Kathleen Macferran

Kathleen Macferran is a Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC, http://www.cnvc.org). She has offered Nonviolent Communication training to schools, community groups, churches, hospitals, families, correctional officers, and prison inmates. She is one of the trainers for the Freedom Project, an affiliate organization of CNVC that strengthens community safety through supporting the transformation of prisoners into peacemakers. In addition to working with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, Kathleen founded and was the Music Director of the Rainier Chamber Winds from 1990-2008. Kathleen views the music ensemble as a metaphor for social organization since the well-being of one individual clearly depends on the well-being of all. 

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a practical, learnable process for communicating with empathy, honesty, power and compassion. It integrates personal development with social change. The purpose of NVC is to ensure everyone's needs are valued equally and fulfilled in ways that contribute to connection, harmony and peace. It develops people's ability to listen to and transform blame, anger and criticism into respectful, constructive communication, and to resolve conflicts peacefully.

 

Stoking the Fires of Joy:
Living with Gratitude

A Telecourse Recording with CNVC Certified Trainer Kathleen Macferran from Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA

Recorded during March-April, 2008
Total Duration: 5 hours, 46 minutes

As a powerful process for resolving conflicts peacefully, Nonviolent CommunicationSM (NVC) garners attention worldwide. Just as powerful, yet not as widely understood is NVC’s invitation to live fully present to the joy in life, even in the midst of pain. Experience the richness of living from the energy behind the values that sustain you. This telecourse recording explores ways to nurture and maintain joy through gratitude, as well as exploring what blocks us from experiencing joy.

  • Learn ways to express and receive gratitude
  • Live with renewed energy and savor moments that matter
  • Find ways to hold pain and joy simultaneously
  • Expand awareness of the ways you are living your values
  • Find peace around needs not fully met in your life
  • Practice celebrating your power to serve life
  • Understand what keeps you from living with gratitude
  • Develop strategies to incorporate more gratitude into daily life
  • Understand the difference between gratitude and compliments

Cost: $29.95 USD

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