Building Understanding

Using NVC to foster understanding and connection across divided groups. Keywords: presence blame judgment personal growth relationships politics Liv Larsson

Greeting the Holidays with an Open, Joyful Heart

home and work relationships… How about a light-hearted yet supportive tune-up for your Joyful Heart? Please join Mary Mackenzie, along with CNVC Certified Trainers, Christine King, Faye Landey, Liv Larsson, and Rita Herzog – as we take a look at what disrupts our joy during the holidays… and discuss the delicious possibilities that abound when we declare our intention to “Greet the Holidays with...

Navigating Relationships Between Individuals and Political or Cultural Systems

Please listen as we discuss and grapple with the issues of growing polarization in our world, political structures and personal relationships.

Embracing Jackal Thoughts

see jackal as "wrong" and more inclined to embrace my needs, which are presently being expressed through my jackal. Hope this helps, —Miki Kashtan, Oakland, California, USA Trainer Answer from Liv Larsson: Dear M.O., As I see it, thoughts are part of being human. Our thoughts can be judging or just stating what we, for example, see. I see a car versus I see an ugly car. So if what you mean is...

What Are Enemy Images?

In this compelling interview with Liv Larsson, CNVC Certified Trainer from Sweden, the NVC concept of enemy images — how they develop, what they represent and how they affect our relationships with others and self — is explored. At the end of the audio, Liv tells a story about a man who lost his axe and believes his neighbor's son stole it to illustrate how our view of someone changes when we...

Effectiveness of the NVC Process in Coping with Violence and Pain

truly effective in places where so much violence has occurred and people's pain is very deep? —M.T., Bosnia Trainer Answer Dear M.T., Listen to the Audio above for the complete trainer answer. —Liv Larsson, Sweden Keywords: anger blame connection families leadership relationships social change teaching NVC coping strategy violence pain Liv Larsson

How to Interact with an Angry Practice Group Member

in sending the emails? To contribute maybe? To have this need be explicitly understood might be crucial to this person and might help you connect with the person. I hope this is of some help. —Liv Larsson, Sweden Keywords: feelings self empathy anger teaching NVC Group Facilitation Tips facilitation facilitator teaching NVC groups sharing NVC intensity rage observation Liv Larsson

How to Use NVC with Talkative Friends

Two-Way Street Empathy and Honesty

covered. Aren't both empathy and honesty both vital components of NVC? —NVC Academy member Trainer Answer Dear NVC Academy member, Listen to the Audio above for the complete trainer answer. —Liv Larsson Keywords: empathy expression honesty connection Liv Larsson