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  1. What’s Important to You?

    What’s Important to You?

    Penny Wassman

    Practice Exercises · 2 pages · 7/29/2010

    This exercise is most often the first activity in a beginning level workshop after the usual logistics/history/check-in. Penny Wassman experiences it as an opportunity for people to build connection with one another.

  2. The Unconscious Mind Compared to the Conscious Mind

    The Unconscious Mind Compared to the Conscious Mind

    Miki Kashtan

    Trainer Tips · 2 - 3 minutes · 7/28/2010

    Ask the Trainer: "I have the understanding that the unconscious is vast compared to conscious mind. When I state 'needs' how well can I depend on there being something beneath my awareness that is actually the motivation?"

  3. This 4 session telecourse recording offers practices while exploring the relationship between the core elements of NVC and universal spiritual principles.

  4. Owning Your Own Experience

    Owning Your Own Experience

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 25 minutes · 10/25/2011

    Listen to Jim and Jori Manske share how we are conditioned to disconnect from our own feelings and how we can unlearn this habit to experience more full and rich inner lives.

  5. 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.

  6. Being Open to Feeling

    Being Open to Feeling

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 6/9/2014

    Trainer Tip: Most of us have been conditioned to withhold the expression of our feelings to some degree. Mary offers a tip to de-stigmatize our feelings and relax into our humanness.

  7. Knowing Ourselves

    Knowing Ourselves

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/6/2014

    Trainer Tip: The question is not what other people think of you, but what you think of yourself. Who are you, really? Take a moment to consider what you value.

  8. Living Abundantly

    Living Abundantly

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 12/7/2014

    Trainer Tip: Let's start an abundance movement! We get great joy from contributing to others lives and allowing them to contribute to ours, let's not let fear get in the way.

  9. Teaching People to Love Us in Ways We Enjoy

    Teaching People to Love Us in Ways We Enjoy

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 2/15/2015

    Trainer Tip: Q: How do we get the love we want? A: Ask for it.

  10. Idiomatic vs. Formal Compassionate Communication

    Idiomatic vs. Formal Compassionate Communication

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 3/15/2015

    Trainer Tip: When do we move from using the formal 4-step process of NVC to a more idiomatic, natural-sounding expression? Whenever we're ready!

  11. Don’t Make Assumptions!

    Don’t Make Assumptions!

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 4/29/2015

    Trainer Tip: Do you ever feel certain that other people see things the way you do, only to find out they don’t? Read on.

  12. Getting Out of Ourselves

    Getting Out of Ourselves

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 4/29/2015

    Trainer Tip: NVC asks us to be aware of our needs and discomfort is evidence of an unment need. However focusing on ourselves when we're uncomfortable isn't always the best choice.

  13. Getting Past Our Judgments

    Getting Past Our Judgments

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 7/25/2015

    Trainer Tip: Using NVC as a tool to transform our judgments can revolutionize our perceptions and relationships.

  14. Taking Responsibility for Our Actions

    Taking Responsibility for Our Actions

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 8/8/2015

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

  15. Change Happens

    Change Happens

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/7/2015

    Trainer Tip: The needs we focus on meeting and the strategies we use to meet those needs change over time. Mary shares about the life-serving nature of change.

  16. Enjoyment Redefined

    Enjoyment Redefined

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 9/23/2015

    Trainer Tip: Mary reflects on the nature of happiness and its relationship to presence.

  17. Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year!

    Mary Mackenzie

    Peaceful Living Blog · ·

    I greatly enjoyed my New Year’s Peace Meditation yesterday as it brings together NVC enthusiasts from across the world. It is one of my favorite traditions for welcoming the New Year!
  18. It is the first day of December and it seems to me as if 2023 went by with a flash. I have felt deep despair about the growing division between people and the devastating impact it has had on human beings, all life in fact, including our planet. And, I have also experienced many moments of joy and satisfaction this year.
  19. This is an opportunity to explore/transform a limiting belief you have about yourself using what science is discovering about neurobiology. A limiting belief is simply an idea or thought we have about ourselves/life that we or others have affirmed over and over again – these ideas usually get in the way of living life fully.

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