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Connect Before Correct
Trainer Tips • 2-3 minutes • 7/29/2010
Exploring how to connect with your reasons for offering empathy when someone shares pain.
Using Conflict to Reflect on Fulfilling My Needs
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 10/26/2010
Trainer Tip: Use conflict with others as a way to learn more about yourself.
Extreme Gratitude
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 7/29/2010
Trainer Tip: Use gratitude to overcome resistance and find enjoyment when life feels difficult.
Is NVC Always One-on-One?
Trainer Tips • 3 - 5 minutes • 7/28/2010
Ask the Trainer: Can NVC transform group conflict? Trainer shares stories and answers the question.
Confidentiality Agreement
Trainer Tips • 4 - 6 minutes • 7/28/2010
Ask the Trainer: Is a confidentiality agreement typically used in NVC practice groups?
The Needs Underneath a Need for Fairness
Trainer Tips • 2 - 3 minutes • 7/28/2010
Ask the Trainer: "Fairness" isn't on the needs list. What needs might be underneath it?
Hidden Needs
Trainer Tips • 2 - 3 minutes • 7/28/2010
Ask the Trainer: Feeling frustrated & angry over simple things? Find the root of your hidden needs.
Different Types of Requests
Trainer Tips • 2 - 3 minutes • 7/28/2010
Ask the Trainer: Share a list of request types, examples, and a strategy for formulating them.
Teachers Expressing to Students and Colleagues
Trainer Tips • 3 - 5 minutes • 7/28/2010
Exploring how to share NVC in a school environment where others may not yet understand its value.
The Unconscious Mind Compared to the Conscious Mind
Trainer Tips • 2 - 3 minutes • 7/28/2010
Ask the Trainer: Exploring how unconscious motivations influence the needs we identify and express.
How to Interact with an Angry Practice Group Member
Trainer Tips • 2 - 3 minutes • 7/28/2010
Exploring ways to stay compassionate and connected when someone seems angry or controlling.
Never Compromise
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 7/28/2010
Trainer Tip: Never compromise; sharing resentment 50/50 is not a sustainable solution.
An NVC “Do-Over”
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 7/28/2010
Trainer Tip: See imperfect NVC moments as learning opportunities, not failures.
The Cause of Our Feelings
Trainer Tips • 3 - 5 minutes • 7/28/2010
Exploring how stories and unmet needs each influence the cause of our feelings in NVC.
Use of “To Be” Verbs
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 7/28/2010
Exploring why “to be” verbs like heard or valued are seen as strategies, not needs, in NVC.
Four Types of Feedback
Trainer Tips • 2 - 3 minutes • 7/28/2010
This explores four types of feedback: destructive, constructive, by demonstration, and dialogue.
Speaking Classical Giraffe
Trainer Tips • 3 - 5 minutes • 7/28/2010
Exploring how to keep NVC natural and authentic without sounding mechanical or formal.
Understanding I’m Not Responsible for Another's Feelings
Trainer Tips • 2 - 3 minutes • 7/28/2010
Ask the Trainer: Get ideas to help your girlfriend accept you aren't responsible for her feelings.
How to Interrupt
Trainer Tips • 3 - 5 minutes • 7/28/2010
Fear in dealing with a neighbor's 'wastebasket talk.' Only leaving or interrupting stops the flow.
What Could I Say or Do When Someone Does Not Talk?
Trainer Tips • 1 - 2 minutes • 7/28/2010
Can you give me advice on what to do when people won't talk to me? I find it very difficult to discover what their needs are that aren't being met! Also, how can I be effective with people who don't actually want to think about why they're being the way they are?
