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Judgment is an attempt to protect from hopelessness or insecurity, at high cost. Instead, check in with fear, grief, or hurt. Then wonder what needs are at stake for everyone. This makes space for grief instead of anger, for negotiation rather than control, and for "calling in" rather than excluding. Wonder: “For whom would this be life-serving or not?”, “What strategies would care for all needs?” or, “What can I contribute now?”

Discussion into the difficult topic of parenting, childhood trauma, and social status.

How the "story" we tell ourselves impacts our childhood and the roles we play.

Susan Skye unpacks the need for respect, offering clarity for requests and personal experience.

Learn how to move from blame to understanding when needs aren’t met.

Learn the difference between true requests and demands, and why honesty matters with children.

John Kinyon shares how self-connection and mourning help balance your needs with others’.

Ask the Trainer: Can all needs be met when illness limits the capacity of one person to meet the needs of her partner?

The human needs that we all share are the foundation of the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process because it is in connecting to needs that we find inner freedom, empowerment and compassion.

Mary Mackenzie leads listeners through a guided meditation to experience the energy of needs. This meditation will support you to connect to your feelings and needs in the moment, and to experience the unique and deep energetic quality of that primary need.