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  1. How is empathy in the workplace a professional skill? If you are ready to learn why and how empathy is the critical factor to more productivity, profitability and collaboration in the workplace, this recording is for you!

  2. Connect Before Correct

    Connect Before Correct

    Sylvia Haskvitz

    Trainer Tips · 2-3 minutes · 7/29/2010

    Ask the Trainer: "Recently, I was sitting in my weekly practice group trying to connect to my reasons for wanting to give empathy to a particular person. She was telling us about some painful feeling she was having, but was not connecting to her needs."
    • Learn how to transform NVC into a tool for systemic awareness and healing
    • Examine the influence of difference, and uncover pathways that strengthen its capacity
    • Learn to receive and offer feedback on impact in situations fraught with power differences
    • Explore specific ways in which NVC systemically supports the full flowering of humanity
    • Delve into the dynamics of cultural differences, and discover how NVC can systemically contribute to a liberation perspective
  3. Some Ideas for Using the Feelings & Needs Cards

    Some Ideas for Using the Feelings & Needs Cards

    Peggy Smith

    Practice Exercises · 4 - 6 minutes · 11/26/2019

    This guide features three activities that use feelings and needs cards: two verions of "Feelings and Needs Poker" and one for "Self-Empathy". Great for practicing alone, with a partner, or in a group.

  4. Empathy Hacking

    Empathy Hacking

    Dian Killian

    Downloadable Courses · ·

    • Make use of felt-sense and somatic awareness to support faster and deeper shifts in yourself and others
    • Master silent empathy to give more ease and flow in your empathy guessing
    • "Streetify" your NVC practice by learning how to make your NVC practice more fluent, colloquial, and "natural" and match the person you're speaking with
    • De-mystify empathy guessing by learning to identify key linguistic queues
    • Build an "emergency empathy" tool kit---with "quick fixes" for challenging situations by using each step of the model for maximum effectiveness
    • Interplay both the NVC "mindset" (consciousness/intention) and the NVC "tool kit" for greater ease, fluency and effectiveness
  5. During this course, you'll deeply examine this process of blending and integrating your inner and outer selves. Not only will you explore various states of being, such as defensive / protective and being / essence, you'll delve into the primary levels of relationship: to others, to the world and to life,  acquire tools for transforming resistance into unconditional acceptance, and much more.

  6. Eric offers some tips for nurturing and affirming ourselves as a daily practice.

  7. Restorative Peace Building:

    Restorative Peace Building:

    Aya Caspi

    Live Zoom Course · ·

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    • Learn NVC basics and the fundamental NVC approach to conflict
    • Gain skills to restore trust and reclaim togetherness amid separation and polarization
    • Move beyond 'right-wrong' thinking so you can access everyone's humanity
    • Become a bridge for peace in the midst of conflict and separation!
  8. Theoretical Underpinnings of NVC

    Theoretical Underpinnings of NVC

    (8 Session Course)

    Miki Kashtan

    Multi-session Course · 8 - 12 hours · 9/18/2013

    Bring your inquisitive mind and open heart to Miki Kashtan's Theoretical Underpinnings of NVC and learn the principles that underlie the NVC practice.

    • Connect the dots between NVC basic practices and the deeper "why" behind them
    • Discover how NVC can support us in bringing tenderness to all of humanity
    • Learn how to tie the NVC approach to liberation and vision
    • Explore the many ways the tools of NVC support the path of liberation!
  9. Laughter, IPNB and Empathy

    Laughter, IPNB and Empathy

    Sarah Peyton

    Articles · 3 - 5 minutes · 3/9/2019

    Sometimes even a very skilled empathy practicitioner can go into offering a non-empathic response, even when asked for empathy.  Why?  One reason could be that our brains might be less receptive because of unseen forces that affect our brain and relationship with others.  This article speaks to the deeper "why" and also to one thing we could do to turn it around...

  10. The Power of Being Heard

    The Power of Being Heard

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/27/2019

    Trainer Tip: To defuse anger and create space for resolution, hear the other person’s feelings and needs. If this practice is new to you, you're like to experience fear and resistance in trying it out. However, you'll be more likely to experience a powerful shift, and build your capacity, if you try it anyways.

  11. Finding Common Ground in Challenging Times

    Finding Common Ground in Challenging Times

    (4 session course)

    David Weinstock

    Multi-session Course · 5 hour, 14 minutes · 5/10/2025

    Discover how to transform your life by aligning your actions with what matters most to you. In David Weinstock's 4-session course, you'll learn essential skills like managing moods, making values-driven decisions, and building stronger relationships using NVC and somatic techniques. Whether you're new to NVC or an experienced practitioner, these simple yet powerful practices will help you bridge divides, release anxiety, and live with grounded compassion.
  12. Expressing Anger Peacefully

    Expressing Anger Peacefully

    Raj Gill

    Audio · 1 hour, 16 minutes · 7/29/2010

    In this prerecorded telecourse, Raj Gil uses an interactive dialogue and proven exercises to help you develop a profoundly healthy response to anger, right in the moment.

  13. Facilitating Connection

    Facilitating Connection

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 59 minutes · 25/10/2011

    Expressing ourselves honestly is sometimes scary because we can't predict where the conversation will go after we've made ourselves vulnerable. This recording will demonstrate how the power of our honesty is enhanced by ending on a clear and present request.

    • Share NVC in a way that keeps your group engaged 
    • Walk away with practical facilitation tips and 5 session outlines
    • Know how to respond to nay-sayers
    • Learn how to promote your work
  14. Life Force and the Spirituality of Human Needs

    Life Force and the Spirituality of Human Needs

    (6 Session Course)

    Robert Gonzales

    Multi-session Course · 6 - 9 hours · 10/31/2018

    Your needs and your values are your Life Force: the river that flows through your spirit and your life, giving life and light to your being. Explore this river with Robert, and map out routes that support your growth. Gain a deeper understadning and acceptance of the spirituality and beauty of needs and values.

  15. Honest & Conscious Expression

    Honest & Conscious Expression

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 56 minutes · 10/25/2011

    Jim and Jori Manske explore the considerations of expressing ourselves honestly, considerations that lead to more fully conscious and nonviolent connections.

    • Explore the complexities of how we can care for all of life using NVC
    • See the role that power plays in relation to observations, feelings, needs, and requests
    • Learn how to support people from many backgrounds in being able to apply NVC 
    • Discern how to engage with these vast topics as we learn and share NVC
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