NVC Resources with Miki Kashtan

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Embracing Jackal Thoughts

Embracing Jackal Thoughts

Embracing Jackal Thoughts

with Liv Larsson and Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes • 

Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "In trainings I say our jackals are thoughts and now I've come to wonder if all thoughts are jackals...?"

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Speaking Classical Giraffe

Speaking Classical Giraffe

Speaking Classical Giraffe

with Jeff Brown

Trainer Tip • 3 - 5 minutes • 

Trainer Tip
3 - 5 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "At one point in my practice, it was brought to my attention that some people find the use of 'formal NVC' off-putting, or mechanical. Do you have any input or insight into this?"

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The Cause of Our Feelings

The Cause of Our Feelings

The Cause of Our Feelings

with John Kinyon and Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 3-5 minutes • 

Trainer Tip
3-5 minutes

Ask the Trainer: “I would love some clarity about the NVC perspective on the cause of our feelings. It seems to me that my needs may be met or not, but the cause of my painful feelings is my story around the situation.”

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Not Trusting the “Yes”

Not Trusting the “Yes”

Not Trusting the “Yes”

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 24 minutes • 

Audio
24 minutes

In this audio recording, Miki demonstrates how to stay in a dialogue when you don't trust someone's "yes," how to equalize power between people and how to allow space for others to say "no" to our requests. In this 2-part audio series, Miki demonstrates how to stay in a dialogue when you don’t trust someone’s “yes,” how to equalize power between people and how to allow space for others to say...

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Judging and Feeling Judged

Judging and Feeling Judged

Judging and Feeling Judged

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 18 minutes • 

Audio
18 minutes

In this potent audio, expert trainer Miki Kashtan demonstrates the eye-opening experience of translating judgments into needs. She works with a mother who is stuck in a loop of feeling judged by family members and judging them back.

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NVC Principles

NVC Principles

NVC Principles

with Miki Kashtan

Video • 22 minutes • 

Video
22 minutes

In this 3-part video, Miki Kashtan discusses the spiritual nature of NVC, delves deeper into the NVC concept of needs and offers practical tools to make requests in ways that others are more likely to respond to positively.

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Courageous Living Towards the World We Want

Courageous Living Towards the World We Want

Courageous Living Towards the World We Want

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 32 minutes • 

Audio
32 minutes

Miki speaks to peace activists about connecting with the life vision in those who stimulate pain in them.

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Choice in Every Moment

Choice in Every Moment

Choice in Every Moment

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 31 minutes • 

Audio
31 minutes

This 31-minute audio with Miki Kashtan is packed full of power as she uncovers the dynamics of choice that are present 100% of the time, in every situation, regardless of the circumstances.

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Agreements, Consequences and Punishment

Agreements, Consequences and Punishment

Agreements, Consequences and Punishment

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 9 minutes • 

Audio
9 minutes

In this short but provocative audio, Miki Kashtan talks about agreements, making a vital distinction between the natural consequences of unmet agreements and punishment. She provides information about how to balance our current state of needs associated with our previous agreements.

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Vulnerability as a Spiritual Path

Vulnerability as a Spiritual Path

Vulnerability as a Spiritual Path

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 3 pages • 

Article
3 pages

What is a good baby? If you have been raised in a Western culture, chances are you know the answer right away (whether or not you agree with it). A good baby is one that doesn't cry! The training against vulnerability starts very early in life.

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Moving From Blame to Self-Responsibility

Moving From Blame to Self-Responsibility

Moving From Blame to Self-Responsibility

with Miki Kashtan

Article • 2 - 5 minutes • 

Article
2 - 5 minutes

Often when someone else does something we don't like, it's easy to blame the other person. After all, we have all been trained to focus on fault when needs are not met. What can we do to shift that pattern?

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The Unconscious Mind Compared to the Conscious Mind

The Unconscious Mind Compared to the Conscious Mind

The Unconscious Mind Compared to the Conscious Mind

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes • 

Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "I have the understanding that the unconscious is vast compared to conscious mind. When I state 'needs' how well can I depend on there being something beneath my awareness that is actually the motivation?"

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Teachers Expressing to Students and Colleagues

Teachers Expressing to Students and Colleagues

Teachers Expressing to Students and Colleagues

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 3 - 5 minutes • 

Trainer Tip
3 - 5 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "I just started teaching in a public school and I'm not enjoying the violence that teachers express towards children and their colleagues. However, when I talk about NVC, most people listen but I feel they're either not understanding it or..."

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Different Types of Requests

Different Types of Requests

Different Types of Requests

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes • 

Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "Could you share a list of types of requests, with examples of each and a possible strategy for formulating requests in conversation?"

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Hidden Needs

Hidden Needs

Hidden Needs

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes • 

Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "I've been feeling frustrated and angry quite a bit lately over very simple things. Can you help me get to the root of my hidden needs?"

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The Needs Underneath a Need for “Fairness”

The Needs Underneath a Need for “Fairness”

The Needs Underneath a Need for “Fairness”

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 2 - 3 minutes • 

Trainer Tip
2 - 3 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "I'm practicing with 'transforming the pain of unmet needs into the beauty of the need.' In identifying my unmet needs, I come up with 'fairness.' However, fairness isn't on the needs list! I'm wondering what needs might be underneath 'fairness.'"

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Confidentiality Agreement

Confidentiality Agreement

Confidentiality Agreement

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 4 - 6 minutes • 

Trainer Tip
4 - 6 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "A participant in our beginners' NVC practice group asked the co-facilitators if there was a confidentiality agreement that was typically used in NVC practice groups?"

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Is NVC Always, in the End, “Just One-on-One”?

Is NVC Always, in the End, “Just One-on-One”?

Is NVC Always, in the End, “Just One-on-One”?

with Miki Kashtan

Trainer Tip • 3-5 minutes • 

Trainer Tip
3-5 minutes

Ask the Trainer: "Can you share stories of transforming group conflict, or is NVC strictly intended for 'one-on-one' work?"

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Sharing NVC With Others

Sharing NVC With Others

Sharing NVC With Others

with Miki Kashtan

Audio • 1 hour, 20 minutes • 

Audio
1 hour, 20 minutes

In this prerecorded telecourse, Miki Kashtan uses an interactive dialogue to address some of the most common questions among new NVC facilitators and trainers.

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