NVC and Families

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  • Articles: NVC and Families

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  • Empowering Kids Under Current Systems of Domination

    Aya Caspi, Certified NVC Trainer:

    Join Aya Caspi, a Certified NVC Trainer, as she delves into the difficult topic of parenting, childhood trauma, and social status. She discusses the generational impact of being labeled by society as "less than" or subservient. The wounds of childhood trauma can...

  • Rethinking Societal Dynamics: Nurturing Empathy Over Fear

    Aya Caspi, Certified NVC Trainer:

    Aya Caspi delves into the impact of societal structures and parenting approaches on individuals, particularly the prevalence of extrinsic motivation rooted in fear of punishment, desire for rewards, and a sense of obligation. The emphasis is on how these dynami...

  • Baby Giraffes: NVC Parenting of Children Under 5: 3 Session Course

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    Ingrid Bauer, Certified NVC Trainers
    Time Investment: 3 hours 26 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded

    This 3-part NVC Parenting course explores what it means to practice “power with” parenting with babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Ingrid has been studying, teaching and writing about very young...

  • The Basics of Partnership Parenting Using NVC: 6 Session Course

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    Ingrid Bauer, Certified NVC Trainers
    Time Investment: 7 hours 44 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded

    As parents, we often face challenging situations on a daily basis and struggle to create what we most long for. In this 6 session course recording, you will learn how Nonviolent Communication ca...

  • Peace Starts At Home: 6 Session Course

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    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 6 hours 14 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded

    “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,...

  • Bridge the Gap: Support for Parents of Grown Children: 4 Session Course

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    Selene Aitken, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 3 hours 34 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded

    Using the gentle lens of NVC, Selene will guide you in supportive exploration, bringing understanding, clarity and relief to troubled relationships with your grown children. Whether the issues a...

  • Feedback without Criticism: 5 Session Course

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    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 5 hours 14 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded

    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...

  • Dialogue within Communities: 4 Session Course

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    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 4 hours 20 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded

    Dialogue is a life-changing, heart-opening experience. It's collaboration instead of compromise. Join Miki for a practical, step-by-step framework to help you understand how a community develops...

  • Supporting a Culture of Collaboration: 4 Session Course

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    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 4 hours 4 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded 2016

    One person cannot singlehandedly transform a culture and make it more collaborative, no matter how much you dedicate yourself to it. Transforming organizational culture requires attention and ...

  • Parenting without Obedience: Intergenerational Collaboration: 5 Session Course

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    Arnina Kashtan, Miki Kashtan and Lisa Rothman, Certified NVC Trainer:

    This item is also available for purchase as a download.
    https://www.nvclibrary.com/products/parenting-without-obedience

    If you answer yes to at least one of the questions below, then this course may be key to building the ...

  • Nonviolent Facilitation as a Path to the Future: 3 Session Course

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    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:

    This item is also available for purchase as a download.
    https://www.nvclibrary.com/products/nonviolent-facilitation-as-a-path-to-the-future

    What does nonviolence have to do with group facilitation?
    Miki believes that nonviolence is a way of being and living...

  • Helping Small Children Process Difficult or Complex News

    From the Reclaiming Strength and Hope event in 2025, Catherine Cadden shares insights on supporting children through complex and challenging realities. She emphasizes letting children’s questions lead, staying connected to their underlying needs, and building trust through empathy and presence. D...

  • How Today’s World Is Affecting Our Daily Lives

    In the 2025 Reclaiming Strength and Hope event, Catherine Cadden, Duke Duchsherer, Jesse Wiens Chu, Kathleen Macferran, and Mary Mackenzie explore how global events impact daily life, emotional resilience, and self-connection. Through a focus on empathy, grounding, and parenting, they share hones...

  • Supporting NVC Consciousness Especially When Others Don't Know NVC

    In this clip from the Reclaiming Strength and Hope event, Duke Duchscherer explores how to live Nonviolent Communication (NVC) even when others around you are unfamiliar with it. He shares how creating simple, shared systems—especially for conflict—can help families, workplaces, and communities s...

  • Navigating Power Dynamics with NVC: 6 Session Course

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    Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 6 hours 33 minutes, plus PDF workbook
    Recorded in 2024

    This item is also available for purchase as a download.
    https://www.nvclibrary.com/products/navigating-power-dynamics-with-nvc

    This item is also available for streaming as part of the NVC Library...

  • "First Call for Children - the Power of my Dreams" NVC Workshop

    Gitta Zimmermann, Certified NVC Trainer: In October 2016, Gitta held her 5th international workshop for people working with street children in Ruhpolding, Germany. This time most of the participants were already experienced, and we were merging more and more into a family. The workshop focus was ...

  • How Our Behavior Impacts Our Children

    Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer: Children interpret and create meaning from everything they observe. They form a narrative about themselves and their place in the world. Roxy Manning shares how the stories of parents contribute to this narrative. Roxy shares a personal story where she, in an ...

  • NVC Games: A Fun Way to Learn NVC

    Gitta Zimmermann, Certified NVC Trainer: In October 2018, Gitta Zimmerman held her 6th international workshop for people working with children in Ruhpolding, Germany. This workshop video offers NVC learning games, complete with instructions!

    Keywords:

    - children
    - education
    - teaching N...

  • NVC Zen: The Paradox of Responsibility

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    Aya Caspi, Certified NVC Trainer

    How do we not take responsibility for other’s experiences while taking full responsibility for the impact of our choices? Come learn how to support the move from emotional “slavery” to emotional liberation, while still maintaining interdependence. You will come a...

  • NVC for Real: Questions about NVC in Sticky Relationships

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    Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer

    Listen in as Roxy deftly responds to questions from participants about topics relating to conflict and major disagreements between loved ones and other important relationships, even those with power differences.

  • NVC & Domestic Violence

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    Eddie Zacapa, Certified NVC Trainer

    Healthy Intrapersonal Communication Skills for Perpetrators & Victims of Domestic Violence

    This session explores how NVC can transform relationships that have experienced domestic violence. You will come away with an understanding of what constitutes domestic...

  • Sharing Power

    Jim & Jori Manske, Certified NVC Trainer: Jim and Jori discuss sharing power through exploring our experience of having and not having power, how we make choices about our power and examining our relationship to power itself.

  • Everyday Parenting Challenges

    Ingrid Bauer, Certified NVC Trainer

    Ingrid Bauer guides parents to navigate everyday parenting challenges using the NVC model, such as the behavior of a frustrated child, a messy room, transition times and a child who collapses when things don’t work out as she had hoped. When parents integrate ...