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  1. If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It

    If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/25/2017

    Trainer Tip: Have you heard the saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Communication is like that too. Don’t try to adjust your communication and behaviors if they already work for you.

    • Learn how to set up and maintain effective systems
    • Acquire tips for harnessing community buy-in and the energies of key people
    • Transform tension and anxiety into peaceful, life-enriching energy
    • Remain grounded and confident when facing any kind of conflict
  2. Addressing Inequalities in Groups Using NVC

    Addressing Inequalities in Groups Using NVC

    Roxy Manning

    Trainer Tips · 5 - 7 minutes · 03/01/2024

    In a workshop, a hesitant white neurodivergent man faced a triggering reaction from a Global Majority transgender man. Uncovering their backgrounds, the facilitator addressed family dynamics and exclusion. A repair exercise fostered empathy, challenging assumptions and emphasizing the importance of equitable facilitation for a richer group experience.

  3. Groups Tip Series: The Value of Groups

    Groups Tip Series: The Value of Groups

    Miki Kashtan

    Trainer Tips · 3 minutes · 07/06/2014

    Listen to Miki talk about the value of participating in groups, recognizing our inherent nature to do so, how industrialization has hindered our skills and the value of participating in a time when it's most needed.

  4. Steps Towards Meaningful Action

    Steps Towards Meaningful Action

    Miki Kashtan

    Articles · 4 - 6 minutes · 9/18/2019

    We're in difficult times - possibly at the brink of extinction. What can we do in response? Some nonlinear steps: A.) Notice what isn't working; B.) Mourn so that we can move "towards" from an expanded space inside; C.) Analyze to bring a fuller understanding of what's happening and what's needed; D.) Reframe our inner and outer narratives; E.) Discern what we can contribute; F.) Care; and G.) Bring in support for more resilience and creativity.

  5. Without self-acceptance any attempt at growth and transformation, even while parenting, can easily become a path to self-judgments and another yardstick against which to measure ourselves as falling short. Instead, we can practice 1 minute a day or more, or while doing other tasks, to develop the self-compassion and self-acceptance needed to grow both new habits and our capacity to meet our children with calm and compassion.

  6. Research shows that couples with a secure bond experience arguments that are shorter, lower in intensity, and easier to recover from. Building and keeping a secure bond with your partner requires mindfulness and consistency: respond to what’s needed or supportive in a given moment; give them your full attention and affection in a spacious greeting; conveying care, consideration, and that they matter and are seen.

  7. Empathy

    Empathy

    An In-depth Study

    Sylvia Haskvitz

    Audio · 23 minutes · 7/29/2010

    In this audio recording, Sylvia Haskvitz, veteran CNVC Certified Trainer, offers an in-depth discussion of the Nonviolent Communication process of empathy.

  8. 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?

  9. Where Do Jackal Voices Come From?

    Where Do Jackal Voices Come From?

    Stephanie Bachmann Mattei

    Articles · 6 - 9 minutes · 7/30/2012

    The human brain is a conservative organ that comprises different systems with varying degrees of conscious awareness, which evolved in three basic stages of human history (the lizard-squirrel-monkey brain.) In my understanding, we could say, the brain has strong needs for understanding, order, predictability and meaning. In fact, one of its key functions is to process experiences, and predict what the world is like, in order to maximize survival.  CNVC Certified Trainer Stephanie Bachmann Mattei explores the biological basis of our inner jackal voices.

  10. NVC Mingle

    NVC Mingle

    Christine King, Jean Morrison

    Practice Exercises · N/A · 3/16/2011

    NVC Mingle is a fun group exercise to practice NVC principles and create quick connections with others.

  11. Choice in the Face of Demands

    Choice in the Face of Demands

    Arnina Kashtan

    Audio · 1 hour, 8 minutes · 7/29/2010

    No one likes demands. Do you want to have access to choice when requests or demands come your way? Join CNVC Certified Trainer Arnina Kashtan as she provides tools to free yourself from the submit/rebel dynamic.

  12. Tips on Making a Request

    Tips on Making a Request

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/20/2014

    Trainer Tip: Mary offers 3 foundational tips for making requests: positivity, specificity and doability.

  13. I ended last month’s Growing Roots letter with a question to you: “Do you remember that you are a gift?” I hope you had moments throughout July that reminded you of this! I am still thinking about it, actually.
  14. 4 Steps to Effective Feedback

    4 Steps to Effective Feedback

    Dian Killian

    Trainer Tips · 3 Hours · 5/12/2014

    Join CNVC Certified Trainer Dian Killian to find out how to speak up in a way that ensures you're heard, even in challenging situations.

  15. Tips for the Road Series Tip 15

    Tips for the Road Series Tip 15

    Keep Asking for Help

    Eric Bowers

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 11/26/2017

    Asking for help is difficult for many of us, but can yield rich rewards.

  16. 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.

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