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  1. Winning the Blame Game

    Winning the Blame Game

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 47 minutes · 5/28/2013

    Jim and Jori Manske offer insight into blame, how it arises and how do we handle being blamed and our own blame of others.

  2. Sowing the Quilt of Connection

    Sowing the Quilt of Connection

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 1 hour, 3 minutes · 5/20/2016

    Jim Manske offers practices to stay in dialogue without defensiveness, especially when it's difficult. Listen to Jim discuss the refining of our commitment to connection and how to respond to others' defensiveness too.

  3. Connection Time

    Connection Time

    Rodger Sorrow

    Audio · 22 minutes · 6/26/2016

    Rodger Sorrow introduces us to "Connection Time," a practice for you and a significant other to deepen, broaden and mend your relationship with each other.

  4. Receiving the Word "No"

    Receiving the Word "No"

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 34 minutes · 8/4/2016

    Join Jori and Jim Manske to explore, learn and practice the art of receiving the word "no," re-framing it from fear into fun.

  5. From Suffering to Aliveness

    From Suffering to Aliveness

    Not Fighting Reality

    Bob Wentworth

    Audio · 26 minutes · 9/30/2017

    How we relate to life parallels how we relate to others! Learn how to have a more healthy way of relating to situations and people when your needs are not being met. Bob Wentworth offers some wisdom on moving from suffering to aliveness through not fighting what is.

  6. Mourning and Celebration

    Mourning and Celebration

    Jim & Jori Manske

    Audio · 35 minutes · 8/4/2016

    Join Jori and Jim Manske to explore, learn and practice an NVC approach to mourning and celebration.

  7. Responding to the Call of Our Times

    Responding to the Call of Our Times

    Guest Trainer Victor Lee Lewis

    Victor Lee Lewis

    Video · 1 hour, 39 minutes · 06/09/2018

    Victor shares a story about a bystander who takes action without formal authority, using it s an example of transformatiive leadership skills, acting with care, needs-based commitment to the well-being of "the whole," and making a positive difference.

  8. Two Self-Empathy Exercises

    Two Self-Empathy Exercises

    Mary Mackenzie

    Video · 44 minutes · 11/18/2018

    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 — novel and effective ways to engage the process of Self-Empathy!

  9. Don't Just Feel Your Emotions

    Don't Just Feel Your Emotions

    Eric Bowers

    Trainer Tips · 2 - 3 minutes · 4/26/2019

    To keep our life energy moving and growing we can find the resources to welcome and accompany various parts of ourselves with compassion and love -- as though these parts are very young children.  And even if these parts contain difficult emotions...

  10. What About Psychopaths?

    What About Psychopaths?

    Sarah Peyton

    Articles · 4 - 6 minutes · 12/16/2019

    Sometimes we want to avoid placing our love and trust in someone, to protect our hearts and our life energies. And so there are deeper questions that we can use to check whether we're in relationship with someone who doesn't have capacity to be in relationship with us (eg. “Do I have a sense of mattering in this relationship?”). Read on for more questions we use to assess our empathy and efforts in relationships.

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