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  1. Robert's passion was in the spirituality of the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process. He saw NVC both as a process that helps people connect more authentically with themselves and others, and as a spiritual practice and way of living. The worldwide NVC community mourned when Robert died in 2021. He left behind a legacy of work that emerged from a lifetime of inquiry into the intersection between spirituality and human communication.

  2. Clinical psychologist, Robert Gonzales, Ph.D., uses an open dialogue with a practitioner to explore effective, compassionate methods to handle a volatile counseling situation. This resource has been newly remastered to a larger, higher quality video.

  3. Financial Freedom and Integrity

    Financial Freedom and Integrity

    (8 Session Course)

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Multi-session Course · 7 hours, 32 minutes · 9/4/2017

    Jim and Jori Manske went from poverty to financial independence in 8 years, and they’re making the process they used available to you! Please join them in this inspiring 8-session program to transform your relationship with money, scarcity and abundance.

  4. Parenting and Anger

    Parenting and Anger

    Walking the Ultimate Path to Peace (5 Session Course)

    John Kinyon, Stephanie Bachmann Mattei

    Multi-session Course · 6 - 8 hours · 2/25/2021

    John and Stephanie combine mediating conflict, parenting and study of brain science to this ground-breaking course recording on how to funnel your anger and your child’s anger toward mutual caring and peace.

  5. Prepare for Love

    Prepare for Love

    (12 Session Course)

    Eric Bowers

    Multi-session Course · 9 hours, 7 minutes · 4/14/2017

    Join Eric Bowers in transforming past relationship pain, coming alive in community and creating thriving relationships. This 12 session Telecourse recording brings together Eric's passions for Nonviolent Communication, Attachment Theory and Interpersonal Neurobiology.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 3 Strategies for Working With Worry

    3 Strategies for Working With Worry

    LaShelle Lowe-Chardé

    Articles · 4 - 6 minutes · 2/5/2021

    Follow worry to the underlying universal need and discern wise action. To get there, we can try out prayer, wishes, savoring the need, or compassionate witnessing. If you notice and name the aspects of worry continuously, the compassionate witnessing practice will interrupt the habitual spinning of worry-filled stories. There are at least six things you can witness with curiosity. Read on for more.

  9. The Art and Science of Happiness

    The Art and Science of Happiness

    (4 Session Course)

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Multi-session Course · 4 - 6 hours · 4/16/2018

    What is it that enables us to thrive? How can we influence our capacity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life? Join Jim and Jori Manske in this exciting telecourse recording on the intersection of NVC and cutting-edge Positive Psychology, the science of human thriving.

  10. The Power of Forgiveness

    The Power of Forgiveness

    Rodger Sorrow

    Audio · 48 minutes · 9/6/2016

    Delve into the power of forgiveness with Rodger Sorrow! Listen in as Rodger explores 3 areas: asking for forgiveness, when it's hard to forgive, and forgiving ourselves.

  11. Tips for the Road Series Tip 14

    Tips for the Road Series Tip 14

    Admit to it Too

    Eric Bowers

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 11/12/2017

    It can be challenging to tell people that you don’t like a certain behaviour or action of theirs. Even with supportive intentions and compassionate language your message might be difficult for someone to receive. Of course, we are not responsible for others’ reactions, but we are responsible to care about each other, and there are effective ways to express ourselves with more care.

  12. Identify 12 Essential Aspects of Empathy

    Identify 12 Essential Aspects of Empathy

    LaShelle Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 2 - 3 minutes · 10/23/2023

    Empathy is a form of attunement. Empathy is giving your compassionate curiosity by guessing another’s feelings and needs. Consider how you live or relate to each of these 12 essential aspects of empathy. Some of them mention how we can offer empathy without abandoning ourselves, how empathy isn't always the best response, and how "Empathy can be offered when you disagree with another’s opinion, memory, or perspective."

  13. Parenting without Obedience

    Parenting without Obedience

    An Introduction to Intergenerational Collaboration
    (5 Session Course)

    Miki Kashtan, Arnina Kashtan, Lisa Rothman

    Multi-session Course · 8 - 9 Hours · 03/11/2024

    If you answer yes to at least one of the questions below, then this course may be key to building the relationship you want with your children:

    • Do you know in your bones that you want to build a relationship in which both your needs and those of your children are fully included?
    • Are you tired of seeing yourself time and again using methods to get your children to "cooperate" that you don't actually subscribe to?
    • Do you struggle to imagine how to find enough hours in the day to collaborate for real with your children?
    • Do you brace for any conversation with extended family and community who criticize you for being too soft with your children? 
    • Do you often feel all alone and wonder if you are actually on the right path?
  14. 9 Skills for Navigating Conflict

    9 Skills for Navigating Conflict

    (8 session course)

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Multi-session Course · 8 - 12 hours · 6/9/2024

    How can you remember to use the skills and consciousness of NVC in the heat of the moment? 

    Jim and Jori Manske will show you how in these recordings from their 2018 course!

    They teach that when and how you address the conflicts that emerge in your everyday life matters! By slowing down and considering the state of your resources before engaging in a conflict, you increase the likelihood of discovering a solution that dissolves separateness and enhances the connection and compassion you long for.

  15. Second Chances

    Second Chances

    Eric Bowers

    Trainer Tips · 1-2 minutes · 1/13/2014

    Eric offers a very brief but valuable Trainer Tip about persistence practicing NVC, sometimes a small shift in approach can make a big difference.
  16. NVC Life Hacks 25

    NVC Life Hacks 25

    Deepening the Roots of Self-Empathy

    Shantigarbha Warren

    Video · 7 minutes · 05/13/2022

    In this Life Hack, we're going deeper into self-empathy with a simple guided reflection that you can work through. This will be followed by a short exercise with a fill-in sheet led by Gesine and is something you can come back to as you wish.

  17. When you attempt to make a request what limiting beliefs come up? See if you recognize any from this list. Then compassionately observe your body sensations, impulses, feelings, needs, memories, energy, and images. In making the request ensure your request is connected to your needs, is doable, what you want, and not attached to them saying yes.

  18. Empathy And Strategies For Overwhelm

    Empathy And Strategies For Overwhelm

    LaShelle Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 4 - 6 minutes · 12/21/2022

    Making decisions from overwhelm can be costly for you and others. Instead, to get distance name overwhelm as it comes. Apply self-compassion. Be suspicious of your impulse to withdraw. Find ways to meet your needs. Tell others about your overwhelm. This may allow more support, connection and trust-building. Plan what to do to meet your needs next time you're overwhelmed. Tweak your plan.

  19. When feeling unworthy, powerless, or afraid, we can hear others' comments as criticism, rejection, demands, limits, or attacks. Practice self-compassion, release attachments, and ask “How can I stretch the boundaries of who I believe myself to be, in service of love?”. Try replacing love with a word that inspires you (e.g. freedom, thriving, etc). Note answers that arise later. Or explore the question with a trusted person or in a journal. Read on for examples.

  20. In this Life Hack, we're going deeper into self-empathy with a simple guided reflection that you can work through. This will be followed by a short exercise with a fill-in sheet led by Gesine and is something you can come back to as you wish.

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