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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Embracing Leadership within Yourself: 4 Session Course
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"Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
Join Miki as she covers a lot of territory, defining leadership, helping us lead when we're not in the leadership chair, showing us how to have power in every moment and engage our fear instead of let it run us. Get some powerful leadership tools you can put... -
Taking on the World: How to Become a Change Agent: 12 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
In this 12-session program, Miki leverages more than 30 years of passion and experience about creating change into a practical framework designed to support you in taking concrete steps toward the world of your dreams. As a participant in this program you hav... -
Feedback without Criticism: 5 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
Learn to Give Feedback without Criticism
- Overcome the dread about writing performance evaluations
- Trust your capacity to meet challenges when offering feedback
- Become excited about creating a learning culture in your organization
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Becoming a Change Agent Everywhere You Go: 4 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed - or locked into passivity? This course offers you a way out. Learn to change the way you perceive leadership, and you'll help yourself respond more powerfully and proactively every day of your life - wherever you are - a... -
Principle Based Teaching: 6 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
This NVC Library course is part of your subscription. It is also available for purchase. https://www.nvclibrary.com/products/principle-based-teachingBring your teaching of NVC to a new level in this intensive, hands-on course recording. The focus of this ...
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All in: Committing to a Life of Nonviolence: 7 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
When you consider making the full-on commitment to living nonviolently, do you:- Worry that in some situations you will compromise your own needs?
- Wonder if it's even possible?
- Struggle to trust yourself to have what it takes
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Theoretical Underpinnings of NVC: 8 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
Listen to this 8-part course recording and you will learn to:- Understand the body of knowledge that makes up the NVC practice
- Get answers to all the “why” questions you always wanted to ask about NVC
- Shift NVC from mechanics to deep practice by unde... -
Peace Starts At Home: 6 Session Course
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“I will do everything in my power to resolve every conflict, however small.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, from the 4th precept as printed in For a Future to Be Possible
When asked how we can create peace, the Dalai Lama suggested that we start at home. Through the prac... -
Giraffe Fighting: Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: 2 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
Do you find yourself giving in with growing resentment? Do you rebel or get angry as a way to take your needs seriously? Do you avoid conflict and explode later without apparent reason?
Listen to this two-session course recording to re-imagine and fine tune y... -
Creating the Life You Want With Powerful Requests: 5 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
Uncover what prevents you from asking for everything you want without fear. The class includes daily practices for ongoing skill building. Listen to this exciting audio with Miki Kashtan and gain a greater sense of power in your life as you learn to ask fo... -
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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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