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Yoram Mosenzon shares an exercise and demo to explore the process of identifying observations and using judgements (jackals) to find the needs.
How Do I Begin Bringing Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to Work?
Video • 4 min 8 sec • 11/15/2025
Jeff Brown shows how to bring NVC to your workplace by starting with inner awareness.
Empathizing with Loved Ones
Video • 4 min 5 sec • 11/01/2025
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.
Overcoming Fear and Taking Action
Video • 2 min 34 sec • 10/15/2025
Fear and self-doubt often hold us back from taking action, but Roxy Manning urges us to confront these barriers, prepare for challenges, and build strong support systems. Social change is tough, and frustration is inevitable, but by embracing our humanity and staying committed, we can create meaningful impact. The key is to step in with courage, empathy, and a plan to sustain the journey.
How to Interact with an Angry Practice Group Member
Articles • 2 - 3 minutes • 08-23-2025
Ask the Trainer: “I would like some suggestions on how to interact with a member of the practice group I started. This individual speaks and acts in a manner I interpret as angry and controlling.”
Five Communication Guidelines For Change Agents
Articles • 4 - 6 minutes • 08-08-2025
When speaking to decision makers about social change issues it helps to communicate with compassion, clarity, curiosity, calm, and respect while seeking to understand their needs. This way there’s a better chance for more trust and connection that’s crucial for a win-win strategy to come about. This may take several conversations.
Calling In vs. Calling Out
NVC Strategies for Workplace Communication
Video • 5 min 37 sec • 07-25-2025
How can Nonviolent Communication (NVC) create more constructive conversations in the workplace? This video explores the key difference between calling someone in and calling them out, emphasizing the power of care over annoyance.
Empathy Buddy Practice Helps Develop Empathy Skills
Video • 2 minutes • 07-11-2025
Are you looking to deepen your connection to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and build powerful empathy skills? In this short video, Mary Mackenzie shares how finding an empathy buddy transformed her life and practice.
Leading a Nonviolent Communication workshop is a good way to learn and practice NVC skills. Here are Shantigrabha and Gesine's seven top tips for facilitators.
Developing Empathic Presence
Video • 4 minutes • 05/01/2025
CNVC Certified Trainer Miki Kashtan guides a participant to find his inner empathic presence.
Marshall Rosenberg's Vision of Social Change
Articles • 12-18 minutes • 04/15/2025
In this moving reflection, Rachelle Lamb honors Marshall Rosenberg’s true vision for Nonviolent Communication—not just as a tool for personal transformation, but as a catalyst for deep social change. She reminds us that inner work alone is not enough in a world facing ecological collapse, rising suicide rates, and widespread displacement.
Parenting for Connection
Articles • 5 - 7 minutes • 03/31/2025
By guessing our child's feelings and needs we open the door to understanding what's behind their behavior, and can better suggest solutions that meet both their and our own needs. In this way we build trust and their desire to seek us out in times of need. Expressing our own feelings and needs also allows us to help them understand the value in fulfilling tasks or requests.
Listening as an Essential Leadership Skill
Video • 7 min 40 sec • 03/12/2025
Lorraine Aguilar perceives NVC-based listening to be an essential skill to cultivate for success in the business world. A key exercise for building your listening muscle is to work with your judgments of others by translating those judgments from “What’s wrong with them?” to “What's important to me?"
Discover how fostering strong attachment and connection with your child can lead to fewer conflicts and more harmonious interactions. Ingrid Bauer offers practical guidance on using empathy, self-connection, and consistent care to create a secure and loving environment for your child.
Inspired by Marshall Rosenberg's teachings, Kathleen Macferran's self-empathy exercise offers a transformative approach for those challenging moments when you fall short of your own expectations.
Parenting Series: The Importance of Self-Empathy
Video • 14 minutes • 09/24/2024
Inbal offers parents and anyone with children in their life a lucid discussion of the important role self-empathy plays in creating healthy, supportive relationships.
Observation, Feelings, Needs, and Requests (OFNR) Communication Components
Learning Tools • 2 - 3 minutes • 09/15/2024
Observation is the awareness of our sensory perceptions and thoughts, separate from evaluations and judgments. Feeling involves bodily sensations and emotions, distinct from "faux feelings" that mix thought and emotion. Needs encompass universal human requirements for survival and wellness, while thoughts and evaluations express needs. Requests are rooted in connection and invite true willingness, rather than demanding compliance.
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.
Empathy – Not Empathy
Learning Tools • 2 - 3 minutes • 09/09/2024
This handout defines and contrasts "empathy" alongside "responses may meet needs, but are not empathy" (such as advice, correcting, consoling, etc).
Using Role Plays for Sharing NVC
Video • 53 minutes • 8/28/2024
You've probably witnessed and participated in role plays that were powerful tools for inspiration, integration, or healing. You've likely also been in contexts where role plays fell flat, leaving people frustrated, confused, or disengaged. If you're sharing NVC with others – or are envisioning yourself going there in the future – you'll want to take this class, where the focus is on how to increase the chances of having role plays that serve a clear purpose, engage an entire group, and support the deepest learning possible for all.
