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  1. What is self-empathy? Mary Mackenzie leads you on an exploration of self-empathy through an exercise that will show you how you can easily connect more deeply with your needs.

  2. Listening as an Essential Leadership Skill

    Listening as an Essential Leadership Skill

    Lorraine Aguilar

    Video · 7 min 40 sec · 02/05/2025

    Lorraine Aguilar perceives NVC-based listening to be an essential skill to cultivate for success in the business world. A key exercise for building your listening muscle is to work with your judgments of others by translating those judgments from “What’s wrong with them?” to “What's important to me?”

  3. Receiving the Word "No"

    Receiving the Word "No"

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 34 minutes · 8/4/2016

    Join Jori and Jim Manske to explore, learn and practice the art of receiving the word "no," re-framing it from fear into fun.

  4. Mourning and Celebration

    Mourning and Celebration

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 35 minutes · 8/4/2016

    Join Jori and Jim Manske to explore, learn and practice an NVC approach to mourning and celebration.

  5. Here are two practices for connecting with "request energy". One of them helps us practice in the moment (7 steps). The other one helps us connect to ourselves (11 steps).

  6. Eric offers some tips for nurturing and affirming ourselves as a daily practice.

  7. Yoram Mosenzon shares an exercise and demo to explore the process of identifying observations and using judgements (jackals) to find the needs.

  8. Facilitating Connection

    Facilitating Connection

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 59 minutes · 25/10/2011

    Expressing ourselves honestly is sometimes scary because we can't predict where the conversation will go after we've made ourselves vulnerable. This recording will demonstrate how the power of our honesty is enhanced by ending on a clear and present request.

  9. Healing and Reconciliation

    Healing and Reconciliation

    (7 Session Course)

    Ike Lasater, John Kinyon

    Multi-session Course · 7 - 9 hours · 5/21/2019

    Old emotional hurts and pains can easily erupt when you’re in the throes of conflict – even if you’re the mediator. Wouldn’t it be lovely if you could avoid all of that, and instead create more peace and happiness for yourself, your family, your co-workers and your community?

  10. Honest & Conscious Expression

    Honest & Conscious Expression

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 56 minutes · 10/25/2011

    Jim and Jori Manske explore the considerations of expressing ourselves honestly, considerations that lead to more fully conscious and nonviolent connections.

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