Beyond NVC Basics

Beyond NVC Basics

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Beyond NVC Basics
  • Embrace Positivity: Transform Life through Joyful Choices and Conscious Action

    Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer: Marshall Rosenberg used to talk about every situation with the same level of joy a child might feel. This may seem impossible at first! But when you focus on all the ways something is hard, you miss out on the full experience and remove your sense of choice....

  • Making Your Empathy Guesses More Natural

    Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer: Join Mary Mackenzie as she offers a simple approach incorporating NVC into everyday conversations. Her observation is that sometimes speaking NVC empath guesses of feelings and needs can feel un-natural or robotic. A possible solution is to slightly shift th...

  • Listening Beyond the Words: Respect, Needs, and Choice

    Oren Jay Sofer, Certified NVC Trainer: What do we do when someone speaks to us in a way that doesn't feel respectful? In this video, Oren Jay Sofer explores how NVC invites us to listen for the feelings and needs behind harsh or judgmental words — not because we "should," but because it gives us ...

  • The Nature of Your Reactions

    Robert Gonzales, Certified NVC Trainer: Responding to your own reactivity is an inside job. Robert reveals how your reactions are often a secondary reaction to a triggering stimulus, and that accepting responsibility for your reactions can lead to less blame and more inner peace.

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  • How Submission and Rebellion Erode Goodwill

    Rachelle Lamb, Certified NVC Trainer: When you say yes, check if you are saying it out of submission. Similarly, when you say no, are you saying it genuinely or out of rebellion? Marshall Rosenberg calls this a loss or erosion of goodwill which can destroy or undermine relationships. In this vide...

  • Responding to a Painful Comment

    Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer: How do you carry on a conversation when someone's comment has had an impact on you? And what happens when two intentions clash because of different perspectives?

    Here's Roxy's powerful, common sense approach.

    Keywords:

    - Roxy Manning
    - pain
    ...

  • Connecting Requests: The Steering Wheel of NVC Dialogue

    Sarah Peyton, Certified NVC Trainer: In this insightful snippet from Sarah Peyton, discover how connecting requests can transform conversations into meaningful exchanges. Referred to as the "steering wheel" of NVC dialogue, connecting requests shift the focus from action to connection, creating c...

  • Resonant Language and the Art of Accompaniment

    Sarah Peyton, Certified NVC Trainer: Resonant language is language that takes us out of the static brain space and into the brain's fluid space. In this video, Sarah describes the basics of resonant language and how, when you start to move into the fluid space of the right brain hemisphere, every...

  • Your Brain's Left Hemisphere and NVC

    Sarah Peyton, Certified NVC Trainer: Sarah Peyton explains how your brain's left hemisphere excels at pattern making. NVC can help integrate both hemispheres, enabling you to use the left side's love of patterns for abstract thinking.

    Keywords:

    - hierarchy
    - neurobiology
    - neuros...

  • The Living Energy of Needs

    Susan Skye, Certified NVC Trainer: Have you experienced inauthenticity, confusion and flatness in expressing empathy with others? Do you long to create a more natural quality of energy as you practice empathy? Or are you a trainer looking for guidance to teach workshop participants a more natural...

  • NVC Life Hacks 10: Winter Blues

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Quite a few of us find the darker winter months emotionally tricky. If you're one of those sorts of people, here are three NVC-oriented tips to help you through to spring!

    Keywords:

    - seasonal affective disorder
    - tips
    - Shatigharba Warren
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  • NVC Life Hacks 15: Scary Honesty

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: It's normal for us to keep something inside, avoiding sharing it with someone else as the risk may feel too high. Maybe they will reject me, or be offended and not speak to me again? It can be difficult to know when to share your truth and when to keep ...

  • NVC Life Hacks 18: How to Give Quick Feedback

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Giving feedback can be a difficult task, sometimes we try to avoid getting to the point and instead end up spending a long time attempting to communicate. We find there are mostly two types of feedback. The first focuses on what is wrong with the person...

  • NVC Life Hacks 19: How to Give Values-Based Feedback

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: In this Life Hack, we take a closer look at 'values-based' feedback and give you 7 practical tips that will help you provide useful feedback.
    Keywords:

    - Trainer Tip
    - Shantigarbha Warren
    - feedback
    - values

  • NVC Life Hacks 20: How to Receive Feedback

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: We all know what it's like to be on the end of feedback that we receive as clumsy, unbalanced or even spiteful. We don't have any control over the skill level of people who give us feedback, or their motivations. So how do we receive feedback without ta...

  • NVC Life Hacks 22: Embodied NVC Part One: Fight, Flight, Freeze

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: When we're faced with certain situations we tend to go into a fight, flight or freeze mode. While these can sometimes be helpful and even lifesaving, they can also be crippling when the situation may not be life-threatening. In this episode, we give you...

  • NVC Life Hacks 23: Embodied NVC Part Two Empathy Skills

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Welcome to Part Two of our 3 part Embodied NVC Life Hack series. Last time we looked at rewiring your brain to navigate our primitive mind and sometimes default reactions such as fight, flight or freeze when faced with conflict. In this episode, we're g...

  • NVC Life Hacks 24: Bridge & Self Expression

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Welcome to the final video in our 3 part Embodied NVC Life Hack series. So far we've learnt about rewiring our brain from a flight, fright or freeze reaction to the choice of self-empathy, allowing us to centre and check-in with ourselves. In part two, ...

  • NVC Life Hacks 28: Celebrating Life

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Sometimes life gets so busy that even the things you enjoy seem to go by without you receiving that feeling of joy. It's important that even when we are busy to celebrate life to the full. In this month's Life Hack Gesine explores 7 things to keep in mi...

  • NVC Life Hacks 35: Hearing a difficult message

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Being put on the spot or confronted in an unexpected way can be an unpleasant experience to have. Even more so during lockdown when meetings are held on Zoom.

    In Life Hack 35 we're exploring the feelings that come up from hearing a difficult messag...

  • NVC Life Hacks 38: The Limitations of Saying "I'm Sorry"

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Have you ever said 'I'm Sorry' to someone, only for it to leave you feeling disappointed and lacking connection?

    In some cultures, saying 'I'm sorry' has become too easy and is used for all sorts of situations. Whether it's just to excuse yourself ...

  • NVC Life Hacks 8: Saying No

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: It can be difficult to be authentic when that means saying no. So how do we say no in a way that invites people to listen? Here are our four top tips for finding the courage to say no.

    Keywords:

    - tips
    - saying no
    - authenticity
    - ye...

  • NVC Life Hacks 9: If Yes Really Means No

    Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: In this NVC Life Hack, we look at those circumstances when we're saying yes ... but only kinda! Because we're still actually saying no. Shantigarbha and Gesine look at the needs that aren't being met.

    Keywords:

    - compromise
    - tips
    - nee...

  • Boundaries and Exquisite Self-Care

    Yvette Erasmus, Certified NVC Trainer: The purpose of setting boundaries is to prevent harm to yourself and others. Boundaries are about knowing yourself and teaching others about you. You must ask yourself:

    What do you need to prune the weeds in your relationships?

    What will you welcom...