NVC Beginner's Pathway/ NVC Basics

NVC Beginner's Pathway/ NVC Basics

The Beginner’s Pathway offers a clear starting point for anyone new to Nonviolent Communication. This curated set of resources introduces the core ideas of NVC in a simple, accessible way, helping you build confidence with concepts like observations, feelings, needs, and requests while beginning to apply them in everyday life. Seasoned learners are also welcome to use this pathway as a gentle refresher.

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NVC Beginner's Pathway/ NVC Basics
  • Self-Empathy Basics

    Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer: Watch this video and feel as if you are actually present at the workshop! Mary Mackenzie demonstrates two exercises that will help you learn fast "on the run" self-empathy techniques. These practical techniques guide you toward noticing your physical sensati...

  • The Power of Making Requests

    Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer: Mary Mackenzie explores the fourth component of Nonviolent Communication—making requests—and why it feels like "graduate level" NVC. Asking for what we truly want is vulnerable, yet it's also a profound gift of honesty and connection in our relationships. Wi...

  • Articles: NVC Basics

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  • You Sound Like a Therapist!

    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer: Miki Kashtan explains how using OFNR or "Classic NVC" is for practice, not real life situations.
    This is an excerpt from Miki Kashtan's 7 part course Naturalizing NVC Language, which is also available in the NVC Library.

    Keywords:

    - empathy
    - express...

  • Why NVC Matters To Me

    Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer

    Video free to watch until July 31

    What drew you to Nonviolent Communication? In this touching reflection, Mary Mackenzie shares the moment that first lit her up with hope. In her very first class, she was asked to reflect on what she truly wanted in life—an...

  • When to Speak, When to Listen: An NVC Approach

    Oren Jay Sofer, Certified NVC Trainer: Oren J. Sofer offers an NVC approach to navigating tough moments—balancing honest self-expression with deep listening. Discover how centering yourself, naming your intentions, and hearing the other person first can create the understanding needed for true co...

  • Using Right & Wrong Language

    Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer:

    Yvette Erasmus shares that we can translate or shift how we hear right and wrong language. We can use the cue - What is needed? I wonder what they are needing? This helps direct my attention to more relationality.

    Keywords

    - language of life
    - needs
    - consc...

  • Parenting Series: Understanding Requests and Demands

    Inbal Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer: Inbal speaks to a group about our habit of demanding something of our children but making it sound like a request, the components of a true request and the importance of being honest when making a demand. Through an inspirational dialogue, Inbal demonstrates ...

  • Parenting Series: Compliance and the "Yes" Inside the "No"

    Inbal Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer: Inbal responds to the question "Is bribery an acceptable tool for compliance?' and helps us understand the five habitual reasons we do things. She further outlines two primary questions to consider when you're tempted to settle for merely getting your child's...

  • Parenting Series: When Your Child Only Has "No" for an Answer

    Inbal Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer

    In this video, expert parent trainer and author of Parenting From Your Heart, Inbal Kashtan responds to the age-old question: "Why do children do things to annoy parents?" Using jackal and giraffe puppets to illustrate common parent/child dialogues, Inbal ans...

  • Developing Empathic Presence

    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer

    Miki Kashtan guides a participant to find his inner empathic presence.

    This is an excerpt from Miki Kashtan's 7 part course Naturalizing NVC Language, which is also available in the NVC Library.

    Keywords:
    - acceptance
    - connection
    - OFNR
    - naturaliz...

  • Why Am I Cringing? And What Can I Do About It?

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    Mika Maniwa and Leonie Smith, Certified NVC Trainers

    Why do we cringe? Perhaps we've been asked to convey our feelings and our needs but we have a sense that this authentic expression is not welcome. How do we handle this? In this session, you are invited to come and explore the power dynamics o...

  • The Purpose of NVC

    In this foundational teaching, Alan Rafael Seid explores the purpose of Nonviolent Communication: creating the quality of connection in which people naturally want to contribute to one another’s well-being. Using relatable examples, he contrasts the experience of disconnection with the ease and g...

  • About the Name “Nonviolent Communication”

    Video free to watch until July 31

    In this engaging introduction to Nonviolent Communication, Alan Rafael Seid explores the meaning behind the name “Nonviolent Communication” and the consciousness at the heart of the practice. Drawing on Gandhi’s teachings, Marshall Rosenberg’s work, and the gira...

  • Naturalizing NVC: A brief summary of the 4-part OFNR process

    The four components of Nonviolent Communication are more than a communication formula—they are practices for transforming how we experience ourselves and others. Yvette Erasmus explores observation, feelings, needs, and requests as pathways to greater curiosity, embodied awareness, connection, an...

  • Sherlock Holmes of the Heart

    Sylvia Haskvitz, Certified NVC Trainer: In this audio recording, Veteran CNVC Certified Trainer, Sylvia Haskvitz uses real-life situations to help us find more natural expressions of what is harmony with our hearts.CNVC Certified trainer Sylvia Haskvitz:
    "People have often said to me, 'Can you sa...

  • Empathy: An In-depth Study

    Sylvia Haskvitz, Certified NVC Trainer:
    In this audio recording, Sylvia Haskvitz, veteran CNVC Certified Trainer, offers an in-depth discussion of the Nonviolent Communication process of empathy. Included is clarity about what empathy is and is not, information about the presence suggested to ma...

  • Cause of Feelings

    Sylvia Haskvitz, Certified NVC Trainer:
    Sylvia Haskvitz uses a personal example to illustrate the cause of our feelings. Many of us habitually blame other people for our feelings but our own state of needs is the true cause. In this powerful audio, Sylvia teaches you how to manage your emotions...

  • An Introduction to Nonviolent Communication

    Sylvia Haskvitz, Certified NVC Trainer:
    Learn the fundamental principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and you will gain useful communication tools you can apply in all aspects of your life. This audio is recommended if you’d enjoy a short introduction to NVC or a quick refresher.

  • Key Differentiations in Nonviolent Communication

    Sylvia Haskvitz, Certified NVC Trainer: Veteran CNVC Certified Trainer, Sylvia Haskvitz, reviews the key distinctions (sometimes referred to as the key differentiations) in Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Listen to this audio to deepen your NVC consciousness and skills through differentiating "gi...