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NVC Resources with Miki Kashtan

Empathy And Privilege In An Interdependent World

Empathy And Privilege In An Interdependent World

Empathy And Privilege In An Interdependent World

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 16 - 24 minutes •

Article
16 - 24 minutes

Whether privileged or not, its not easy to see the humanity of others in different social locations, especially if their actions have unwanted impacts and have left behind our humanity. Aiming for “both sides hearing each other” empathically, and to focus on effect rather than intent when we have more privilege, may theoretically lead to liberation. Yet, in practice it can reinforce rather than...

The Challenge Of Connecting Dots

The Challenge Of Connecting Dots

The Challenge Of Connecting Dots

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 10 - 15 minutes •

Article
10 - 15 minutes

The word "privilege" signifies the benefit to the person having it, and the relationship between that person’s benefit and others' lack of benefit. When privileged, there are incentives to not see this interdependent link. For instance, it's easier for the wealthy to think of the poverty of many and the wealth of some are unrelated. If the wealthy want to keep wealth they would need to continue...

Liberation For All: How We Can Talk Differently About Power And Privilege

Liberation For All: How We Can Talk Differently About Power And Privilege

Liberation For All: How We Can Talk Differently About Power And Privilege

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 22 - 31 minutes •

Article
22 - 31 minutes

Whether we have more or less power and privilege, anything without liberation for all is within patriarchal separation, and will continue cycles of oppression. To liberate ourselves and one another we need to increase our collective capacity through developing related knowledge, skills, research; build an understanding of patriarchal roots; confront lovingly; co-hold dilemmas about privilege;...

Increase Your Capacity and Diminish Separation Habits

Increase Your Capacity and Diminish Separation Habits

Increase Your Capacity and Diminish Separation Habits

with Miki Kashtan

Video • 3 minutes •

Video
3 minutes

The human species is trained and habituated towards separation. This model encourages humans to either give up on their needs or fight for their needs. In this short video, Miki shares how increasing capacity shifts habits of separation and supports holding of all needs.

You’re Not A Bad Person: How Facing Privilege Can Be Liberating

You’re Not A Bad Person: How Facing Privilege Can Be Liberating

You’re Not A Bad Person: How Facing Privilege Can Be Liberating

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 17 - 25 minutes •

Article
17 - 25 minutes

When we have privilege, we can have access to resources resulting from legal or social norms related to membership in a group -- independent of any (in)action, awareness of the disparity, the potential benefits to us, or the costs to others. Unhelpful ways of engaging with privilege are: denial/invisibility, guilt/shame, defensiveness, and entitlement. Helpful ways of engaging are: owning...

Naturalizing NVC Language (7 Session Course)

Naturalizing NVC Language (7 Session Course)

Naturalizing NVC Language (7 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 8 - 10 hours •

Audio
8 - 10 hours

Learn to speak NVC using your own voice and increase ease and flow in all your personal and professional conversations. This 7-session telecourse recording with renowned trainer Miki Kashtan is designed to help you integrate NVC into all aspects of your life by gaining fluency in your practice of NVC and by embodying the principles regardless of the words you use. This course is based on...

Blame, Responsibility, And Care

Blame, Responsibility, And Care

Blame, Responsibility, And Care

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 11 - 16 minutes •

Article
11 - 16 minutes

One NVC principle is "stimulus vs cause" - one may be the stimulus but never the cause of another's feelings. When we're upset this principle can help us express pain without blame. However, when others are upset it's easy to slip into blaming them using this principle. Instead, we can hear their pain with care and heartfelt mourning - without guilt nor defensiveness, and whether or not we...

The Paradox Of Why

The Paradox Of Why

The Paradox Of Why

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 9-13 minutes •

Article
9-13 minutes

So often we're habituated to associate a “why” question with being reproached, blamed or shamed – and so defensiveness arises. However, in order to maintain a flow of understanding and collaboration, we need to hear and say the “why” while finding other ways to ask for it. Here we look at how to ask questions that bring each of us vital information that can open up discovery and learning, for...

Untethering: An Always-On Project

Untethering: An Always-On Project

Untethering: An Always-On Project

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 7 - 10 minutes •

Article
7 - 10 minutes

Untethering from dominant culture and internalized oppression takes releasing attachments and persistence inspite upheavals -- all with insufficient support. Even in community building we can bring oppression into our efforts to untether. The more we walk towards vision, the more tethers of patriarchy we undo, the more the cost. By exacting such high cost, patriarchal societies reproduce and...

What is Leadership?

What is Leadership?

What is Leadership?

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 51 minutes •

Audio
51 minutes

What specifically is leadership? And why do so many people step back from it? Listen in as Miki shares her experience and thoughts around changing the paradigm of leadership, as well as the role – and challenges – of using NVC when working for social change.

Taking Responsibility for Sustaining Life on Earth

Taking Responsibility for Sustaining Life on Earth

Taking Responsibility for Sustaining Life on Earth

with Miki Kashtan

Video • 5 minutes •

Video
5 minutes

Listen in as Miki challenges participants to step beyond the comfort or discomfort of their lives, and encourages them to instead take responsibility for their part in sustaining life on this planet, and more.

Making Collaboration Real: Connection and Effectiveness in the Workplace Using NVC (3 Session Course)

Making Collaboration Real: Connection and Effectiveness in the Workplace Using NVC (3 Session Course)

Making Collaboration Real: Connection and Effectiveness in the Workplace Using NVC (3 Session Course)

with Francois Beausoleil, Martha Lasley and Miki Kashtan

Audio • 3 - 4 hours •

Audio
3 - 4 hours

This 3-session course recording facilitated by Francois Beausoleil, Martha Lasley and Miki Kashtan will support you in bringing NVC consciousness to your workplace or organization.

Supporting a Culture of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

Supporting a Culture of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

Supporting a Culture of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

Audio
5 - 7 hours

Transforming organizational culture requires attention and change at the systemic level. Learn which systems are crucial for any organization to establish and clarify whether that organization is collaborative or not, and then learn how to create and strengthen a collaborative organization.

Creating and Sustaining Strong Teams (4 Session Course)

Creating and Sustaining Strong Teams (4 Session Course)

Creating and Sustaining Strong Teams (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

Audio
5 - 7 hours

In this course recording, you'll encounter new abilities and learn how to collaborate effectively from WITHIN a team. You'll be invited to build on interpersonal relationships, and branch out into the exciting challenges present when people work together toward a shared purpose.

The Building Blocks of Interpersonal Collaboration (4 Session Course)

The Building Blocks of Interpersonal Collaboration (4 Session Course)

The Building Blocks of Interpersonal Collaboration (4 Session Course)

with System Administrator

Audio • 5 -7 hours •

Audio
5 -7 hours

Don’t know how to effectively work through differences with others in your organization? You are not alone… Like most of us, you simply lack the training and skills – and that’s what you’ll acquire listening to this course recording. Join Miki and learn specific tools and tips that work – for everyone!

The Inside Job of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

The Inside Job of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

The Inside Job of Collaboration (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 5 - 7 hours •

Audio
5 - 7 hours

Although we are evolutionarily designed for collaborating with others when attending to our basic needs, the weight of the systems and cultural messages we have inherited interfere. Many of us are doubtful that collaboration is possible or effective, and most of us lack both the faith and the skills to live collaboratively, regardless of cultural imperatives. Miki helps us navigate this terrain.

Embracing Nonviolence (4 Session Course)

Embracing Nonviolence (4 Session Course)

Embracing Nonviolence (4 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 4 - 6 hours •

Audio
4 - 6 hours

The heart of the practice of nonviolence is a commitment to live through the powerful combination of compassion, fierceness, and courage, with an uncompromising willingness to stand for truth. Join Miki Kashtan for this exciting and informative course to learn how to practically embrace nonviolence.

Dialogue in the Workplace (5 Session Course)

Dialogue in the Workplace (5 Session Course)

Dialogue in the Workplace (5 Session Course)

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 6 - 8 hours •

Audio
6 - 8 hours

One of the key challenges of engaging in dialogue in the workplace is that – while we are all equally human – the norms of the workplace make honest and open dialogue challenging, especially when power differences are present. This course offers a plethora of considerations and tips designed to allow you to humanize your relationships at work, focus on your common goals, and bring more...

The Circle Of Care, The Circle Of Trust, And Nonviolence

The Circle Of Care, The Circle Of Trust, And Nonviolence

The Circle Of Care, The Circle Of Trust, And Nonviolence

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 4 - 6 minutes •

Article
4 - 6 minutes

Part of nonviolence is having an infinite circle of care that includes simultaneous care of ourselves, others and groups: no one is beyond the pale. Plus, it's about having an infinite trust in the possibility that we can reach someone's heart even if we don't now know how -- since regardless of what this other person has done, they have the same needs. Without this kind of trust, nonviolence...

From Blame To Power

From Blame To Power

From Blame To Power

with Miki Kashtan

Practice Exercise • 12 -18 minutes •

Practice Exercise
12 -18 minutes

Blame is opaque when we don’t reflect on it deeply. We blame when we don’t see ourselves as having power to shape things, and see others as the ones who can. Blame and how we respond to it, is both a symptom of inability to step into power, and an impediment to empowered relationships. Transforming blame requires self-responsibility. Read on for practices involving empathy, inner connection,...

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