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  1. A lot of us picked up new hobbies and learning new things during the COVID lockdown. After recently posting a puzzle on Facebook, Shantigarbha ended up being delightfully surprised at the conversation it began around NVC in relation to learning and education. Watch the video to hear our tips and click see more for the solution to the padlock puzzle below.

    My solution to the padlock puzzle:

    042 seems to conform to all five clues.

    Is this also your understanding?

  2. The Difference Between Needs and Requests

    The Difference Between Needs and Requests

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 11/30/2014

    Trainer Tip: Knowing the difference between what we need and what we want someone else to do about that need can have a profound impact on our relationships and our happiness.

  3. Our Afghan Story Revisited

    Our Afghan Story Revisited

    John Kinyon

    Trainer Tips · 5 - 7 minutes · 11/11/2023

    Two NVC trainers went into dangerous, war torn territory to share the skills they found so valuable but end up learning that they need to first apply those skills before those they came to help could receive what they had to offer. Only when the foundation of connection and trust was built could they mediate the conflicts using empathic communication.

  4. MLK, Nonviolence, and Communication

    MLK, Nonviolence, and Communication

    John Kinyon

    Trainer Tips · 2 - 3 minutes · 9/9/2022

    “Nonviolence” is not just a political tactic. It is a “soul force,” a courageous and compassionate stand in the face of what seems to us unjustly unequal, oppressive, and violent. It is the force of love meeting and transforming what appears to not be love.. It is the force of love meeting and transforming what appears to not be love. It is speaking and listening with courage, compassion, and an open heart and mind and rooted in our truth in a way that bridges understanding. And doing so without demand nor trying to convince -- all in the face of any anger, fear, oppression, inequality, violence or disagreement.

  5. Join Sylvia and Jean in this fascinating exploration of NVC and the Enneagram, a system of nine basic personality types.

  6. Emerging

    Emerging

    Practicing Awareness of Emergence

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Trainer Tips · 3 - 5 minutes · 5/11/2020

    This exercise explains four stages of the "Need Cycle": Fulfilled, Emerging, Urgent, Satisfying. It asks us to consider, connect and identify needs, feelings and where we are in the Need Cycle. Then it prompts us to remain mindful of the need for sustenance as we move through the cycle, noticing the subtle shifts in your physical sensations and emotions.

  7. Positive Relationships in Parenting

    Positive Relationships in Parenting

    Roxy Manning

    Video · 7 minutes · 9/5/2024

    Roxy Manning emphasizes positive relationships in parenting, highlighting acceptance, understanding, and compromise. She stresses the importance of being aware of one's needs, attuning to the other person's needs, fostering trust, and encouraging open communication, especially with children. The approach involves a balance between meeting both sets of needs for a healthier dynamic.

  8. The Price of Nice

    The Price of Nice

    Kelly Bryson

    Articles · 12 - 16 minutes · 7/28/2010

    Have you been nice? Well then you must be enjoying the reward: depression, intermittent explosiveness, job meaninglessness, ambiguous anxiety, low resentment and subtle self hate. The antidotes: honesty, passion and compassion.

  9. Living NVC

    Living NVC

    NVC Academy

    Self-paced Courses · ·

    • Integrate the underlying principles of NVC into your daily life
    • Create a daily practice of self empathy and connecting to needs
    • Strengthen your own personalized set of NVC skills
    • Increase your sense of power in the world
    • Deepen connection with yourself and those in your life
  10. Making The Evolutionary Leap

    Making The Evolutionary Leap

    John Kinyon

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 2/1/2023

    Shared story has been a way for groups to unite in opposition to a common enemy. But more divergent and virulent beliefs/stories swirl through the internet and social media, facilitating people to polarize against one another. So notice when you're caught in a polarizing story; try shifting focus to observing your mind; somatic presence; underlying commonality; consciousness as universal need, energy, and spaciousness; and the natural compassion and generosity that flow from this.

  11. Reaching Critical Mass

    Reaching Critical Mass

    John Kinyon

    Trainer Tips · 2 - 3 minutes · 6/1/2023

    We only have this decade to make radical changes to avert crossing over into an unlivable Earth. What's essential is a critical mass of people with capacity to respond to many enormous, daunting social-environmental challenges. This means on a wider scale, responding to conflict, fear, hate, injustice and violence with the ability to see our commonality underlying our differences. And to feel part of a larger whole so we can birth natural caring, togetherness, and cooperation.

  12. Sexual Expression

    Sexual Expression

    Discerning Needs & Strategies

    Elia Lowe-Chardé

    Practice Exercises · 3 - 5 minutes · 03/15/2025

    Distinguishing between needs and strategies to meet needs is crucial for solving conflict. For example, the need for peace can be met through various strategies beyond solitude or gratitude. Similarly, sex is a strategy. Sexual expression is the need behind it, and can be met in various ways to meet that need without having sex itself. Such flexibility can foster  creativity and deeper connection, enhancing relationships.

  13. 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.

  14. Developing Patience

    Developing Patience

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 53 minutes · 10/25/2011

    Jim and Jori offer practical tools to help us develop patience through a process they call WAIT: Wake up, Accept, Insight, Take a step.

  15. Dealing with Loss

    Dealing with Loss

    Coming Back to Life (3 Session Course)

    Kristin Masters

    Multi-session Course · 2 hours, 55 minutes · 12/11/2018

    This gentle, healing telecourse recording will assist you in unearthing feelings and issues that have become tangled up with loss, enabling you to face whatever is blocking your grief.

  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. Finding Ways to Meet Our Needs

    Finding Ways to Meet Our Needs

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 4/13/2016

    Trainer Tip: There are many ways to meet a need. Open to new possibilities.

  18. Moving Out of the Hallway

    Moving Out of the Hallway

    Mary Mackenzie

    Trainer Tips · 1 - 2 minutes · 4/27/2016

    Trainer Tip: The change you're looking for begins with a single step.

  19. Three Necessities for Integrating NVC

    Three Necessities for Integrating NVC

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 1 hour, 11 minutes · 3/5/2017

    Inspired by a talk given by Marshall Rosenberg, Jim offers an interactive exploration of powerful strategies for making NVC an integral part of your everyday life.

  20. Recovering from Reactivity

    Recovering from Reactivity

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 30 minutes · 4/13/2017

    Join CNVC Certified Trainers Jim and Jori Manske for this session that will help you minimize your reactivity and live in greater choice.

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