do you long to connect in ways that can meet more needs at less cost to your well-being and connections? We are living in challenging times with varying opinions about what we "should be...
Starting a Practice

Ready to up level your skills for liberation and making life more wonderful? Even if you are a hard grader, you have developed a lot of skills in your life. What if you could use the skills you already have to create more skillful connection with yourself and in your interactions with others? Watch this 40min session, with Jim and Jori Manske and take the next step in your skill development....
Cultivating Vitality

Jim and Jori share their work integrating Martin Seligman's work on Positive Psychology with Nonviolent Communication in a 5-point system they call REMAP, focusing on: Relationships – how being in relationship with others is a natural and deeply important part of being human Engagement – how being fully involved in something shifts your consciousness and even your biology Meaning – how...
Strengthening Your Empathy Muscle

Jori and Jim Manske explore strengthening your empathy "muscle" for your own well being. Empathy can be a means to strengthen your own resilience, as well as being present for another person. Keywords: Jim and Jori Manske empathy self empathy resilience well being presence self care
W.A.I.T: Practices For Presence And Patience

With these practices make space before reacting to emotion or external stimulus. This can enable your capacity to respond from your self-connection to universally shared values. With practice you can create the capacity to temporarily put impulsiveness aside, in the service of connection with yourself and others, and in service of more informed and effective strategies. Read this practice...
Exercises For Transforming Rebellion

In these exercises, you'll transform your urge to rebel with punishment or reward. Punishing can include withholding love or other necessities, attacking verbally with insults or name calling (directly or with others), giving a "dirty look," or attacking physically. With these exercises you'll allow space for your urge. You'll also explore needs, benefits, consequences, and alternatives. Read...
Practices For Requesting

Practice making requests for feedback, clarity, and action. Opportunities for making requests might be when you expected something different from what you got, were treated undesirably, and noticed inner constriction or reactivity. Identify observations, feelings, and values to support finding the request. Ensure your request states what you want, is specific, names the present-tense action,...
Reactions To Conflict Exercises

With these exercises you can practice identifying the reactions to conflict, such as fight, flight, freeze, the posture taken, what you see, hear, smell, touch taste and what needs are at play. They will also bring in curiosity about what next step may help. One of these exercises prompts you to journal some of these things this week. Read this practice exercise Keywords: conflict reactivity...
Exercise For Saying "No" And Staying Connected

Ever have a hard time saying "no" to someone, or feel obligated to say yes? Here's an exercise that can help you notice where you are placing yourself as someone who "has to" say yes; the needs in the other person making the request; what you want to say "yes" to (regarding your needs and theirs) by saying "no"; what prevents you from saying "yes"; plus your request and how you might express...