Protective Use of Force
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: Mary explains the NVC principle known as the "protective use of force."
1 - 2 minutes
NVC Resources on Protective Use of Force
Protective Use of Force with Children
with Godfrey Spencer
Trainer Tip • 9 minutes •
Trainer Tip
9 minutes
Ask the Trainer: Can you help me connect with my needs behind the protective use of force I use with my children?
9 minutes
Punishment, Needs and the Protective Use of Force
with Godfrey Spencer
Trainer Tip • 8 minutes •
Trainer Tip
8 minutes
Ask the Trainer: For many years I have been using crime and punishment (reward and consequences) to discipline because it was the only thing I knew. I knew deep in my heart it was alienating me...
8 minutes
Protective Vs. Punitive Use Of Force
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: Punitive use of force stems from a belief that people behave in certain ways because they're bad, and that they need to be punished to mend their ways. One way to punish is to judge them. In contrast, protective use of force stems from a desire to prevent injury or injustice. It focuses on protecting people’s rights and well-being, not judging their behavior.
1 - 2 minutes
No Need Left Behind: All Needs Matter in the Classroom - Including the Teachers!
No Need Left Behind: All Needs Matter in the Classroom - Including the Teachers!
No Need Left Behind: All Needs Matter in the Classroom - Including the Teachers!
with Lore Baur
Audio • 37 minutes •
Audio
37 minutes
CNVC Certified Trainer Lore Baur shares how, as a teacher, the classroom is a laboratory for learning NVC and incorporating the NVC consciousness into the classroom. Topics discussed include empathy, permission to educate, protective use of force, corrective action, choice & options and re-do.
37 minutes
Is Nonviolent Use of Force an Oxymoron?
with Miki Kashtan
Article • 37 - 56 minutes •
Article
37 - 56 minutes
What do we actually mean by “use of force” and what counts as such? Here's a template that will be unpacked in this article: "Use of force is consistent with nonviolence to the extent that we use the least amount of force possible, with the most love possible, aiming at (re)creating conditions for dialogue; that we make the choice using as much nonreactive discernment as possible, with as much...
37 - 56 minutes
Key Assumptions and Intentions of NVC
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.
3 pages
Conflict Improv: A Mother and Son Negotiation
with Jean Morrison and Kelly Bryson
Video • 15 minutes •
Video
15 minutes
In this role play, Jean Morrison plays a mother who is asking her son to vacuum the house and he is objecting. She enacts the role first using "jackal" language and then again using Nonviolent Communication.
15 minutes
NVC Tools: Observations, Feelings, Needs and Requests
NVC Tools: Observations, Feelings, Needs and Requests
NVC Tools: Observations, Feelings, Needs and Requests
with Wes Taylor
Video • 28 minutes •
Video
28 minutes
In this introduction to Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Wes Taylor discusses the two basic aspects of NVC, the consciousness and the tools that help manifest the consciousness.
28 minutes
Adding Active Bystander Skills to Your NVC Toolkit
Adding Active Bystander Skills to Your NVC Toolkit
Adding Active Bystander Skills to Your NVC Toolkit
with Lore Baur
Video • 44 minutes •
Video
44 minutes
CNVC Certified Trainer Lore Baur asks: "Have you ever seen something happen that made you feel uncomfortable and you didn't know what to do?" That's the "bystander effect:" a well-researched and commonly experienced phenomenon. Training can help you overcome it, enabling you to discern what to do and how to support others in ways that reduce trauma and increase safety.
44 minutes
Can the Social Order Be Transformed Through Personal Practice? The Case of Nonviolent Communication - Part 1 of 2
Can the Social Order Be Transformed Through Personal Practice? The Case of Nonviolent Communication - Part 1 of 2
Can the Social Order Be Transformed Through Personal Practice? The Case of Nonviolent Communication - Part 1 of 2
with Miki Kashtan
Article • 15 - 23 minutes •
Article
15 - 23 minutes
By focusing on NVC process and practice without factoring in the interdependent, systemic dimension we unwittingly diminish the power of NVC. We reinforce the dominant paradigm, rather than challenging it -- making NVC one more tool for compliance. NVC principles can turn against its own purpose in cruel ways. NVC could also empower social change. We'll need our attention on this matter if we...
15 - 23 minutes
Unpacking OFNR - Requests
with Roxy Manning
Article • 5 - 8 minutes •
Article
5 - 8 minutes
Many believe it's only a true NVC request when we can ask for what we need without urgency or insistence. But what if we're the target of oppression and hate in a world with systemic inequality? Is it still nonviolence to abdicate power by allowing the person enacting harm to be the one to decide whether harm continues? The intensity of the need, degree of harm, and how chronically unmet the...
5 - 8 minutes
Key Differentiations in Nonviolent Communication
with Sylvia Haskvitz
Audio • 1 hour •
Audio
1 hour
Veteran CNVC Certified Trainer, Sylvia Haskvitz, reviews the key distinctions (sometimes referred to as the key differentiations) in Nonviolent Communication.
1 hour
Can the Social Order Be Transformed Through Personal Practice? - Part 2
Can the Social Order Be Transformed Through Personal Practice? - Part 2
Can the Social Order Be Transformed Through Personal Practice? - Part 2
with Miki Kashtan
Article • 18 - 27 minutes •
Article
18 - 27 minutes
We can't alone (nor with lone communities) transform the hidden structures of violence and domination. Dialogue alone isn't disruptive enough. We can easily be in dialogue with Trump supporters while the planet burns up, millions are still hungry, and we go extinct. NVC seriously risks reinforcing vast inequities and abuses if we're not radically engaging systemic constraints, and impacts of...
18 - 27 minutes
Marshall Rosenberg's Vision of Social Change
with Rachelle Lamb
Article • 12 - 18 minutes •
Article
12 - 18 minutes
What could be, more often than not, overlooked when we think about or represent NVC or Marshall Rosenberg's work? This article busts some commonly held ideas and approaches to NVC. It challenges us to widen the lens of what it really means to be "life-serving", or speaking and hearing the "language of life". And it also speaks to how thinking can deepen feeling and relatedness...
12 - 18 minutes
Punitive Use of Force
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer Tip: What is motivating your (in)actions? Are you doing something in the name of supporting deeper heartfelt needs, free of judgement or blame? Or are you bringing in consequences based on viewing the other person as having "bad behaviour"?
1 - 2 minutes
Conflict Evolution Policy
with Jim Manske
Article • 4 - 6 minutes •
Article
4 - 6 minutes
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.
4 - 6 minutes
Working with a Difficult Counseling Situation
with Robert Gonzales
Video • 30 minutes •
Video
30 minutes
Clinical psychologist, Robert Gonzales, Ph.D., uses an open dialogue with a practitioner to explore effective, compassionate methods to handle a volatile counseling situation. This resource has been newly remastered to a larger, higher quality video.
30 minutes
Conflict Improv: Connecting with Kids
with Christine King, Jean Morrison and Kelly Bryson
Video • 9 minutes •
Video
9 minutes
In this upbeat video, CNVC Certified Trainers Kelly Bryson, Christine King and Jean Morrison enact two role plays that involve a triggered adult interacting with a young student and a teacher who has just witnessed an unpleasant interaction between two students.
9 minutes
The Jackal as a Teacher
with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
Trainer tip: Why do NVC practitioners sometimes use the jackal as a metaphor in the NVC world? What can it teach us? Read on for more.
1 - 2 minutes
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