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Let it RAIN! -Jim Manske CNVC Certified Trainer
For me, remembering the distinction between needs and strategies supports well-being because it goes to the root of suffering. To clarify what I mean, consider this example I heard at a recent workshop: “When I need empathy and understanding I want to rely on my mate. There is something about the quality of intimacy and […]
Why did the chicken cross the road? by Jim Manske
My guess is before you even finished reading that sentence, you already knew the answer. That ancient childhood joke has become part of how we experience the world at an intuitive level. Remarkably, for me, the joke contains an important insight into Nonviolent Communication (NVC). As humans, we intuitively know that every behavior is motivated […]
Conscious Leadership and Nonviolent Communication by Aubree Moon
*Note: Aubree Henke, a senior at Evergreen State University has recently begun at internship at NVC for the Next Generation. Part of her studies includes periodic reflections on her learning goals and processes. As “field supervisor”, Jim Manske has the opportunity to work closely with Aubree. When he received this first reflection paper, he asked for […]
How Do You Teach Empathy?
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JULY 30, 2005 I like Marshall Rosenberg’s definition of empathy for its simplicity and clarity. He says, “Empathy is the respectful understanding of another person’s experience.” We also distinguish between “empathy”, which focuses our attention and presence on what is alive in another person, and “sympathy”, which shifts the focus to our own […]
What does a commitment to nonviolence mean to you? A CNVC Trainer’s answers
I’m grateful for the feedback I received from my last post. Here comes two new questions recently posed on our trainer group along with my responses: What does a commitment to nonviolence mean to you? I enjoy the precision that comes when someone asks for the meaning of a word or concept. I like slowing […]
Questions and Answers addressed by CNVC Certified Trainers
Questions and Answers ~ Since I am a certified trainer with The Center for Nonviolent Communication, I have the benefit of participating in an online discussion group with my colleagues. Recently one trainer asked the rest of us for feedback on some questions she had received from organizers of a project she was working on. […]
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