Observation, the First Component of Nonviolent Communication

Trainer Tip He that knows least commonly presumes the most. —Thomas Fuller, M.D. Your five-year-old just drew on your wall with crayons and you think, “He’s trying to make my life difficult because he’s mad at me.” Or your husband comes home later than he had agreed to for the third time this week, so you think, “He doesn’t care about my feelings at all.” Sound familiar? People often decide why...

Living Compassion in Challenging Times

Access this complete 6 session course Self-compassion is essential for healing trauma and restoring your wholeness. It is also an antidote to reactivity and separation, allowing presence to emerge. In developing presence, you can become what the world needs most in these times of intensity and chaos. This work can strengthen your skills to be more fully in relationship with all that life offers...

Living the Fullness of Life

Access this complete 9 session course Living the Fullness of Life Program will help you: Gain skills for living in compassion every possible moment of your life Increase your ability to access your natural state of joy Transform your judgments by connecting to the inherent life within Expand your ability to embody the NVC consciousness Three key areas of focus in Robert’s work that he shares in...

The Compass - Taking Responsibility in the Face of Guilt and Judgment

The Compass – Arnina Kashtan's in-depth transformational process – is specifically designed to support you in reliably deepening your understanding of your own and others' conditioning, and finding ways to reclaim your full connection with yourself. Not only does this process enable you to heal the wearying, unending struggle between you and yourself, it also helps you get "unstuck" so you can...

The Compass

Access this complete 8 session course The Compass is specifically designed to support you in reliably deepening your understanding of your own and others' conditioning, and finding ways to reclaim your full connection with yourself. Not only does this process enable you to heal the wearying, unending struggle between you and yourself, it also helps you get "unstuck" so you can finally move...

The Compass - Awakening to the Journey from You to Yourself

The Compass – Arnina Kashtan's in-depth transformational process – is specifically designed to support you in reliably deepening your understanding of your own and others' conditioning, and finding ways to reclaim your full connection with yourself. Not only does this process enable you to heal the wearying, unending struggle between you and yourself, it also helps you get "unstuck" so you can...

Responding to the Call of Our Times - Mentoring, Teaching and Coaching

Listen as Miki works with participants. Topics: how small requests serve interdependence; NVC process vs purpose; how to respond when empathy is used to create distance; coping with verbal aggression, and more! life purpose meaning culture decision making race sustainability inner work self responsibility courage purpose enemy images interdependence community vision politics collaboration truth...

How to Use NVC with Talkative Friends

On Love and Empathy

Ask the Trainer: Is there any difference between the concept or experience of "love" and that of "empathy?"

Focusing On What You Want

Trainer Tip If you fear something, you set yourself up to experience it again and again. As Job said, “What I have feared has come upon me.” —Gloria Karpinski Nonviolent Communication teaches us that it is more productive and satisfying to focus on what we want than on what we don’t have or don’t like. For example, say your partner spanked your five-year-old child, and you feel strongly that...