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Mary Mackenzie, CNVC Certified Trainer from Long Beach, California, USA

Mary Mackenzie, M.A., is an author, trained mediator, and CNVC Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication. She holds a master's degree in human relations from Northern Arizona University and is the CEO of the NVC Academy, the only online school for learning Nonviolent Communication.

Mary teaches Nonviolent Communication and other spiritually-based programs to individuals, couples, families, organizations, and spiritual communities through a wide variety of workshops and retreats. Her book Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing and Compassion (translated to German and Korean and soon into Chinese (simplified) offers inspiring practical methods for creating peace in our everyday lives.

As a pioneer of online NVC training, Mary runs her company in harmony with what she teaches. She and NVC Academy co-founder, Mark Schultz, paved the way to NVC online training in 2006 and have been instrumental in alleviating the financial and geographical barriers to learning NVC skills.

One of her passions is facilitating critical dialogues between people, and she has spent more than 20 years learning a wide variety of effective processes she can draw on in a moment's notice. Known for her clear communication style, she is especially skilled in helping individuals within groups put aside their preferences and find ways to collaborate with each other that are in alignment with their values. Her ability to cut through the confusion in a group has helped many teams quickly move forward in their desired progress.

To reach Mary:
[email protected]
928.380.8077
or visit: nvcacademy.com or marymackenzie.net

Iris Bawidamann, Certified trainer with CNVC (Germany)

Iris has worked with Robert Gonzales for 10 years, learning from him and assisting him. For 6 years, she has been sharing his work Living Compassion in seminars. She is also one of the four trainers who, following Robert Gonzales and Robert Krzisnik, offer the Dyaden-Meditation Retreats "Awakening to Life Intensives".

She dreams of a world where every person does what brings them joy and energy. Each of her offers is a step in that direction. The greatest appreciation for her is when the participants' eyes shine because their everyday life becomes easier, more connected, and joyful through the experience.

In the last 25 years, she has given thousands of seminar days, locally, nationally, and internationally. In addition to Nonviolent Communication and Living Compassion, participation and diversity are her passions.