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NVC Resources on Peace


Parenting and Anger: Walking the Ultimate Path to Peace (5 Session Course)

Parenting and Anger: Walking the Ultimate Path to Peace (5 Session Course)

Parenting and Anger: Walking the Ultimate Path to Peace (5 Session Course)

with John Kinyon and Stephanie Bachmann Mattei
Audio • 6 - 8 hours • 
Audio
6 - 8 hours
John and Stephanie combine mediating conflict, parenting and study of brain science to this ground-breaking course recording on how to funnel your anger and your child’s anger toward mutual caring and peace.
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Creating Peace and Change: A Multi-Level Approach

Creating Peace and Change: A Multi-Level Approach

Creating Peace and Change: A Multi-Level Approach

with Dian Killian
Article • 12 - 18 minutes • 
Article
12 - 18 minutes
Why does NVC practice, and NVC training/coaching, appear to be not enough to bridge divides between people? This article takes a look at the trickle down effect of our societal conditioning, what we can add to our NVC lense, and what we can do "upstream" when NVC doesn't seem to be enough. Additionally, the article talks about unseen constraints that men, women and minority groups face in...
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Curiosity, The Art of Waiting, and Finding Peace

Curiosity, The Art of Waiting, and Finding Peace

Curiosity, The Art of Waiting, and Finding Peace

with Dian Killian
Article • 7 - 11 minutes • 
Article
7 - 11 minutes
Sitting with uncertainty can be very uncomfortable and evoke anxiety. Or it can be a practice that brings in the curiosity and inner spaciousness that allows for creative solutions to emerge, and that help us to relax our attachment to outcomes. Here's a closer look...
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Unconditional Self-Acceptance: A Simple Daily Practice

Unconditional Self-Acceptance: A Simple Daily Practice

Unconditional Self-Acceptance: A Simple Daily Practice

with Robert Gonzales
Practice Exercise • 3 minutes • 
Practice Exercise
3 minutes
Here's a daily self-acceptance practice you can bring into your life whenever you are experiencing pain, tension, contraction, lack of fulfillment, or unmet needs or values. Giving your often undesired experiences space can be a path to greater inner connection and peace.
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Why Can't People Just Live Peacefully With Each Other?

Why Can't People Just Live Peacefully With Each Other?

Why Can't People Just Live Peacefully With Each Other?

with Bob Wentworth
Article • 8 - 12 minutes • 
Article
8 - 12 minutes
Perhaps human violence persists because we believe that violence is inevitable and there's nothing we can do about it -— even though there is notable evidence that this is likely not true. Read on for some research and theory on how cultures evolve to be collaborative or violent. Plus, learn benefits of collaboration and downsides to force, punishment, and control. These provide implications...
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What the World Needs

What the World Needs

What the World Needs

with Inbal Kashtan
Article • 4 - 6 minutes • 
Article
4 - 6 minutes
In this written transcript of a live presentation, Inbal Kashtan shares how she first became aware of poverty. She explains how empathy is a vital and powerful force for creating peace in our world today, and a powerful means of creating a world that works for all of us.
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Key Assumptions and Intentions of NVC

Key Assumptions and Intentions of NVC

Key Assumptions and Intentions of NVC

with Inbal Kashtan and Miki Kashtan
Learning Tool • 3 pages • 
Learning Tool
3 pages
NVC practice is based on several key assumptions and intentions. When we live based on these assumptions and intentions, self-connection and connection with others become increasingly possible and easy, helping us contribute to a world where everyone’s needs are attended to peacefully.
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Developing Compassion for Humans, Animals and All Life (4 Session Course)

Developing Compassion for Humans, Animals and All Life (4 Session Course)

Developing Compassion for Humans, Animals and All Life (4 Session Course)

with LoraKim Joyner, DVM
Audio • 5 - 7 hours • 
Audio
5 - 7 hours
Join LoraKim Joyner to investigate how merging science, the social and emotional intelligence of humans, animals and other species and Nonviolent Communication can bring a greater sense of belonging and wholeness to your life, and care and justice to the lives of others.
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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.
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