It's easy to view sadness, mourning and grief as something to avoid or maybe even as a waste of time. However, in NVC we learn that these things are actually human needs. And not only are they human needs, they're also close relatives to joy and happiness. In this month's Life Hack, we explore ho...

We live in a very transactional world. You can probably list off a number of subscriptions you might pay for on a monthly basis. This comes down to how we view money. The way many of us relate to money in the west takes away a special thing that can happen. Simply viewing money as a means to buy ...

Gesine Schrader and Shantigarbha Warren explore the difference between compromise and an NVC approach that seeks to honor everyone’s needs. Through a role-play, Gesine demonstrates how empathy, listening, and understanding can shift a conflict from disappointment and resentment toward connection,...

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Join Gina Simm as she guides children through a hands-on empathy activity using feelings and needs cards to explore a relatable situation involving trust, privacy, and a shared secret. Through an empathy guessing process, they explore how another person might ...

Dr. Melanie Sears introduces Nonviolent Communication through the metaphor of Giraffe and Jackal, exploring how we can move beyond judgment, blame, and criticism toward empathy and connection.

She shares practical ways to identify feelings and needs, listen beneath the words, and practice empat...

Roxy Manning, Stephanie Bachmann Mattei, Arnina Kashtan, Liv Larsson, and Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainers:

Please listen as we discuss and grapple with the issues of growing polarization in our world, political structures and personal relationships.

Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer:
Young people in Baltimore and elsewhere are continuing to be killed for unfathomable reasons. Hurting people on all sides are roaring out in pain, demanding to be heard, and delivering hostile condemnation of each other’s actions. How do we talk about this? H...

Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer:
How do you bring empathy and authenticity to uncomfortable work situations when there are so many layers of difference – especially if your primary reason for working is to feed your family and pay your bills? Listen in as Roxy opens participants' eyes to som...

Ian Peatey and Monica Reu explore why caring for ourselves is essential to being present, grounded, and connected as parents. They discuss how self-empathy and small, everyday acts of self-care can increase our capacity to empathize with our children, respond consciously, and move beyond habitual...

Jared Finkelstein offers an NVC process for cultivating self-acceptance by looking beneath inner judgments to discover the feelings and needs underneath them. Rather than labeling ourselves as right or wrong, good or bad, we can explore what we were trying to accomplish in a given moment and conn...

Olga Nguyen leads a guided tuning-in practice. She invites participants to connect with their breath, body sensations, feelings, and needs while gently reflecting on experiences of loss and change. Using a timeline visualization, participants explore what may have been lost during periods of col...

Jim and Jori Manske introduce a daily gratitude practice designed to build resilience by noticing what has made life more wonderful, identifying the needs that were met, and savoring the feelings that arise. Participants are invited to record three gratitudes each day and explore what they themse...

Stephanie Bachmann Mattei, Certified NVC Trainer:
In this brief, yet stimulating audio recording, Stephanie Mattei covers several "hot" parenting topics such as: boundary issues, strategy resilience, how to shift your right/wrong mentality and understanding the concept of fairness in your parent...

YM-connect-conflict-2021-when-both-are-in-pain-HD.mp4 Conflict often happens when two people are experiencing pain at the same time and neither has enough inner space to listen. This teaching explores why empathy becomes unavailable during conflict and offers strategies such as taking a timeout, ...

How much empathy is enough in a group setting? In this practical teaching, Mary Mackenzie explores how brief, intentional moments of empathy can strengthen trust, connection, and group cohesion without slowing the learning process. Drawing on Marshall Rosenberg's guidance, this teaching offers a ...

When a child resists school or another challenge, it's easy for parents to get caught in frustration, urgency, and fixed solutions. In this conversation, Lisa Rothman, Miki Kashtan, and Arnina Kashtan demonstrate how self-empathy, acknowledging a child's experience, and inviting collaboration can...

When conversations become stuck in opposing opinions, genuine connection can quickly give way to judgment and separation. In this talk, Yoram Mosenzon explores how Nonviolent Communication invites us to look beyond opinions and strategies to discover the universal needs and values underneath. Thr...