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How do you bring empathy and authenticity to uncomfortable work situations when there are so many layers of difference – especially if your primary reason for working is to feed your family and pay your bills? Listen in as Roxy opens participants' eyes to some of the many layers of difference we all deal with on a daily basis.

See the key principles of NVC demonstrated visually, with needs at the center.

Explore how IPNB and NVC intertwine in Somatic-Based Resonant Empathy and connection.

Gitta Zimmerman’s 2016 workshop for street workers focused on mediation and entrepreneurship.

Do you yearn to step forward in leadership, but know you're holding back? Clinical psychologist, organizational consultant, and speaker, Roxy Manning, PhD, shows us that more than external factors, its our internal beliefs and fears that provide the main barrier to moving forward.  She does this by taking us through three myths of leadership, and weaves in anecdotes to illustrate how tapping our unique (often lesser recognized) qualities, can be the way forward we've been seeking. Learn ways to move forward, even if at first it appears that (1.) others can "do it better", (2.) you need to be more prepared, or even if (3.) the material you're conveying isn't so original (and has been used many times).

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.

Trainer Tip: One of the basic philosophies of Nonviolent Communication is valuing everyone’s needs equally. That means that you consider your needs to be equal to another person’s needs. If someone asks you for empathy, and you choose to empathize at you own expense, you're not living in a Nonviolent Communication consciousness. Be aware of your own needs today when someone asks you to be their emotional support.

Turn feedback into a path for learning and growth by understanding what makes it challenging.

Step into leadership and connection by taking full responsibility while honoring all needs.

Rejuvenate your inner world and relationships through deep self-empathy practices.

Here are 14 more key differentiations that are not, at time of publishing this, on the CNVC key differentiations list. They can be used to support people who are on the path of learning and integrating NVC in making sense of their own understanding of their journey and where they are within it. And it can be used to support people who share NVC with others in offering brief information in support of understanding and learning.

Discover how Nonviolent Communication helped integrate spirituality into daily life and work.

Learn how to move from blame to understanding when needs aren’t met.

Miki Kashtan helps a mother restore connection with her daughter after a painful conflict.

Learn the difference between true requests and demands, and why honesty matters with children.

See how to better connect with children’s needs, especially when they resist or react to requests.

Learn to tell needs from strategies in parenting with two simple questions for clarity.

John Kinyon teaches mindfulness and how to translate thoughts into clear observations.

Ask the Trainer: Can all needs be met when illness limits the capacity of one person to meet the needs of her partner?

Ask the Trainer: How do I respond to people who believe that consequences are necessary to change behavior?