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Sylvia Haskvitz shares NVC basics to help you improve understanding and connection.

Tired of flat, confusing empathy? Cultivate a natural, authentic flow for greater connection.

Rita learns the power of silent empathy while visiting her daughter and offering unsolicited advice.

Miki Kashtan reveals how choice is always available, no matter the situation or circumstances.

Miki Kashtan shows how translating judgments into needs transforms family conflict and connection.

Kathleen Macferran guides you to bring NVC into daily life and break old patterns.

Explore what blocks us from speaking truth and how honesty builds trust and growth.

Discover how replacing "niceness" with honesty, passion, and compassion restores aliveness.

Kelly Bryson shows how clear intention and awareness transform pain into growth.

Misunderstandings can be painful. We can easily avoid this by checking what the other person understood from what we said, and ask the other person to do the same. Doing this is especially important when it comes to planning, shared decision-making, and when emotions are strong. Also, the more someone knows you, the more they think they already know what you mean -- which can get in the way of really hearing you. Here are a variety of ways to approach this simple strategy.

Our world trains us to think in terms of providing for everyone’s needs because they deserve it, earned it, or they possess the resources -- it's fair, socially just, supports equality or because people have rights. Instead, can we step outside this worldview to look at providing for everyone’s needs because those needs exist -- can we hold this basic reverence for life? Are we able to have a needs-based dialogue when such a reframe could alienate those who live in the worldview of earn/deserve?

Grow your compassionate presence with this 3-process exercise. The processes include: Connecting to and feeling the Life Impulse meditation, Creating your own inner space of compassionate presence exercise, and the Compassionately Embracing visualization. These processes will guide you toward deeper self connection and compassionate presence.

How excited do you get about connecting with people who are proving themselves right and who act like they know it all? Do you prefer the company of not-knowers who are in awe of the mystery of life and exploring with humility and innocent curiosity? Masking our vulnerability in not-knowing can point to deep wounds inside us, where perhaps the common denominator is our desire to prove our worth.

Cunningham explains participatory/onlooker consciousness, plus feelings, needs, and NVC dialogues.

In this inspiring interview, Wes Taylor relays a story of how Nonviolent Communication is successfully used in law enforcement, and some of his challenges and joys in infusing Nonviolent Communication into a Maryland hospital culture.

Explore joy through gratitude with Kathleen—stay present even amid life’s challenges.

Balance self-passion and compassion with NVC tools to stay empowered and honor your own needs.

Join CNVC Certified Trainers Jeff Brown, Jean Morrison, Karl Steyaert, Kathleen Macferran, Mary Mackenzie and Sylvia Haskvitz in a lively Q&A session focusing on naturalizing NVC into our daily interactions.

Create intimacy with transparency, empathy, and trust—Kelly blends humor, music, and exercises.

Trainer Tip: "Sometimes we are dissatisfied in our primary relationship, yet the thought of making a change is scary, so we stay in it. Sometimes we think we're afraid to learn the truth, so we don't ask direct questions."