NVC in our Relationships
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NVC for Real: Questions about NVC in Sticky Relationships
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.
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Why Am I Cringing? And What Can I Do About It?
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...
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How Do We Build Relationships?
Duke Duchscherer, Certified NVC Trainer: Building relationships happens through dialogue and understanding the deeper meaning behind the words spoken. It's about active listening that focuses on feelings and needs so you may truly comprehend the speaker's message. In this video, Duke introduces t...
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Cultivating Vitality
Jim & Jori Manske, Certified NVC Trainer: Jim and Jori share their work integrating Martin Seligman's work on Positive Psychology with Nonviolent Communication in a 5-point system they call REMAP, focusing on:
- Relationships — how being in relationship with others is a natural and deeply i... -
Effective Collaboration
Jim & Jori Manske, Certified NVC Trainer: Plowing ahead without collaboration can result in taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back. Would you enjoy more ease and co-operation with others? More partnership? More warmth?
Learning more about collaborating effectively can help you:
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Repair and Heal Disconnection in Relationships
Jim & Jori Manske, Certified NVC Trainer: We all blow it sometimes. Maybe we are triggered and react in ways we regret. Or we unknowingly say or do something that unexpectedly touches a nerve for someone else. Either way, how do we heal the disconnection?
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Adding Active Bystander Skills to Your NVC Toolkit
Lore Baur, Certified NVC Trainer: Have you ever seen something happen that made you feel uncomfortable and you didn't know what to do? That's the "bystander effect:" a well-researched and commonly experienced phenomenon. Training can help you overcome it, enabling you to discern what to do and ho...
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7 Transformative Conversations
Mukti Jarvis, Certified NVC Trainer: Mukti Jarvis shares seven types of conversations vital to healthy, flourishing intimate relationships. These conversations include:
- Our Bright Future
- Drama Dialogue
- Healing Our Raw Spots
- Making Amends
- Responsiveness
- Touch and Sex
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Approaching a Difficult Conversation
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer: How do you repair a relationship when you've already said things you regret, and want to reconnect with explaining or defending yourself? Listen as Miki Kashtan offers two valuable tips.
This is an excerpt from Miki Kashtan's 7 part course Naturalizing NVC La... -
Navigating Uncertainty: The Power of Present-Centered Decision-Making
Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer: In uncertain times, when facing important life decisions, it's common to get caught up in imagining various scenarios and potential outcomes. The desire to predict and control the future often gives a false sense of security. The key is to make decisions based...
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Empathizing with Loved Ones
Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer: Mary Mackenzie explains that empathizing with our closest loved ones can be difficult because they matter so deeply to us, past experiences might create emotional barriers, and we might fear losing ourselves in the process.
To grow our empathy skills, we mu... -
Conversations about Death
Rachelle Lamb, Certified NVC Trainer: It seems death cafes are everywhere these days. But how changed are we by the conversations we're now having? Not everyone is open to talking about death. It may well be that someone in your life is nearing the end of their days and their refusal to talk abou...
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Positive Relationships in Parenting
Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer: Roxy Manning emphasizes positive relationships in parenting, while highlighting acceptance and understanding. She stresses the importance of being aware of one's needs, attuning to the other person's needs, fostering trust, and encouraging open communication, ...
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Responding to a Painful Comment
Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer: How do you carry on a conversation when someone's comment has had an impact on you? And what happens when two intentions clash because of different perspectives?
Here's Roxy's powerful, common sense approach.
Keywords:
- Roxy Manning
- pain
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Repairing Relationships with Empathy
Sarah Peyton, Certified NVC Trainer: Sarah Peyton explores the process of repairing relationships through the lens of Nonviolent Communication. She emphasizes the importance of self-connection and empathy—both for ourselves and others—when addressing moments of hurt or disconnection. Sarah highli...
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NVC Life Hacks 1: Partnership
Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: This is the first in a series of tips on applying NVC to daily life. In this episode, Shantigarbha offers five tips for improving communication in relationships.
Keywords:
- partnership
- tips
- relationships
- presence
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NVC Life Hacks 17: How to say I love you
Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Falling in love is quite an experience, especially when it comes to that moment of saying 'I love you'. So what happens once you're in a relationship but still need to express the way you feel? Sometimes people feel like just saying 'I love you' is too ...
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NVC Life Hacks 2: How Not to Listen
Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: In this, the second in a series on applying NVC to daily life, Shantigarbha offers five tips for recognizing where communication is likely to go awry.
Keywords:
- presence
- relationships
- tips
- partnership
- listening
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NVC Life Hacks 3: How to Listen
Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: In the third in a series on applying NVC to daily life, Shantigarbha follows directly on from Episode 2, showing us that listening isn't a passive activity, and offers five tips for how to improve our listening skills.
Keywords:
- listening
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NVC Life Hacks 4: Anger
Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Anger is an emotion we'd often like to disown! Shantigarbha offers us five tips for "finding the life" in our anger, and ends with a short, guided reflection.
Keywords:
- presence
- relationships
- tips
- partnership
- anger
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NVC Life Hacks 5: Conflict
Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Conflict occurs when disagreements undermine the sense of trust and safety in family, workplace, or community. Shantigarbha shares nine tips for addressing, and even transforming conflict.
Keywords:
- partnership
- tips
- relationships
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What is the Cost of NOT Setting Boundaries
Yvette Erasmus, Certified NVC Trainer: Just as setting boundaries is beneficial to relationships, NOT setting boundaries can come at a big cost. Listen to Yvette Erasmus share her experience with boundary setting, including:
- What are the costs to setting boundaries?
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How to Express Gratitude and Appreciation in Intimate Relationships
Yoram Mosenzon, Certified NVC Trainer: Yoram Mosenzon shares how expressing specific and authentic appreciation can deepen connection in intimate relationships. He emphasizes the importance of making clear observations without judgment and connecting with the feelings and needs that arise from me...
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Do the Right Thing! Move Beyond "Right and Wrong" and into CHOICE
Kathleen Macferran and Jared Finkelstein, Certified NVC Trainers
This session explores the practice of choosing to untangle right/wrong thinking so you can hold all views with compassion. From this place, we find strategies to address the complexities of needs within differences. Learn to create...