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  1. Making The Evolutionary Leap

    Making The Evolutionary Leap

    John Kinyon

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 2/1/2023

    Shared story has been a way for groups to unite in opposition to a common enemy. But more divergent and virulent beliefs/stories swirl through the internet and social media, facilitating people to polarize against one another. So notice when you're caught in a polarizing story; try shifting focus to observing your mind; somatic presence; underlying commonality; consciousness as universal need, energy, and spaciousness; and the natural compassion and generosity that flow from this.

  2. Reaching Critical Mass

    Reaching Critical Mass

    John Kinyon

    Trainer Tips · 2 - 3 minutes · 6/1/2023

    We only have this decade to make radical changes to avert crossing over into an unlivable Earth. What's essential is a critical mass of people with capacity to respond to many enormous, daunting social-environmental challenges. This means on a wider scale, responding to conflict, fear, hate, injustice and violence with the ability to see our commonality underlying our differences. And to feel part of a larger whole so we can birth natural caring, togetherness, and cooperation.

  3. This chart is intended as an aid to translating words that are often confused with feelings. These words imply that someone is doing something to you and generally connote wrongness or blame. To use this list, when somebody says “I’m feeling rejected,” you might translate this as: “Are you feeling scared because you have a need for inclusion?”
  4. Where Do Jackal Voices Come From?

    Where Do Jackal Voices Come From?

    Stephanie Bachmann Mattei

    Articles · 6 - 9 minutes · 7/30/2012

    The human brain is a conservative organ that comprises different systems with varying degrees of conscious awareness, which evolved in three basic stages of human history (the lizard-squirrel-monkey brain.) In my understanding, we could say, the brain has strong needs for understanding, order, predictability and meaning. In fact, one of its key functions is to process experiences, and predict what the world is like, in order to maximize survival.  CNVC Certified Trainer Stephanie Bachmann Mattei explores the biological basis of our inner jackal voices.

  5. Developing Patience

    Developing Patience

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 53 minutes · 10/25/2011

    Jim and Jori offer practical tools to help us develop patience through a process they call WAIT: Wake up, Accept, Insight, Take a step.

  6. Dealing with Loss

    Dealing with Loss

    Coming Back to Life (3 Session Course)

    Kristin Masters

    Multi-session Course · 2 hours, 55 minutes · 12/11/2018

    This gentle, healing telecourse recording will assist you in unearthing feelings and issues that have become tangled up with loss, enabling you to face whatever is blocking your grief.

  7. Enjoyment Redefined

    Enjoyment Redefined

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/23/2015

    Trainer Tip: Mary reflects on the nature of happiness and its relationship to presence.

  8. Finding Reasons to Celebrate

    Finding Reasons to Celebrate

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/23/2015

    Trainer Tip: Find ways to celebrate each day and enrich your life.

  9. Finding Ways to Meet Our Needs

    Finding Ways to Meet Our Needs

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 4/13/2016

    Trainer Tip: There are many ways to meet a need. Open to new possibilities.

  10. Moving Out of the Hallway

    Moving Out of the Hallway

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 4/27/2016

    Trainer Tip: The change you're looking for begins with a single step.

  11. Three Necessities for Integrating NVC

    Three Necessities for Integrating NVC

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 1 hour, 11 minutes · 3/5/2017

    Inspired by a talk given by Marshall Rosenberg, Jim offers an interactive exploration of powerful strategies for making NVC an integral part of your everyday life.

  12. Recovering from Reactivity

    Recovering from Reactivity

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 30 minutes · 4/13/2017

    Join CNVC Certified Trainers Jim and Jori Manske for this session that will help you minimize your reactivity and live in greater choice.

  13. How do you know when you’re projecting disowned parts or replaying old relationship dynamics? It’s hard to know for sure, but if you find yourself upset or shutting down and unable to have a dialogue in which you can speak clearly about your feelings and needs and empathize with the other’s feelings and needs, there is likely a projection. The stronger your reaction, the more likely you are projecting.

  14. Why Don’t They Get It?

    Why Don’t They Get It?

    Roxy Manning

    Articles · 5 - 8 minutes · 1/26/2019

    What can we do when someone tells us we're contributing to a pattern we're genuinely not seeing (nor experiencing)? What makes these patterns visible to some people but not others? This article addresses these things by talking about what to factor in when receiving feedback; handling feedback; responding relationally; paying attention to social location; considering impact; plus, broadening our perspective to bring in greater care and awareness.

  15. The awareness and practice of interdependence is integral to holding an NVC consciousness. Practicing interdependence also means bringing in a quality of care in the moments we want to change agreements with others. This article talks about where our various choices, in regards to changing agreements, fits into different levels of engaging our interdependence.

  16. Nonviolence in the Face of Hatred

    Nonviolence in the Face of Hatred

    Miki Kashtan

    Articles · 14 - 21 minutes · 5/23/2019

    When Anita's sister reveals that the Ku Klux Klan broke into her home and dragged her out into a field towards a burning cross, Anita's commitment to nonviolence is challenged. Here, Miki highlights practices and lessons from her story of inner struggle -- including an insight about how, even in extreme polarization, our freedom and healing is wrapped up in others' freedom and healing.

  17. Unconditional Self-Acceptance

    Unconditional Self-Acceptance

    A Simple Daily Practice

    Robert Gonzales

    Practice Exercises · 3 minutes · 4/1/2022

    Here's a daily self-acceptance practice you can bring into your life whenever you are experiencing pain, tension, contraction, lack of fulfillment, or unmet needs or values. Giving your often undesired experiences space can be a path to greater inner connection and peace.

  18. Keep It Real, Warts and All

    Keep It Real, Warts and All

    Alan Rafael Seid

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/12/2022

    Our craving for love, acceptance, and approval can lead us to show only parts of ourselves and hide others. This lack of authenticity breeds disconnection and mistrust, leading to those very needs not being met. Once I accept myself, being authentic is easier. And then people in my life can love me for who I really am, warts and all.

  19. Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World

    Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World

    (10 Session Course)

    Robert Gonzales

    Multi-session Course · 15 - 16 hours · 09/11/2023

    Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World is the last course that Robert Gonzales offered before his passing in November of 2021. It is an intermediate course whose purpose is to deepen our conscious connection to our own vital life force, to develop skills that support inner healing, and to grow and strengthen daily practices that allow us to truly live life to the fullest.

  20. Using Images in Your Empathy Guessing

    Using Images in Your Empathy Guessing

    Dian Killian

    Video · 4 minutes · 10/10/2024

    Join Dian Killian and discover the power of imagery and metaphor in deepening your empathy practice. This segment from her 6 session course explores how visualizing sensations, emotions, and needs through metaphorical language can enhance the connection during empathy guessing, particularly in somatic-based approaches.
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