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How to Interact with an Angry Practice Group Member

Ask the Trainer Dear 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, and not aligned with the principles of Nonviolent Communication. Recently I requested that he not use the term “NVC” in sending out emails about our practice meetings, citing the guidelines...
Starting and Maintaining a NVC Practice Group

This article explores ways of starting and maintaining NVC study groups and practice groups. It offers recommended reading support materials and poses questions to consider for structuring and organizing the group. See this guide Keywords: facilitation facilitator sharing NVC teaching NVC teaching NVC groups Peggy Smith
Connect Before Correct

Ask the Trainer Dear Trainer, I have a question which has been running through my mind for some days now. It was sparked off in our NVC weekly practice group. I was sitting there trying to connect to my reasons for wanting to give empathy to a person who was telling us about some very painful feeling she was having, without connecting to her needs. I recalled hearing Marshall say something like...
Confidentiality Agreement

Ask the Trainer Dear Trainer, In the second meeting of our beginner’s NVC practice group, one of the participants asked us (the two facilitators) if there was any kind of confidentiality agreement that was typically used in NVC practice groups. That question stimulated a number of other participants to feel concerned about confidentiality. One person suggested that we have an agreement to use...
Group Feedback

Ask the Trainer Dear Trainer, I'm part of a small, self-led NVC group that's been working together for almost two years. Currently, we're going through Marshall's book for the second time and experiencing some growing pains in that we're still not certain how and under what circumstances to make requests, especially negative ones. What we need is more modeling and coaching from trainers, or at...
Poetic License

Poetic License is a fun group exercise that's sure to incite laughter in your NVC group! (This game originated from Doug Dolstad) Instructions: In a group circle, everyone has a piece of notebook paper. Everyone writes an "observation" phrase across the top of the page ("When I see/hear _______"); and folds the paper over so that what they have written is hidden. Each person passes their paper...
Repair and Heal Disconnection in Relationships

We all blow it sometimes. Maybe we are triggered and react in ways we regret. Or we unknowingly say or do something that unexpectedly touches a nerve for someone else. Either way, how do we heal the disconnection? In this session, you'll learn how to integrate skills for repairing relationships. Jim and Jori Manske are leading first with a self-connection meditation, then move on to practice...
The Four Responses Exercise Cards

See this learning tool Use these cards in your practice group or NVC training to understand 4 different ways of responding to hard to hear messages. Become aware of the way you habitually respond to stimulus and develop skills to respond with empathy and express honestly. Keywords: Rachelle Lamb Dialogue preparation conversation preparation learning tool NVC mechanics practice roleplay Practice...
NVC Gratitude Practice

Join Jim and Jori Manske, to explore the relationship between gratitude and Nonviolent Communication, and how to develop a gratitude practice that helps you learn and practice NVC. Jim and Jori guide the group through a practice to learn how to "do gratitude" and how it relates to Marshall's 4 components of NVC. Keywords: Jim Manske Jori Manske Jim and Jori Manske gratitude practice group
Mourning

In this session Jim and Jori Manske facilitate the exploration of the topic of Mourning using the three modes of NVC: self-empathy, honesty and empathic presence. Using an array of tools and exercises such as metaphors, somatic experience, connecting with needs, and breathing, Jim and Jori lead the group in a mourning practice and answer participants's questions such as what does mourning mean?...