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Are we really safer when we put those who harm others behind bars and forget about them? Explore turning our prisons into houses of healing and creating connections that lead to greater safety for our communities.
In this thought provoking talk, Kathleen Macferran explores the power of listening to open doors and potentially to transform people. This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences.
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 11/2/2014
Trainer Tip: When we connect our feelings to our needs, we put ourselves in a postion to get our needs met and mourn when they aren't met. Here's a practical tip you can practice daily to improve the quality of your life.
Learning Tools • 28 minutes • 10/23/2014
Audio • 1 hour, 21 minutes • 10/20/2014
How we deal with “no” is a litmus test of our state of consciousness around power. Listen as John works with participants as they learn to give and receive a "no" from a consciousness of interpersonal connection.
Audio • 1 hour, 11 minutes • 10/20/2014
Transforming anger is a key practice for returning to conscious presence and connection with self and others when triggered into a reaction. Join John Kinyon to learn this essential life skill through the Enemy Image Process and Learning/Growth Spiral.
Audio • 35 minutes • 10/20/2014
Listen to John talk about the inner and outer mediation process, the importance of the "3rd chair," and an experience of working with Pakistani elders.
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 10/19/2014
Trainer Tip: There's one sure way to find hidden assumptions, stop and check it out!
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 10/5/2014
Trainer Tip: Ready to start a fight because you're right? Consider another strategy.
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 9/20/2014
Trainer Tip: Mary offers 3 foundational tips for making requests: positivity, specificity and doability.
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 9/6/2014
Trainer Tip: The question is not what other people think of you, but what you think of yourself. Who are you, really? Take a moment to consider what you value.
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 8/23/2014
Trainer Tip: Mary shares how staying present to our anger and finding the underlying feelings and needs can lead to deeper connection and more satisfying outcomes.
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 8/9/2014
Trainer Tip: Clarifying our requests can make the difference between frustration and satisfaction, Mary shows you how.
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 7/26/2014
Trainer Tip: Mary explains how Nonviolent Communication, a process that distinguishes needs from strategies is also itself, a strategy.
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 7/13/2014
Trainer Tip: Mary explains the NVC principle known as the "protective use of force."
Audio • 1 hour, 30 minutes • 7/6/2014
How can I deal with someone who is constantly interrupting and derailing our process?
Trainer Tips • 3 minutes • 07/06/2014
Listen to Miki talk about the value of participating in groups, recognizing our inherent nature to do so, how industrialization has hindered our skills and the value of participating in a time when it's most needed.
Trainer Tips • 4 minutes • 7/6/2014
It seems to me that people see ideas which are different from theirs as threatening. Instead of listening, the group polarizes around the different ideas and a lot of judgments develop, conflicts develop and people feel hurt. Forward progress becomes a battle ground. How can I support more collaboration?
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 6/9/2014
Trainer Tip: Most of us have been conditioned to withhold the expression of our feelings to some degree. Mary offers a tip to de-stigmatize our feelings and relax into our humanness.
Video • 7 minutes • 05/26/2014
Mary offers tips for developing effective tracking skills, including how the energy of the group is managed discerning the qualities of presence for each of the members, and monitoring group participation while striving for a balance of inclusion.
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