Arnina Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:

Join CNVC Certified Trainer Arnina Kashtan as she explores enemy images to increase your capacity to embrace life more fully. Free yourself from the “us-them” paradigm and experience true compassion for the people whose actions most trouble you.

Whether in government or in our bedroom, we often resort to dehumanizing others when core needs of ours are critically unmet in response to their actions. In this way, we contribute to a cycle of “war” that is at odds with our hopes and dreams for ourselves and for humanity. This telecourse recording invites you to a deep engagement with this phenomenon, primarily outside personal relationships. You will examine your own “enemy images,” consider whether you are ready to transform them, and get support for maintaining a practice of peace inside yourself.

In this session you’ll learn skills and practices to:

- Humanize others through a rigorous commitment to seeing their needs as separate from their strategies
- Connect directly to your own needs instead of thoughts about others
- Understand the needs that lead to creating enemy images
- Identify strategies that attend to everyone’s needs

Keywords:

- feelings
- needs
- presence
- strategies
- compassion
- connection
- dialogue
- conflict resolution
- relationships
- power
- collaboration
- community
- interdependence
- enemies
- enemy
- enemy image
- Arnina Kashtan