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  1. NVC Life Hacks 2

    NVC Life Hacks 2

    How Not to Listen

    Shantigarbha Warren

    Video · 4 minutes · 02/23/2018

    In this, the second in a series on applying NVC to daily life, Shantigarbha offers five tips for recognizing where communication is likely to go awry.

  2. NVC Life Hacks 3

    NVC Life Hacks 3

    How to Listen

    Shantigarbha Warren

    Video · 4 minutes · 03/28/2018

    In the third in a series on applying NVC to daily life, Shantigarbha follows directly on from Episode 2, showing us that listening isn't a passive activity, and offers five tips for how to improve our listening skills.

  3. NVC Life Hacks 4

    NVC Life Hacks 4

    Anger

    Shantigarbha Warren

    Video · 4 minutes · 05/04/2019

    Anger is an emotion we'd often like to disown! Shantigarbha offers us five tips for "finding the life" in our anger, and ends with a short, guided reflection.

  4. NVC Life Hacks 5

    NVC Life Hacks 5

    Conflict

    Shantigarbha Warren

    Video · 3 minutes · 07/18/2018

    Conflict occurs when disagreements undermine the sense of trust and safety in family, workplace, or community. Shantigarbha shares nine tips for addressing, and even transforming conflict.

  5. NVC Life Hacks 6

    NVC Life Hacks 6

    Mourning

    Shantigarbha Warren

    Video · 4 minutes · 02/23/2018

    Mourning is not just a process that happens after someone dies: it's an experience we go through with loss of any kind. Here, Shantigarbha offers us seven tips for working with mourning and healing.

  6. The "inner jackal" is probably be better known as the "inner critic", that nagging voice of self-sabotage that undermines our confidence. It's a voice that won't go away in a hurry! So here are our four top tips for getting into positive communication with it.

  7. Empathy guessing when I was new to NVC seemed magical and mysterious. How could that other person have known that about me? And seen inside me — often in ways I'd missed myself. While empathy is both intuitive and an art, there is also a science to it. In this brief yet fascinating introduction to Dian's course, Empathy  Hacking, you'll learn a super-practical way to demystify empathy guessing by making use of the root meaning of words.

  8. Tip: Demystifying Empathy Guesses

    Tip: Demystifying Empathy Guesses

    Dian Killian

    Trainer Tips · 6 minutes · 4/29/2019

    Here's a quick tip to improve your empathy skills with empathy guessing.

  9. Using an Anchor in Self-Empathy

    Using an Anchor in Self-Empathy

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Articles · 5 - 8 minutes · 7/7/2019

    An anchor awakens parts of you that can access a bigger perspective. Also, it can reduce your reactivity, increase conscious relating, and support self-compassion. An anchor helps you get a little bit bigger than the reactivity you are experiencing so that you can access a wiser discernment. It is simple, and can be done anytime and anywhere. Learn to direct your attention to develop your anchor in self-empathy.

  10. Secure Differentiation

    Secure Differentiation

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Articles · 4 - 6 minutes · 6/25/2019

    Differentiation is being who you are in the presence of who they are. Its a process of connecting to and honoring your own experience, acting in integrity with your values, and engaging in collaboration with others to meet needs. If you're happier when you are not in an intimate relationship you may have developed your individuality but likely have difficulty with differentiation. Learn core skills and behaviors that support differentiation.

  11. Practicing Non-Reactivity

    Practicing Non-Reactivity

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Articles · 3 - 5 minutes · 7/31/2019

    For this practice assume that reactivity is arising any time you are distracted and not enjoying something. Practice throughout the day by focusing your attention for a few moments on something specific that you find pleasing. Notice the sensation of joy or pleasure in your body, and hold attention there longer than usual. This interrupts tension and contraction. Keep remembering to do this. When you go too long without directing your attention in this way, the practice becomes less accessible.

  12. Needs Consciousness

    Needs Consciousness

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Video · 1 hour, 35 minutes · 07/31/2019

    Jim and Jori discuss the root of Nonviolent Communication, needs consciousness. Participate in guided processes to deepen your own needs consciousness.

  13. Empathy Buddy Guidelines

    Empathy Buddy Guidelines

    Peggy Smith

    Articles · 2 - 3 minutes · 12/14/2019

    Here are some guidelines and agreements for creating empathy buddy sessions. Includes a list of blocks to empathy.

  14. The Radical Act of Reclaiming Attention

    The Radical Act of Reclaiming Attention

    Oren Jay Sofer

    Articles · 5 - 8 minutes · 1/4/2020

    Given all that we are facing today as a society and a species, amongst some of the things we need is a well nourished heart. To nourish our hearts we need to discern where to wisely put our attention. Here are three practices to reclaim your attention, and replenish your reserves, so that you have the inner resources to do the work that is calling you. They are: train the mind, nourish the heart, and stay connected to purpose.

  15. Ingrid shares about the three primary keys of parenting & NVC, two child rearing models, developmental needs for children and how to foster secure attachment.

  16. Cultivating Gratitude

    Cultivating Gratitude

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 4/5/2020

    Here's a five-step 30 day practice to cultivate gratitude, using the practice of observations, needs, feelings, presence, vitality, awareness of contribution, sharing power and interdependence.

  17. Self Responsibility

    Self Responsibility

    Bob Wentworth

    Articles · 6 - 9 minutes · 5/29/2020

    Being self-responsible is about empowerment — via noticing what is potentially in our locus of control, getting to know ourselves better, looking at our own role in how we experience life, and making conscious choices to act within our own power. This requires us to be mindful in relating our stories to our needs. Read on for more on this, and the various pifalls within thinking about self responsibility.

  18. Street NVC

    Street NVC

    "Street Ease" Empathy Exercise

    Dian Killian

    Practice Exercises · 5 minutes · 02/26/2020

    Listen to CNVC Certified Trainer Dian Killian guide and ease you into a more natural expression of empathy. This is a three person exercise. Listen in and then give it a try!

  19. Reactivity is the misperception of threat coupled with lack of access to compassion and wisdom. Sensitivity is an ability to deeply perceive data, plus consciously attend to and attune to data, as it comes through the five senses. It can be a gift. If you lack the skill to care for any of your sensitivity-overwhelm by setting boundaries, you may develop reactive habits, like suddenly withdrawing or lashing out in order to get relief.

  20. Intimacy With Fear

    Intimacy With Fear

    Eddie Zacapa

    Articles · 3 - 5 minutes · 2/23/2021

    If we befriend our fear we cannot be paralyzed by it. Every fear that arises is a moment to increase our capacity. Fear is connected to something that is precious to us. We also can see what we do to numb our pain and how we try to avoid it. This knowledge can help us to choose healthier strategies to deal with our fears.

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