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Kathleen Macferran & Jared Finkelstein
eBook: MOBI, epub
Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play Books, Calibre, Readium, others
168 Pages, Print Length
Artisan Bookworks
Published October 15, 2020
$9.99Kathleen and Jared talk about their book.
Choice: A field guide for navigating the polarization of our world and living interdependently is a nonfiction pocket book co-authored with Jared Finkelstein. This book is about creating a reflective space where the reader can explore choices and philosophical perspectives that go beyond right and wrong and into the realm of interdependent relationship. Based upon the key differentiations and principles of Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication, this book provides a rigorous investigation of the life-serving motivation embedded in concepts which sometimes appear as polar opposites. Through differentiation and nuanced exploration of these concepts, light is shed on the life-serving purpose at both ends of a seeming continuum between ideas. Readers are invited to apply on a personal level a consciousness that leads to self-responsibility, connection and collaboration. Choice would be of benefit to individuals, community leaders, city councils, schools, and organizations in their work with conflict resolution, more effective communication, decision-making, etc.
'l have been working as a trainer and a facilitator for over 30 years, facilitating from business trainings to spiritual retreats. I have lead trainings in almost 30 countries around the world, from Europe to Australia, from the US to Japan, from Mideast to French Polynesia, South Korea, Myanmar... A large part of my work is in organizations, be it leading skill-trainings or mediating conflicts and facilitating team decision making, team-coaching...
As I work in organizations I keep witnessing what an incredibly complex and demanding task leadership is, as it demands a constant evolution of the leader, an on-going and never-ending personal transformation. In a way, similar to the role of a parent.
And one of the skills that seems to require constant sharpening is the ability to achieve clarity; in our thoughts as well as in our articulation of our inner worlds, or in other words, in our communication.
As a mediator I keep witnessing how some confusion in thoughts and lack of precision in words can not only prevent the understanding from happening between individuals as well as in teams, but will likely actually deepen the cracks and worsen the situation.
And I can easily imagine that reading and rereading this book could be an ongoing and a very meaningful support to leaders across various contexts, or trainers, social workers, therapists, actually anybody who uses communication in their work.
Namely, while communication in essence stretches far beyond thoughts and words, the very purity of thoughts and the clarity it can bring, the differentiation between concepts, can establish a common denominator, a common platform for the meeting and connection to happen. One word can open a heart, and another word can trigger a reaction that will take hours or even weeks or years to heal.
So I would happily suggest everybody that finds communication as a crucial tool in life, to read and keep re-reading this book and thus bringing more and more clarity into the way they interact with themselves, others and life itself."
"Choice is a powerfully moving book about our experiences and understandings of this complex and paradoxical world. The language is beautiful and poetic. The structure encourages each person to think of the ways they understand and act in the world and to see for themselves the deeper value in seeing the world from a perspective of interdependence and harmony. The writers are encouraging wholeness, while gently and lovingly helping us to realize that our cultural training to individualism and separateness keep us from being our most healthy selves. At this intense time in the world, this book provides a profound meditation on life and hope for our collective future."
"Organizations, like eco-systems, are communities of inter-connectedness and inter-dependence. If you are a leader who wants to develop your ability to discern and make choices that lead to results which enrich and sustain your organizational community, you will want to access Choice as a resource time and again."
Kathleen Macferran is a Certified Trainer and Assessor for the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Owner Strength of Connection in Seattle, WA. MMus in Conducting, Western Washington University; BA, Whitworth University.
Kathleen holds a vision for a peaceful, just and sustainable world. She is committed to co-creating a world where peace replaces violence, love replaces hate, equity replaces inequity, and all people live meaningful lives. She has worked as a Certified Trainer for the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) since 2003, and as a CNVC Assessor since 2010 when she co-created a community-based path to certification. Community system building and conflict transformation are passions of hers.
Kathleen has worked internationally with individuals, community groups, businesses, schools, colleges, faith-based communities, hospitals, families, prison inmates, and correctional and law enforcement employees. She serves as a trainer for the Freedom Project of Seattle, WA, an organization that supports healing connection and restorative communities both inside and outside prison through the strategies of Nonviolent Communication, mindfulness, racial equity and anti-oppression.
Kathleen offers trainings, facilitation, system building and mediation using practical skills that lead to reconciliation with ourselves, our loved ones and our communities. For over 30 years Kathleen has explored ways to restore harmony to communities including two decades as a music conductor and leader of a nonprofit organization, and seven years as a public school teacher.
Kathleen is co-author with Jared Finkelstein of Choice: A Field Guide for Navigating the Polarization of Our World and Living Interdependently. She is the author of the children’s books How Giraffes Found Their Hearts and How Giraffes Got Their Ears, and conductor for Giraffe Tales a children’s CD setting those stories to music. Kathleen is the conductor on multiple Rainier Chamber Winds classical music recordings. Her website is www.StrengthofConnection.com where her two TEDx talks can be found.
Jared Finkelstein is a Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, CNVC.org
Jared believes that in a connected world what’s essential is the quality of our connection. As a consultant and trainer he specializes in supporting people and communities to make choices that transform separation and misunderstanding into connection and collaboration.
Jared is devoted to the idea of intergenerational interdependence. He works with organizations, schools, homes, faith-based communities, and camps, supporting people of all ages with the discipline of Nonviolent Communication used to illuminate and fine tune the qualities of connection in all our relationships, and for everyone’s benefit.
A former filmmaker and media educator, Jared taught Media Literacy to youth in Poughkeepsie NY through the Children’s Media Project, as well as through the Summer Institute for the Gifted, The Randolph School, and the Poughkeepsie Day School before dedicating his time to disseminating skills and practices for conflict resolution and peace.
Jared currently resides in Berkeley, California, where he spends his time scheduling workshops, practice groups, residential retreats and consultations with individuals and organizations. When he is not busy with all this, he daydreams ways of popularizing complex ideas into simple packages for general consumption, and plays role-playing games with his friends.