Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Have you ever used the phrase "it was just a miscommunication."? We're often good at identifying when communication breaks down but not so good at finding out what went wrong and how we can improve. In this NVC Life Hack, we take a look at different typ...

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...

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...

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...

Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer

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—and realized there was a growing gap ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...