Miki Kashtan
Miki Kashtan is a practical visionary pursuing a world that works for all, exploring the application of the principles and tools of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to social transformation. She envisions, in great detail, local and global systems based on care for the needs of all life. Miki is the mother of the Nonviolent Global Liberation (NGL) Community and now focuses all her energy there, with only specific and few engagements with individuals, organizations, or movements. In her work with individuals, she focuses on supporting movement towards rapid empowerment in service of the whole. In her work with organizations, she focuses on creating and supporting collaborative systems and processes. In her work with multi-stakeholder groups, she focuses on transcending polarization and advocating for solutions that work for everyone. Inner freedom, nonviolence, dialogue, collaboration, interdependence, leadership, systems, conscious use of power, and a commitment to structural change are the lenses through which she looks at every moment and interaction. Some of her deepest sources of inspiration are many feminist theoreticians, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Marshall Rosenberg, Mary Parker Follett, radical economics, and the commons movement, and the entire lineage of what she developed is here. Miki strives to bring together theory and practice, spiritual commitment and conceptual clarity, radical vision and practical applications, heart and mind, self and other, personal change and social transformation.
She is also the author of The Highest Common Denominator: Using Convergent Facilitation to Create Breakthrough Solutions (2021), Reweaving Our Human Fabric: Working together to Create a Nonviolent Future (2015), Spinning Threads of Radical Aliveness: Transcending the Legacy of Separation in Our Individual Lives, and The Little Book of Courageous Living (both 2014). Her Ph.D dissertation is also freely available: Beyond Reason: Reconciling Emotion with Social Theory. Miki writes all the time, mostly at The Fearless Heart where she blogs and shares learning packets about the NGL framework and other resources. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Tikkun, Waging Nonviolence, Peace and Conflict, Shareable, and elsewhere.
Miki is an Israeli native with significant roots in Mexico and New York City. She lived in California for thirty-seven years before choosing to vagabond in search of learning about liberation and community. She is currently based in Catalunya and is part of a home pod and in the slow process of setting up an NGL community on land. She is inspired by the role of visionary leadership in shaping a livable future, and works toward that vision by living, applying, and sharing the principles and practices of Nonviolent Communication as they are expressed within the NGL framework. nglcommunity.org
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Leadership Within Your Workplace: 4 Session Course
8 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 4 hours 10 minutes, plus PDF handouts
Recorded 2014This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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Embracing Leadership within Yourself: 4 Session Course
8 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 3 hours 50 minutes, plus PDF handouts
Recorded 2015This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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Taking on the World: How to Become a Change Agent: 12 Session Course
34 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 11 hours 24 minutes, plus PDF handouts
Recorded 2015This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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Feedback without Criticism: 5 Session Course
10 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 5 hours 14 minutes, plus PDF handouts
Recorded 2010This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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Becoming a Change Agent Everywhere You Go: 4 Session Course
8 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 4 hours 27 minutes, plus PDF handouts
RecordedThis course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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Principle Based Teaching: 6 Session Course
14 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment 6 hours, 24 minutes plus PDF handouts
Recorded 2011
This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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All in: Committing to a Life of Nonviolence: 7 Session Course
15 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 5 hours 6 minutes, plus PDF handoutsThis course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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Theoretical Underpinnings of NVC: 8 Session Course
22 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 7 hours 42 minutes, plus PDF handouts
Recorded 2013This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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Peace Starts At Home: 6 Session Course
12 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 6 hours 14 minutes, plus PDF handouts
Recorded 2011This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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Giraffe Fighting: Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: 2 Session Course
4 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 2 hours 34 minutes, plus PDF handouts
Recorded 2011This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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Creating the Life You Want With Powerful Requests: 5 Session Course
11 items
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 5 hours 8 minutes, plus PDF handoutsThis course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.
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3 itemsArticles: NVC and Social Change
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17 itemsArticles: Self Empathy
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13 itemsArticles: Beyond NVC Basics
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20 itemsPractices and Exercises
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The NVC Practices and Exercises collection offers practical, hands-on ways to integrate Nonviolent Communication into your everyday life. They are designed to support you in deepening understanding, building skill, and bringing N...
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10 itemsArticles: NVC Basics
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