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  1. Looking at “Shoulds”

    Looking at “Shoulds”

    Sylvia Haskvitz

    Audio · 22 minutes · 4/22/2024

    Using real-life examples from class participants, Sylvia Haskvitz demonstrates the life-changing results of clarifying the needs underlying "shoulds." Some of the situations covered in this audio are:

    • A grandmother shares how she was able to spend time with her grandchildren even when experiencing estrangement from her daughter
    • A father examines how to repair a conversation with his daughter
    • A woman explores her "should" thinking about her financial stability, her job and grief regarding her husband's death
    • A woman connects to her deeper needs that arise with the statement "I should do my taxes"
    • A woman perceives that she has conflicting needs for family harmony, relaxation and comfort when deciding whether to spend holiday time with stepchildren

    If your life is fraught with "shoulds," this resource will support you in translating them into needs and, in some cases, to let them go entirely.

  2. Judging and Feeling Judged

    Judging and Feeling Judged

    Miki Kashtan

    Audio · 16 minutes · 7/28/2010

    In this potent audio, expert trainer Miki Kashtan demonstrates the eye-opening experience of translating judgments into needs. She works with a mother who is stuck in a loop of feeling judged by family members and judging them back.

  3. Navigating Conflict

    Navigating Conflict

    (6 Session Course)

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Multi-session Course · 6 - 9 hours · 9/25/2019

    Join veteran Mediators and Facilitators, Jori and Jim Manske in using Nonviolent Communication and mediation skills for transforming conflict into connection between yourself and others.

  4. Increasing Your Capacity to Feel

    Increasing Your Capacity to Feel

    Eric Bowers

    Articles · 4 - 6 minutes · 1/28/2019

    What's really going on underneath the surface when we bring or encounter blame, judgements, pain -- and thereby the inability to empathize, be present, attuned, or responsive?  Why does this happen even if one or more people in a relationship dynamic is working hard at bringing in an NVC response? This article addresses these and more questions from the perspective of how our brains are affected in our relationships.

  5. Historically, work, education, resources, land, animals, and relationships were intertwined, shattered by capitalism and industrialization. We transitioned from communal self-sufficiency to individualism, industry, and smaller families. To avert extinction and thrive, we need to reconstruct social systems, emphasizing the commons, uniting communities with the land and resources in interdependent, regenerative harmony.

  6. The Power of Silent Empathy

    The Power of Silent Empathy

    Rita Herzog

    Articles · 1 page · 7/29/2010

    When Rita first learned about silent empathy she didn't know how soon she'd try it out. She was visiting her daughter and making comments about her life, analyzing her behavior, giving her unsolicited view on everything.

  7. In this video download, expert parent trainer and author of Parenting From Your Heart, Inbal Kashtan responds to the age-old question: "Why do children do things to annoy parents?"

  8. Inbal offers parents and anyone with children in their life a lucid discussion of the important role self-empathy plays in creating healthy, supportive relationships.

  9. Truth as an Act of Love

    Truth as an Act of Love

    Kelly Bryson

    Audio · 2 hours, 14 minutes · 7/28/2010

    Speaking the truth creates congruence, which creates trust, facilitating understanding and cooperation. Without truth there is no growth in our relationships and community. If this is true, then what keeps us from speaking our truth?

  10. Baby Giraffes: NVC Parenting of Children Under 5 (3 Session Course)

    Baby Giraffes: NVC Parenting of Children Under 5 (3 Session Course)

    Ingrid Bauer

    Multi-session Course · 3 hours, 26 minutes · 10/10/2017

    This 3-part telecourse recording explores what it means to practice “power with” parenting with babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Ingrid has been teaching and writing about very young children for a decade and has a special passion for this age range.

  11. 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.

  12. Connecting When Worldviews Conflict

    Connecting When Worldviews Conflict

    (4 Session Course)

    John Kinyon, Matthew Rich

    Multi-session Course · 6 hours · 3/17/2019

    John Kinyon and Matthew Rich examine the ways in which people’s worldviews can be different and why this often creates conflict.

  13. Lasting Love – The Magic and Mechanics

    Lasting Love – The Magic and Mechanics

    (5 Session Course)

    Mukti Jarvis

    Multi-session Course · 3 hours, 49 minutes · 6/22/2017

    Join Linda Mia Mukte (formerly Rysenbry), CNVC Certified Trainer, for this uniquely powerful telecourse recording that blends NVC with Dr. Sue Johnson’s empirically validated work on adult love relationships called EFCT: Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.

  14. Ask the Trainer: An NVC Academy member from Bosnia asks: "Is the NVC process truly effective in places where so much violence has occurred and people's pain is very deep?"

  15. The Three Stages of Transition

    The Three Stages of Transition

    Kathleen Macferran, Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 1 hour, 8 minutes · 12/01/2017

    Learn about the three stages of transition, and how staying connected to needs can help you remain oriented and grounded even through the most challenging transitions.

  16. Inbal speaks to a group about our habit of demanding something of our children but making it sound like a request, the components of a true request and the importance of being honest when making a demand.

  17. Inbal responds to the question "Is bribery an acceptable tool for compliance?' and helps us understand the five habitual reasons we do things.

  18. Parenting Series: Listening for the Needs

    Parenting Series: Listening for the Needs

    Inbal Kashtan

    Video · 16 minutes · 07/28/2010

    Using her own and participants' examples, Inbal illuminates parents on where they might be struggling with connecting to their children's needs, especially in situations where the children are responding to the parent's request.

  19. Inbal clarifies the difference between needs and strategies, and why the distinction is important in our parenting role. She offers two questions to ask yourself if you're not certain whether something is a need or strategy.

  20. Celebrating Mourning

    Celebrating Mourning

    Christine King

    Articles · 3 - 5 minutes · 7/29/2010

    In a recent vacation in a Mexican village, I was surprised to find myself in the midst of a community in mourning. Two days before I came, a 21-year-old girl had died in a car accident. Everyone in the town knew her and was openly affected by her death.

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