NVC and Social Change
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Discovering our Unconscious Biases
Authentic Communication Group:
As human beings, our inherent goodness makes most of us believe in equality and yet sometimes our conviction in this same 'goodness' may make us blind to the reality of our own behavior. We are so convinced about the innocence of our intention that we cease to loo...
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How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects Men, Fishbowl Discussion
Alan Rafael Seid, Certified NVC Trainer:
Join Alan for a provocative fishbowl discussion about how privilege and lack of privilege affect men.
What is a Fishbowl Process? The Fishbowl Process involves a small group of people "seated in circle" who are having a conversation in full view of a la...
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Exploring Conflict Agreements: Building Restorative Systems Across Communities
Jo McHale, Ceri Buckmaster, Certified NVC Trainers and Sarah Ludford:
Here are five practical ideas from Ceri, Jo, and Sarah for creating simple agreements with any group you are working with when conflict arises!
This video presents various examples of conflict agreements used by different gr...
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Create a Simple Restorative Agreement For Your Group
Jo McHale, Ceri Buckmaster, Certified NVC Trainers and Sarah Ludford:
Conflict is normal and natural and yet we are still often surprised by it and unprepared to deal with it. You will come away from this session with the tools for creating simple agreements with your group about what to do when...
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An NVC Perspective of Power Relations and Connection : 4 Session Course
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Inbal Kashtan and Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer:
Listen to this course and you will be drawn to:- Explore an NVC perspective on power and the dynamics of race, class, gender and other social divisions
- Connect with yourself as you understand your own life experience in relation to pow... -
Peace Starts At Home: 6 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
“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... -
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
I used to feel t... -
Developing Compassion for Humans, Animals and All Life: 4 Session Course
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LoraKim Joyner, DVM, Certified NVC Trainer:
Around the world, people are experiencing a new paradigm that holds all species (humans, animals, insects, etc.) as equal and mutually interdependent. Take this fascinating webinar with LoraKim Joyner and investigate how merging science; the social and... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Leadership Within Your Workplace: 4 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
Very few people occupy positions of such authority within an organization that they can singlehandedly shape its direction, culture, and focus. Most of us, often even those in position of apparent authority, experience ourselves as powerless within the organi... -
Dialogue with Anyone About Anything: 4 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
Listen to this course if you want to learn more about:
- How you might approach a difficult situation in a fresh, new way
- How solutions that work for everyone can just "appear" through dialogue - whether that means your family, your neighborhood, y... -
From Awareness to Action: Bridging Differences: 6 Session Course
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"Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer:
For many people, attempting to connect with others across differences can feel akin to walking through a minefield.Even one's best attempts may inadvertently trigger an unexpected explosion, especially when dealing with situations such as:
- Striving to ...
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Embracing Nonviolence: 4 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
Gandhi spoke about applying nonviolence in thought, word, and action. The heart of the practice of nonviolence is a commitment to live through the powerful combination of compassion, fierceness, and courage, with an uncompromising willingness to stand for tru... -
Creating and Sustaining Strong Teams: 4 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
In this course recording, you'll encounter new abilities and learn how to collaborate effectively from WITHIN a team. You'll be invited to build on interpersonal relationships, and branch out into the exciting challenges present when people work together ... -
Supporting a Culture of Collaboration: 4 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
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 change at the systemic level. Learn which systems are crucial for a... -
Peace Is Possible: 4 Session Course
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Hema Pokharna PhD and Mandakini Pokharna MD, Certified NVC Trainers:
When you see violence and conflict among your family, colleagues and neighbors, do you wish you could do something to offer an alternative to violence, force and domination?Listen to this 4-session course recording, and you ...
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Living Compassion in Challenging Times: 6 Session Course
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Robert Gonzales, Certified NVC Trainer:
Self-compassion is essential for healing trauma and restoring your wholeness. It is also an antidote to reactivity and separation, allowing presence to emerge.In developing presence, you can become what the world needs most in these times of intensity an...
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Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World: 10 Session Course
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"Robert Gonzales, Certified NVC Trainer:
Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World is the last course that Robert Gonzales offered before his passing in November of 2021. It is an intermediate course whose purpose is to deepen our conscious connection to our own vital life force, to develop s...
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Working Together for Change: 5 Session Course
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Itzel Hayward and Kathy Simon, Certified NVC Trainer:
This course is designed to help you step into your power and create a more just world while staying aligned with compassion and empathy.
Using practices and insights based in Nonviolent Communication, this five-session series explores h... -
Nonviolent Facilitation as a Path to the Future: 3 Session Course
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Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer:
What does nonviolence have to do with group facilitation?
Miki believes that nonviolence is a way of being and living that orients us in all our thoughts, words and deeds toward the integration of truth, love and courage. All nonviolent individual and collect... -
Unpacking Layers of Discrimination
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"Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer:
Are you seeking a deeper understanding of discrimination and how it affects your life and those around you?In this one-session recording, Mary Mackenzie begins to peel back the varying layers of advantage and disadvantage, and how it affects one's life ...