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Kelly Bryson explores courageous honesty and how truth shared openly deepens connection.

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 NVC's role in transforming power dynamics and bridging social divides.

Shift from cerebral empathy to intuitive listening—tune into body cues and inner feelings.

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."

Experience NVC tools for mediating conflict—whether you're involved or supporting others.

Experience John Kinyon's application of NVC Founder Marshall Rosenberg's 4-part model of reconciliation and healing, a model he developed over the course of decades of work with people around the world who have experienced the deep pain of violence.

Apply NVC mediation skills in child-related conflicts, for parents, teachers, and others.

Honor the wisdom in your BIG emotions as you are guided through anger, fear, and shame with NVC.

Bring your inquisitive mind and open heart to explore principles that ground the practice of NVC.

If you’d like to bring more joy and fun into your workplace, listen to this trainer dialogue for NVC tips and tools from some of the leading experts in the industry.

Discover and embrace the inner chatter beneath your words to deepen self-connection.

Trainer Tip: Mary shares an experience about accepting responsibility for her actions and how that lead her to greater choice and freedom.

Untangle emotions around loss and gently move through blocks to your healing and clarity.

Learn tools to reconnect and heal your relationship with adult children.

Shift how you respond to conflict with this Mediate Your Life course and create lasting change.

Enjoy listening in as Arnina assists participants in fine tuning what they wish for their futures, and what practices they intend to embrace as the course winds down. She also offers strategies for what they can do if they forget their intended practice, and revisits the importance of untangling Needs from Core Belief.

Listen beneath the surface and move from inner fragmentation to whole-hearted self-connection.

When you or anyone is upset, what could underneath the trigger?  There may be more than is immediately visible.  This article invites us to explore what it looks like to inquire deeper, take self-responsibility, examine our assumptions, attachments, interpretations, and "certainties" that could be hidden behind the needs that are aching to be attended to...

Getting "feel good" empathy can become an addiction. Even to the point of seeing people who don't offer empathy as "not being NVC". Rachelle urges us to notice how this view of NVC can be seductive, and even dangerous. In this article, she explains how we can expand our compassionate awareness when we go beyond equating NVC with harmony and empathy. She asks us to become more open to noticing others' experiences even if it challenges our personal and collective belief systems -- and especially when it upsets us to consider it.