Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: In this Life Hack, we're going deeper into self-empathy with a simple guided reflection that you can work through. This will be followed by a short exercise with a fill-in sheet (link above) led by Gesine and is something you can come back to as you wis...

Shantigarbha Warren, Certified NVC Trainer: Whenever we make mistakes, we're often beating ourself up in a way that breeds guilt, fear and/or shame. Nonviolent Communication offers a model based in self-empathy that lets you reflect, process and move forward without the guilt, fear and shame.

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Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer and Mark Schultz: What is self-empathy? Mary Mackenzie leads you on an exploration of self-empathy through an exercise that will show you how you can easily connect more deeply with your needs.

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Inbal Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer: Inbal offers parents and anyone with children in their life a lucid discussion of the important role self-empathy plays in creating healthy, supportive relationships.

Are the strategies you're using right now supporting your goals for the relationships you...

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...

Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer:

How do you protect yourself while staying as connected as possible with others? How can you effectively communicate your limits and boundaries in clear, confident, and compassionate ways that actually enhance and strengthen your relationships?

This session touches ...

John Kinyon, Certified NVC Trainer: John introduces his Self-Connection Exercise as a mindful way of coming to awareness via OFNR. Breath: immediately observable, a reminder to observe. Body: feeling the body, awareness of sensations. Needs: an experience of wholeness that expands awareness of th...

Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer:

Yvette Erasmus shares Terry Real's grid as a tool for exploring a spectrum of emotional responses. We all have feelings and sometimes we get dysregulated or frozen up. How do you want to express and be in connection with other people? Can you attune to the relationa...

Mary Mackenzie, Certified NVC Trainer: Self-Empathy: Healing from the Inside Out. This session is from the NVC Academy's 2017 Telethon. Listen in as Mary offers two experiential self-empathy exercises: I Love It When, and What Do I Want / Why Do I Want It. Deepen your ability to connect with self...

Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer

Miki Kashtan shares how Marshall Rosenberg helped her see how unacknowledged fear can be misinterpreted as aggression and offers an elegant and simple strategy for changing this dynamic.

This is an excerpt from Miki Kashtan's 7 part course Naturalizing NVC La...

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.

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- language of life
- needs
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Yvette Erasmus, 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?
- What are the benefits?
- Wh...

Oren Jay Sofer explores core Nonviolent Communication listening skills, including how to stay grounded, listen with the intention to understand, and express oneself clearly without blame. He highlights how presence, empathy, and nervous system awareness can help create more space for mutual under...

Aya Caspi, Certified NVC Trainer

We each have the power to be the creator of our own inner experience, no matter what is going on externally. The moment you imply wrongness on others, you give power to them. In this excerpt, Aya Caspi shows that the more self-responsibility you take, the more fr...

What if the source of our suffering is not what happens to us, but the meaning we make of it? In this reflective teaching, Aya Caspi explores Marshall Rosenberg’s concept of emotional liberation and the NVC practice of self-responsibility. Through stories, spiritual insight, and practical example...

What do we really mean when we talk about judgment? In this thoughtful exploration, Aya Caspi examines how judgment shapes the way we interpret ourselves, others, and the world around us. Drawing from Nonviolent Communication and spiritual practice, she unpacks the many forms judgment can take — ...