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- Learn how to use empathy to dissolve conflict
- Deepen your NVC skills to help let go of judgments
- Explore approaches for asking for what you want
- Listen to the conflict within yourself
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Deepen your connection to life, nurture inner healing, and live more compassionately.
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I’ve been part of a fitness group here in California for the past 1.5 years. It’s called Boot Camp, and I have no idea why! Anyway, most people in the class are 25-30 years younger than I am and have been part of this group for several years. I don’t lift weights as heavy as theirs and I can’t always keep up with them, but I had felt confident that I was holding my own (except when jogging, which is the one place where I consistently lag far behind them). I found a way to be okay with this, to enjoy working out with them, without thinking I should be as strong or skilled as they are.
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Learn the basics of NVC to reduce stress, improve connection and respond with clarity.
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Bring nonviolence to life through facilitation, integrate love and courage in every group process.
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- Discover how mediation is a fundamental social skill that everyone can learn
- Gain the skills to stay centered when a conflict becomes heated
- Learn how to lead a dialogue toward sustainable agreements
- Help facilitate connection and creativity to discover and meet everyone’s needs
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- Dive deep into the book, Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing and Compassion with the author
- Deepen your ability to live NVC on a day-to-day basis
- Experience the combination of Mary’s wisdom, daily meditations, journaling, and community
- Enjoy accompaniment throughout 2025 with like-minded individuals
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Join Dian Killian and discover the power of imagery and metaphor in deepening your empathy practice. This segment from her 6 session course explores how visualizing sensations, emotions, and needs through metaphorical language can enhance the connection during empathy guessing, particularly in somatic-based approaches.
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Inspired by Marshall Rosenberg's teachings, Kathleen Macferran's self-empathy exercise offers a transformative approach for those challenging moments when you fall short of your own expectations.
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- Reclaim the lost voices of your ancestors
- Understand the impact of collective trauma on your family line
- Open yourself up to have more warmth for yourself and your children
- Restore the flow of love and energy from past generations
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Imagine a world where mediation is a basic life skill taught early to support cooperation.
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Dear friends,
Happy April Fool’s Day, which, according to Wikipedia, “is an annual custom on April 1st consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes.” I always think of my Mom on April Fool’s Day. She was mostly a stern person who scorned practical jokes, but on April Fool’s Day, she would play hoaxes on my father. One year, she...
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NVC trainer Sarah Peyton explores the process of repairing relationships through the lens of Nonviolent Communication. She emphasizes the importance of self-connection and empathy—both for ourselves and others—when addressing moments of hurt or disconnection.
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CNVC trainer Yoram Mosenzon shares how expressing specific and authentic appreciation can deepen connection in intimate relationships. He emphasizes the importance of making clear observations without judgment and connecting with the feelings and needs that arise from meaningful gestures.
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- Understand the dynamics of power struggles
- Explore practical strategies for navigating power imbalances
- Discover ways you can share power in various relationships
- Explore how NVC supports a move away from domination, into shared power
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Mary Mackenzie explains that empathizing with our closest loved ones can be difficult because they matter so deeply to us, past experiences might create emotional barriers, and we might fear losing ourselves in the process.
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- 3 full-length courses to deepen your empathy practice
- Learn your body’s “language” and how to listen deeply to it
- Quickly reconnect and return to empathic presence when you are triggered
- Enhance your listening skills and experience greater ease and joy in all your interactions
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Discover how Nonviolent Communication helped integrate spirituality into daily life and work.
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Trainer Tip: Never compromise; sharing resentment 50/50 is not a sustainable solution.
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John Kinyon teaches mindfulness and how to translate thoughts into clear observations.
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