Speaking Up Is an Expression of Love
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: Q: How do we get the love we want? A: Ask for it.
1 - 2 minutes
NVC Resources on Connection
Perceiving Reality
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: When we try to make another person fit into a reality that we prefer in order to meet our own needs everyone suffers. Instead, bring your focus back to yourself. Notice which of your needs are met or unmet when you spend time with someone. Don’t judge them; just focus on your feelings and needs. Then, decide whether continuing the relationship will meet them
1 - 2 minutes
Tips for the Road Series: Tip 3. Get Empathy before Making Important Decisions
Tips for the Road Series: Tip 3. Get Empathy before Making Important Decisions
Tips for the Road Series: Tip 3. Get Empathy before Making Important Decisions
with Eric Bowers
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Eric explains how we can often avoid regret by getting empathy before making important decisions.
1 - 2 minutes
Stopping: Practicing Awareness of Thinking
with Jim & Jori Manske
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Here's a practice for cultivating more awareness of our thinking and choices, when our feelings and thoughts become stimulated.
1 - 2 minutes
NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over
with Dian Killian
Article • 9 - 14 minutes •
Article
9 - 14 minutes
Some people in the NVC community consider the words "privilege" and "power" triggering and/or evaluative. From this perspective, how can the concepts of "privilege" and "power" be considered part of the NVC teaching? This writing piece examines the power and privilege debate. It also discusses what the author sees as Marshall Rosenberg and Gandhi's stance on the subject...
9 - 14 minutes
Choice in the Face of Demands
with Arnina Kashtan
Audio • 1 hour, 8 minutes •
Audio
1 hour, 8 minutes
No one likes demands. Do you want to have access to choice when requests or demands come your way? Join CNVC Certified Trainer Arnina Kashtan as she provides tools to free yourself from the submit/rebel dynamic.
1 hour, 8 minutes
Becoming a Change Agent Everywhere You Go (4 Session Course)
Becoming a Change Agent Everywhere You Go (4 Session Course)
Becoming a Change Agent Everywhere You Go (4 Session Course)
with Miki Kashtan
Audio • 6 - 8 hours •
Audio
6 - 8 hours
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed – or locked into passivity? This course offers you a way out. Learn to change the way you perceive leadership, and you’ll help yourself respond more powerfully and proactively every day of your life – wherever you are – and whomever you’re with!
6 - 8 hours
Idiomatic vs. Formal Compassionate Communication
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: When do we move from using the formal 4-step process of NVC to a more idiomatic, natural-sounding expression? Whenever we're ready!
1 - 2 minutes
Love as a Need
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1-2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1-2 minutes
Trainer Tip: In NVC we consider love to be a need. We all need love, but the ways in which we express it can be very different.
1-2 minutes
Forgiving Ourselves
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: Every single time you say or do something, even when you experience pain or regret, you are trying to meet a need. Forgiveness begins when we acknowledge the needs we were trying to meet in the situation.
1 - 2 minutes
Learning From Our Regrets
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: When have you responded in a way you didn’t want? How could you have handled that situation differently? What would have better met your needs? Try not to judge your behavior, but learn from it. Each time we review our actions, we can learn something, become more adept at new skills, and come closer to our ideal. We can do this with the learning curve of practicing translating...
1 - 2 minutes
Enjoying the Jackal Show
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes •
Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes
Trainer tip: Be aware of your inner jackal chatter today and make a commitment to listen for the underlying needs they are trying to tell you about.
2 - 3 minutes
Acknowledging Our Inner Critic
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: Our inner critic judges ourselves and other people; and it is the most likely to get scared when we begin to make a change. It holds wisdom for us if we are willing to listen. When we acknowledge our inner critic and empathize with its need, we gain insights into ourselves and we clear the way for resolution.
1 - 2 minutes
Leadership within Your Workplace (4 Session Course)
Leadership within Your Workplace (4 Session Course)
Leadership within Your Workplace (4 Session Course)
with Miki Kashtan
Audio • 4 - 6 hours •
Audio
4 - 6 hours
Most of us believe we are powerless at work – even if we’re the one “in charge.” This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to consciously change this mindset, and have a positive impact on workplace culture and attitudes along the way. Most of us believe we are powerless at work – even if we’re the one “in charge.” This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to consciously...
4 - 6 hours
Embracing Leadership within Yourself (4 Session Course)
Embracing Leadership within Yourself (4 Session Course)
Embracing Leadership within Yourself (4 Session Course)
with Miki Kashtan
Audio • 4 - 6 hours •
Audio
4 - 6 hours
Join Miki as she covers a lot of territory, defining leadership, helping us lead when we're not in the leadership chair, showing us how to have power in every moment and engage our fear instead of let it run us. Get some powerful leadership tools you can put to use today.
4 - 6 hours
Taking 100% Responsibility for Every Relationship (4 Session Course)
Taking 100% Responsibility for Every Relationship (4 Session Course)
Taking 100% Responsibility for Every Relationship (4 Session Course)
with Miki Kashtan
Audio • 4 - 6 hours •
Audio
4 - 6 hours
Taking 100% Responsibility offers a powerful antidote to the all-too-common dynamic of blaming that leaves you in the victim position and unable to have the relationship you want. Miki invites you to assume a stance of leadership while holding full care for both parties’ needs. No longer will you need to wait for the other person to change, nor will you need to give up your needs to reach...
4 - 6 hours
Tips for the Road Series: Tip 10. Take It to the Trees
Tips for the Road Series: Tip 10. Take It to the Trees
Tips for the Road Series: Tip 10. Take It to the Trees
with Eric Bowers
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
One of the most important things you can do to live a meaningful and rewarding life filled with vitality is reclaim your emotions. Eric offers a tip to reclaim your emotions, rescuing you from the numb and deadening state of “fine."
1 - 2 minutes
Poetic License
Practice Exercise • N/A •
Practice Exercise
N/A
Poetic License is a fun group exercise that's sure to incite laughter in your NVC group!
N/A
Getting Out of Ourselves
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: NVC asks us to be aware of our needs and discomfort is evidence of an unment need. However focusing on ourselves when we're uncomfortable isn't always the best choice.
1 - 2 minutes
Change Happens
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: The needs we focus on meeting and the strategies we use to meet those needs change over time. Mary shares about the life-serving nature of change.
1 - 2 minutes