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  1. Explore self-empathy with an exercise to connect more deeply with your needs.

  2. Listening as an Essential Leadership Skill

    Listening as an Essential Leadership Skill

    Lorraine Aguilar

    Video · 7 min 40 sec · 02/05/2025

    Learn to translate judgments into self-awareness to improve listening in business.

  3. Receiving the Word "No"

    Receiving the Word "No"

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 34 minutes · 8/4/2016

    Join Jori and Jim Manske to explore, learn and practice the art of receiving the word "no," re-framing it from fear into fun.

  4. Mourning and Celebration

    Mourning and Celebration

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 35 minutes · 8/4/2016

    Join Jori and Jim Manske to explore, learn and practice an NVC approach to mourning and celebration.

  5. Mindful Inquiry

    Mindful Inquiry

    Exercises for Empathy And Self Empathy

    Katrina Vaillancourt

    Practice Exercises · 4-6 minutes · 09/15/2025

    These mindful inquiry exercises and tips are for enhancing self-empathy, and empathy for others. Using emotions and needs card decks provided, learn to reflect and enhance trust and connection through intentional practice.

  6. Here are two practices for connecting with "request energy". One of them helps us practice in the moment (7 steps). The other one helps us connect to ourselves (11 steps).

  7. Eric offers some tips for nurturing and affirming ourselves as a daily practice.

  8. Yoram Mosenzon shares an exercise and demo to explore the process of identifying observations and using judgements (jackals) to find the needs.

  9. Facilitating Connection

    Facilitating Connection

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 59 minutes · 25/10/2011

    Expressing ourselves honestly is sometimes scary because we can't predict where the conversation will go after we've made ourselves vulnerable. This recording will demonstrate how the power of our honesty is enhanced by ending on a clear and present request.

  10. Healing and Reconciliation

    Healing and Reconciliation

    (7 Session Course)

    Ike Lasater, John Kinyon

    Multi-session Course · 7 - 9 hours · 5/21/2019

    Old emotional hurts and pains can easily erupt when you’re in the throes of conflict – even if you’re the mediator. Wouldn’t it be lovely if you could avoid all of that, and instead create more peace and happiness for yourself, your family, your co-workers and your community?

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