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Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World

Compassion in an Ever-Changing World is the last course that Robert Gonzales offered before his passing in November of 2021. It is an intermediate course whose purpose is to deepen our conscious connection to our own vital life force, to develop skills that support inner healing, and to grow and strengthen daily practices that allow us to truly live life to the fullest. The primary focus of this...
Finding Your Way from Judgment to Discernment

this situation?” or, “What can I contribute here and now?” Judgment is a sort of protection against hopelessness or insecurity, but the cost is high. Judgment costs you your heart— your sense of connection to All That Is. Let judgment be your signal to pause. Check in with fear, grief, or hurt and then ask yourself what universal needs are at stake for you and others in the situation at hand....
Addressing Inequalities in Groups Using NVC

have missed an important opportunity. Using facilitation practices to slow down and discover what was underneath each person’s expression invited in a compassionate stance that nurtured a deeper connection among both participants and the group as a whole. In the Global Majority man’s family, children were taught to be quiet and not take up space — and they usually carried those notions through...
Why I'm Grieving the Loss of Both Israelis and Palestinians

by these recent events. Though I was born in the US, I hold dual citizenship here and in Israel. I grew up visiting my extended family there and—though I am not a practicing Jew—feel a strong connection to my ancestors, the land, and all those who live there. My father, who was born in what was then British Palestine, fought in the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago. He never really recovered from...
Living the Self-in-Life

increasingly available to your innermost self as we explore mutuality via inner – and outer – relational space experiences. You may experience: Augmented practices designed to help you retain connection to your authentic essence; Deepened capacity for self-acceptance and self-compassion; Practical tips for bringing greater compassion to your relationships; Increased capacity for vulnerability...
Sexual Expression

having sex as a strategy to meet needs, you can also work backwards by naming the needs. Sex might meet needs for: sexual expression, touch, intimacy, discovery, reassurance, affection, bonding, connection, love, communion, acceptance, and creativity—given this list of needs, it's clear why sex is such a sought after activity. Naming these needs opens the door to other strategies besides sex....
Mindful Inquiry

These mindful inquiry exercises and tips are for enhancing self-empathy, and empathy for others. Using emotions and needs card decks provided, learn to reflect and enhance trust and connection through intentional practice. You can choose to download the card deck set you can cut by hand, or the one that can be printed on Avery’s perforated business card paper Read this practice exercise card...
Choice in the Face of Demands

Do you want to have access to choice when requests or demands come your way? Would you like to free yourself from the submit/rebel dynamic? No one likes demands. Some of the time we respond to perceived demands by saying “Yes” out of fear; and some of the time we respond by saying “No” to perceived demands regardless of the nature of what’s being asked, even if we might want to say “Yes” if...
Love as a Need

Trainer Tip The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed. —J. Krishnamurti In Nonviolent Communication, we consider love to be a need. Remember that needs are universal; everyone has the same ones. We all need love, but the ways in which we express it can be very...
NVC Conversations About Privilege and Power-Over

Last year, Mary Mackenzie of the NVC Academy organized an online symposium Removing Our Blinders: Seeing the Impact of Power and Privilege that I consider courageous and visionary. The symposium offered an opportunity for those of European background, men, women, and people of color to share their experiences and for others to empathically listen. The calls struck me as poignant, empathic,...