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Looking for ways to keep up with NVC Academy news, get special offers, free resources, or words of inspiration? Here are five ways to stay engaged:
The Capacity Lens as a Path to a Post-Patriarchal Society
Live Zoom Course • 14 hours (2 hours per session) • Begins July 6, 2023
- Explore what makes the capacity lens radical and practical
- Understand the complexities of how capacity and willingness interface
- Mourn capacity limits within and around us without jumping to conclusions
- Orient to agreements as behavioral anchoring in support of your commitments
Bringing Self-Empathy Into Conversations Around Race, Racism, Power and Privilege
Live Zoom Course • 4 hours (2 hours per session) • Begins March 6, 2023
- Unpack interpersonal, internalized, and institutional racism from the lens of NVC consciousness
- Hear and share personal stories and the impacts of racism, power, and privilege
- Learn how to translate “hard to hear" messages into meaningful conversations
- Expand and deepen the conversation of systemic and interpersonal racism
Lightness When Things Are Difficult
NVC and Resonant Dialogue Skills
Live Zoom Course • 12 hours (1.5 hours per session) • Begins April 24, 2023
- Discover how to bring resonance into your conversations with others
- Learn how resonant language and NVC empathy come together
- Practice consent and saying “no”, even when it is difficult
- Feel the movement into more intimacy in your relationships!
The Art of Making Requests
Ask for the Moon
Live Zoom Course • 18 hours (3 hours per session) • Begins May 11, 2023
- Discover how to figure out what you really want, then how to ask for it
- Learn how to make requests with ease and how to guess the requests of others
- Practice strategies for turning ‘demand energy’ into ‘request energy’
- Be able to stand firmly for your needs and assertively ask for what you want
Facing Life as One
Restoring Our Individual and Collective Capacity for Choice, Togetherness, and Flow
Live Zoom Course • 14 hours (2 hours per session) • Begins August 7, 2022
- Learn concrete tools for engaging with others as you embrace individual and collective liberation
- Find your own source of choice even in the face of challenges
- Release the constriction of scarcity
- Find an empowered option to respond to what is happening in our world
- Open the door to the possibility of thriving rather than merely surviving
Equitable Facilitation
Supporting Equity Through Leadership
Live Zoom Course • 8 hours (2 hours per session) • Begins September 13, 2023
- Learn tips and strategies to ensure ALL voices are heard
- Grow your capacity to name and address power dynamics
- See how prior assumptions and perspectives impact how groups work together
- Explore facilitation components using a caring for all, power-with lens
Parenting for the Future
Your Child's and the Planet
Live Zoom Course • 8 hours (2 hours per session) • Begins August 9, 2023
- Explore ways of parenting that will shape a future full of purpose and possibility
- Discover how your values can serve as a compass to guide you forward
- Understand the relationship between your present actions and desired outcomes
- Gain experience in balancing your child’s present needs with long term visions!
Engaging with Controversial Questions
A Conversation between Roxy Manning and Miki Kashtan (Q&A Fishbowl Fundraiser)
Live Zoom Course • 2 hours • April 22, 2023
- Witness these two visionaries engage with love, openness, and curiosity
- Explore open questions and curiosities you have about NVC
- Help support the ongoing sustainability of NVC Academy
- Expand your thinking within NVC and its relevance to our times
Conversational Connections
Practical Skills for Communicating Compassionately
Live Zoom Course • 7.5 hours (1.5 hours per session) • Begins June 5, 2023
- Learn, practice, and integrate the basic components of NVC
- Understand how to use observations, feelings, needs, and requests
- Grow your communication skills and strengthen your relationships
- Discover how to express yourself honestly and authentically!
A Journey from the Heart:
A Year Long Path to Peaceful Living
Live Zoom Course • 18 hours (1.5 hours per session) • Begins Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- Dive deep into the book, Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing and Compassion with the author
- Deepen your ability to live NVC on a day-to-day basis
- Experience the combination of Mary’s wisdom, daily meditations, journaling, and community
- Enjoy accompaniment throughout 2025 with like-minded individuals
