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  1. Why NVC Matters To Me?

    Why NVC Matters To Me?

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 2 minutes · 10/20/2025

    What drew you to Nonviolent Communication? In this touching reflection, a longtime NVC trainer, Mary Mackenzie, shares the moment that first lit her up with hope.

  2. Dealing with Triggers

    Dealing with Triggers

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 5 minutes · 05/26/2014

    Learn tips for responding with care and connection when triggered in NVC groups.

  3. What is self-empathy? Mary Mackenzie leads you on an exploration of self-empathy through an exercise that will show you how you can easily connect more deeply with your needs.

  4. What is Empathy?

    What is Empathy?

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 2 - 3 minutes · 11/25/2025

    Empathy is presence: Mary Mackenzie shows how NVC helps us deeply hear and understand others.
  5. The Power of Making Requests

    The Power of Making Requests

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 10 minutes · 10/05/2025

    Mary Mackenzie shares how making requests in NVC builds honesty, trust, and deeper connection.
  6. Learning the Practice of Being in Empathy

    Learning the Practice of Being in Empathy

    2 Session Course

    Mary Mackenzie, Raj Gill

    Multi-session Course · 2 hours, 29 minutes · 5/3/2018

    Deepen your empathic presence with Raj and Mary, for those with basic understanding of NVC.

  7. Please join us as we take a deeper look into this mysterious word, “community.” In this Trainer Dialogue recording, we explore the living process of creating, uniting and nurturing NVC communities so that they transcend yet sustain and empower their members.

  8. In this enlightening Trainer Conversation, three veteran CNVC Certified Trainers discuss whether NVC can be learned without first learning Observations, Feelings, Needs, Requests (OFNR). The conversation naturally meanders as the trainers grapple with the question, eventually covering a wide-range of topics including the spirituality and true essence of NVC.

  9. The Three Stages of Transition

    The Three Stages of Transition

    Kathleen Macferran, Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 1 hour, 8 minutes · 12/01/2017

    Explore three stages of transition and how connecting to needs brings grounding and clarity.

  10. Allow Yourself to Feel Your Emotions

    Allow Yourself to Feel Your Emotions

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 2 minutes · 12/5/2024

    Do your emotions ever feel overwhelming or out of control? You’re not alone. In this heartfelt video, Mary Mackenzie shares a simple yet transformative technique inspired by Nonviolent Communication (NVC) that helped her move past the fear of feeling too much.
  11. Self-Empathy "Wrap" Process

    Self-Empathy "Wrap" Process

    Mary Mackenzie

    Audio · 46 minutes · 7/29/2010

    In this inspiring audio, Mary takes to a more profound level the traditional NVC self-empathy process of identifying judgments, feelings and needs, by adding a "wrapping" component.

  12. Mary Mackenzie shares how Marshall Rosenberg's Four D's of Disconnection live in her. Join Mary and learn how you can reframe the 4 D's to enhance connection.

  13. Connection, Connection, Connection

    Connection, Connection, Connection

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 2 - 3 minutes · 11/22/2020

    Trainer tip: Do you get into “right fights”? You know you’re in one when you’re arguing with somebody in order to be right or because you want to win. What needs do I hope to meet from winning or being right? Notice if you enter into a right fight today and shift your focus to your needs and connecting with the other person's needs.

  14. Taking a Leap

    Taking a Leap

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 7/29/2010

    Trainer Tip: "Sometimes we are dissatisfied in our primary relationship, yet the thought of making a change is scary, so we stay in it. Sometimes we think we're afraid to learn the truth, so we don't ask direct questions."

  15. Empathy Bundle

    Empathy Bundle

    Dian Killian, John Kinyon, Mary Mackenzie

    Downloadable Courses · ·

    • 3 full-length courses to deepen your empathy practice
    • Learn your body’s “language” and how to listen deeply to it
    • Quickly reconnect and return to empathic presence when you are triggered
    • Enhance your listening skills and experience greater ease and joy in all your interactions
  16. Empathizing with Loved Ones

    Empathizing with Loved Ones

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 4-5 minutes · 06/20/2025

    Mary Mackenzie explains that empathizing with our closest loved ones can be difficult because they matter so deeply to us, past experiences might create emotional barriers, and we might fear losing ourselves in the process.
  17. Making Your Empathy Guesses More Natural

    Making Your Empathy Guesses More Natural

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 3 minutes · 09/25/2023

    Join Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC trainer, as she offers ways to incorporate NVC empathy guesses, feelings and needs into everyday conversations. This approach is geared towards adding deeper connection to the natural flow of conversations. The technique has become known as Street Giraffe.

  18. Developing a Needs Consciousness

    Developing a Needs Consciousness

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 2 minutes · 03/20/2025

    Shifting to a needs-based perspective is one of the most powerful—and challenging—aspects of integrating Nonviolent Communication (NVC) into daily life. In this short video, Mary Mackenzie offers three simple, practical tips to help you cultivate needs consciousness and transform how you experience your world and relationships.
  19. Facilitating Deeper Understanding

    Facilitating Deeper Understanding

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 1 min 43 sec · 09/25/2025

    Mary Mackenzie shares practical facilitation techniques to guide participants toward deeper understanding without correction. Through thoughtful pauses and reflective questions, she demonstrates how to help individuals connect with feelings and needs in a meaningful way.
  20. Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 2)

    Developing Your Tracking Skills (Part 2)

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 10 minutes · 06/30/2014

    Learn to track requests, agreements, time, and session purpose with helpful tips.

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