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Nonviolent Communication: Does It Work?
NVC Quick Connect June 2017
Sent Tuesday, June 6, 2017
 
What You'll Find in This Month's Newsletter:

Articles
  • Nonviolent Communication Does it Work? By Jo McHale
  • The Gift of Being Seen and Heard By Kathleen Kunz

Video/Audio
  • Raamro Aakha Ma (In the Eyes of the Good)

Quotes by Marshall Rosenberg


Other Good Stuff
  • Compassion in Action
  • Almost NVC Cartoon

MISC
  • Compassion Course by Thom Bond Starts June 21st
  • Regret for omission from an education article from last month

NVC Facebook and Yahoo! Groups


June Book Specials
Four book package specials from PuddleDancer Press
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Featured Article
Nonviolent Communication. Does it work?
By Jo Mchale​​​​​​​
Jo is a UK-based certified NVC trainer. She works with individuals, couples or work teams, bringing NVC to bear on their relationship systems. www.talking-truly.com

When I talk about Nonviolent Communication (NVC), people often say ‘that’s all very well, but it wouldn’t work with …’ and then describe something they’ve mentally filed in the ‘impossible to change’ drawer.
 
When I started out with NVC, I too was thinking about where it would ‘work’. I was in an ‘instrumental’ mindset that said ‘If we do A, we will get B. So if B is what we want, we just need to learn how to do A’.
 
This was fueled by my first encounter with Nonviolent Communication (NVC), which got me hooked. Here, it seemed, was the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything (apologies to Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy).
 
I’m joking of course, but NVC did make a big impact on me. I lay awake at night, full of ideas about where it could be most useful.

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"Self-empathy in NVC means checking in with your own feelings and needs."
~Marshall Rosenberg
 
Article #2
The Gift of Being Seen and Heard.
Speaking Peace By Kathleen Kunze
One aspect of communication that I am most passionate about is "being seen and heard." I recall vividly the times in my life when I truly felt seen or heard by someone. I felt enlivened. I felt softened. I felt beautiful. It brought me into a state of presence and self love that’s hard to put into words. I thought, wow, they get me! They see me!
 
I used to think that being present and seeing and hearing someone was a gift that I gave to them, and I wanted someone to give that gift to me. But I was kidding myself. When I am giving that gift to another, it is also the greatest gift I can give to myself. Beyond connection, being seen and heard creates a sense of true intimacy with our self and another person.
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"What others do may be the stimulus of our feelings, but never the cause"
~Marshall Rosenberg
 
Video/Audio
Raamro Aakha Ma (In the Eyes of the Good)
Published on Dec 17, 2015

This documentary tells the story of former Maoist combatants, conflict victims, and government officials engaging in a restorative dialogue, following the aftermath of the 10-years armed conflict in Nepal. It shows what can happen when people are able to connect with one another across divides, beyond fear, stereotypes, and enemy images. The Nonviolent Communication training including the restorative dialogue, was organized by ZFD peacebuilding advisor Jeannine Suurmond, together with partner organization Pro Public. The goal was to offer those involved with the transitional justice process in Nepal an opportunity to experience a restorative dialogue first hand. The documentary was produced in order to support the various parties to the formal Truth and Reconciliation process in Nepal and to raise awareness about Nonviolent Communication and restorative dialogue as tools for healing, reconciliation, and justice.
  Raamro Aakha Ma - In the Eyes of the Good (english)
Video
 
"Empathizing with someone's 'no' protects us from taking it personally."
~Marshall Rosenberg
 
Other Good Stuff
Compassion in Action
True grit! Inspiring moment determined father tries to push his wheelchair-bound son up a slippery slope before grime-caked Tough Mudder runners haul him to the top.
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"We are responsible for what we hear other people say and for how we act."
~Marshall Rosenberg
 
MISC
Online Course: The Compassion Course Online 2017
Changing Lives for 6 Years, in over 100 Countries, with more than 14,000 Participants and now in 4 Languages Course Starts June 21st With Thom Bond, Founder and Director of Education, NYC, NVC. We highly recommend this course. We receive no compensation for this recommendation.
 
CORRECTION: In the May Quick Connect, we included an article, "NVC Schools: Is this a thing? Or a movement?" and incorrectly attributed the authorship to a group. The corrected byline should read: by Sura Hart, with Jared Finkelstein.
 
"A difficult message to hear is an opportunity to enrich someone's life."
~Marshall Rosenberg
 
June Specials
 
Special #1
NVC Essentials Package
Your Essential Resource for Learning and Practicing NVC
by Various Authors - 2-Title Package

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
  • Includes the new NVC 3rd Edition with:
    • A New Foreword by Deepak Chopra
    • A New Chapter on Conflict Resolution and Mediation

  • And the New Companion Workbook 2nd Edition with
    • ​​​​​​​A Complete New Chapter with Exercises on Conflict Resolution and Mediation
This book package includes the two essential titles that provide individuals, groups, and teams an exceptional education in learning and using the 
process and consciousness of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). An indispensable resource for learning on your own, for practice groups, or for introducing others to the Nonviolent Communication process.

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Retail Price: $41.90
Our List Price: $25.00
Books: $15
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Special #2​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
 
NVC Marshall Rosenberg Essentials Package
​​​​​​​The 3 Book-Length Titles from World Renowned Peacemaker 
by Dr. Marshall B. Rosenebrg, PhD

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
  • Includes the new NVC 3rd Edition with:
    • A New Foreword by Deepak Chopra   
    • A New Chapter on Conflict Resolution and Mediation
Here is a complete set of the three main titles authored by Dr. Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. , the creator of the Nonviolent Communication Process.

Purchase this exceptional resource for your own NVC library or for your NVC community. Makes a wonderful gift to introduce Marshall's life changing work to your family, friends, colleagues, organizations, community leaders, counselors, mediators, educators and others.
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Retail Price: $48.85
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Special #3
NVC Marshall Rosenberg Complete Book Package
A Complete Library From World- Renowned Peacemaker
by Dr. Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD - 11-Title Package

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
  • Includes the new NVC 3rd Edition with:
    • A New Foreword by Deepak Chopra
    • A New Chapter on Conflict Resolution and Mediation

Add this complete selection of all books and booklets authored by Dr. Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD to your personal or professional library. Makes a wonderful gift for family, friends, colleagues, organizations, community leaders, counselors, mediators, educators and others.

Purchase this exceptional resource to create a lending library for your NVC community, or to create your own personal or professional reference library.


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Retail Price: $111.45
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Books: $35.00
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Special #4
NVC Reference Library Package
Your Complete NVC Library Resource from PuddleDancer Press
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by Various Authors

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

  • Includes the new NVC 3rd Edition with:
    • A New Foreword by Deepak Chopra
    • A New Chapter on Conflict Resolution and Mediation
  • ​​​​​​​And the New Companion Workbook 2nd Edition with:
    • A Complete New Chapter with Exercises on Conflict Resolution and Mediation



The NVC Library Package - Create your own Nonviolent Communication library with this package. Includes all of the NVC books and booklets published by PuddleDancer Press.
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Retail Price: $323.75
List Price: $165.00
Books: $90.00
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eBooks: $70.00
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"What others do may be the stimulus of our feelings, but never the cause."
~Marshall Rosenberg
 
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"Empathy allows us to re-perceive our world in a new way and move forward."
~Marshall Rosenberg
 
 
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