NOTE: This page lists events most in the future at the top
with upcoming and then past events as you scroll down.
(Online) Mindful Communication: Being Heard and Hearing Others Judgment-Free [April 19 – May 10, 2022]
In this four-week immersion in NVC, we will take the first steps in learning how to better self-manage your own reactions and triggers, notice what your body is telling you about your needs being met (or not), develop greater compassion and understanding for yourself, share your truth with others in a way that supports your being heard, and more powerfully make requests, foster collaboration, and see your needs met. Full details.
(Ireland) IIT – International Intensive Training [March 18-27, 2022]
Be part of a compassionate community for the first-ever 9-day NVC residential retreat in Ireland. Learn how to speak from the heart; practice deep, non-judgmental listening; and build self-empowerment from the inside out. Develop skills to help you in: a) Personal and Professional Relationships; b) Personal liberation and empowerment; and c) Contribution and Social Change. Full details.
(Online) Beyond Emotional “Safety” | Creating a Culture of Authenticity and Trust [August 21, 2021]
Whether it is in the bedroom or the boardroom, authenticity and trust are the crucial elements of any high functioning partnership or organization. Come learn how to restore and build trust with each interaction while leveraging your power to create change (regardless of the structural power you hold). Full description and register.
(Online) Embracing the Body [May 5-June 9, 2021]
Discover freedom from recurring triggers and blocks by developing more self-connection and empathy for yourself (including with your body). Gain a better understanding of what your body is telling you by practicing the “missing step” in the Nonviolent Communication process. Full description and register.
(Online) Don’t Get Driven Crazy: 4 Steps to Manage Impossible People at Work [April 19, 2021]
Workplace conflict is difficult. It can be daunting and crazy-making to engage in it without the right norms in place, and especially when we’re all physically separated and working from home. But conflict can be healthy for an organization, helping teams and companies avoid complacency, continue to improve, and deal with complexity. In this interactive and highly practical workshop, learn four basic steps to better manage your own reactions, and better respond to others in challenging situations at work and at home. Discover how to quickly get to the core of what matters for you and others and create better outcomes for everyone involved. Full description and register.
(Online) Toward a Compassionate World: A Bilingual Virtual Intensive Training (VIT) [January 15 -24, 2021]
Nonviolent Communication guides us to connect to ourselves and others in the fullness of our human-ness from our hearts. In these times of limiting physical contact, this kind of heart-based connection is even more important and vital to our well being. This Virtual Intensive Training (VIT) offers an opportunity to strengthen our inner connection and connection to others in community, as well as an opportunity to heal, learn, grow, clarify, and restore. Full description and register.
How to Effectively Manage Conflict [December 10, 2020]
Workplace conflict is difficult. It can be daunting to engage in it without the right norms in place, and especially when we’re all physically separated and working from home. But conflict can be healthy for an organization, helping teams and companies avoid complacency, continue to improve, and deal with complexity. Full description and register.
(Online) Americans at a Crossroads: Overcoming Post-Election Stress [November 17, 2020]
“How can we best overcome the stress of the U.S. elections of 2016 and now
2020, where all U.S. voters are so at-odds and stressed? Here, four experts
from different fields share their practical insights on this timely question. Full description.
(Online) Manifesting What’s Emerging [Nov. 13-15, 2020]
Discover tools to help you integrate everything that’s been happening over the past six months and move into what’s new by recognizing, mourning and integrating what’s already happened and will be happening in the near future (pandemic, lockdowns, economic downturn, and efforts toward social and racial justice). Full description.
(Online) Gratitude Circles [Nov. 3, 2020 – May 21, 2021]
During uncertain times, when so much is emerging, unnerving, and changing, learn how a practice gratitude can help you remain grounded and energized. Join us in this space for clarity, abundance, community and connection on the 1st Thursday and 3rd Friday of each month. Full description and Register.
(Online) Building Bridges: How to Turn Conflict into Connection [Sept. 8, 2020]
Learn how to turn up more authentically and confidently despite past hurts and misunderstandings and find more ease, trust, and harmony with those you love. Full description and Register.
(Online) Communicating in Challenging Times [July 9-Aug 16, 2020]
Learn how to bridge the gap when differences exist between ourselves and others, and to create the honest and trust-based relationships that we all want. You’ll learn how to free yourself from the duality of submission and rebellion (going to the extremes of being passive or aggressive) and find the way to true collaboration and mutuality. Full details and registration.
(Online) How to Cool Down a Hot Situation [July 8, 2020]
Learn how to keep your cool under stress by applying 4 basic steps to better manage your own reactions, and better respond to others in challenging situations. Discover how to quickly get to the core of what matters for you and others and create better outcomes for everyone involved. Full details and registration.
(Online) “Let’s Work Collaboratively” Coaching Program [Apr 8-Dec 16, 2020]
Learn game-changing skills that will help you increase communication and trust, have more effective meetings, and increase morale and teamwork. Regardless of your position or rank, or whether your company is structured “top-down” or horizontally, you can become a workplace change-maker. Full details.
(Taiwan) Embracing the Body: A Kinesthetic Practice of NVC [Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2020]
Discover a kinesthetic and somatic-based approach to learning and living Nonviolent Communication, deepening your skills in self-empathy (self-management) and empathizing with others. Full details.
(Taiwan) NVC at Work: How to Sell, Design, and Lead Transformational Trainings in the Workplace [Feb. 25-26, 2020]
Learn how to talk with business leads about NVC and its impact, design trainings to address various workplace needs and objectives, and deliver high-impact programs in the workplace. Full details.
(Taiwan) Authenticity, Intimacy, and Trust: Creating the Relationships You Want [Feb. 21-23, 2020]
Weekend immersion where you will learn practical, life-changing communication skills to better understand others about what matters the most in any situation; resolve differences in a mutually satisfying way and create greater intimacy, trust, harmony, and connection in your relationships. Full details.
(Austin, TX) Authenticity, Intimacy, and Trust: Creating the Relationships You Want [Feb. 8-9, 2020]
Weekend immersion where you will learn practical, life-changing communication skills to better understand others about what matters the most in any situation; resolve differences in a mutually satisfying way and create greater intimacy, trust, harmony, and connection in your relationships. Full details.
(Austin, TX) Moving Through Challenges with Clients & Patients [Feb. 5-6, 2020]
A 2-day professional training for providers in the helping professions: therapists, counselors, social workers, certified life coaches, and health care providers. Join us to learn new skills that will help you facilitate transformative shifts in your patients and clients! Full details.
(Austin, TX) Connecting Across Differences: How to Like those You Love [Feb. 4, 2020]
A 2-hour evening introductory program on Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication to learn about life-changing skills that can support you in being fully heard and fully hearing others. Full details.
(NYC) Building Bridges: How to Get Results & Turn Impasses Into Opportunities [Jan. 28, 2020]
Learn practical skills to help you resolve impasses and find new solutions. Discover how to break through blocks and foster mutual trust, respect, and goodwill, through four basic steps you can practice in any situation with colleagues, supervisors, and clients—and even at home. Full details.
(Online) Earth Empathy Rx [Dec. 8, 2019 – Jan. 19, 2020]
We invite you to come together in community to grieve, in the spirit of love and gratitude for the gifts we have received from this ailing planet. A series of Earth Empathy Rx live video meetings is a structured way for us to unite across time zones and to mourn together in virtual circles of trust and care. Full details and registration.
(NYC) How to Deal with Difficult People (Holiday Edition) [Nov. 14, 2019]
Learn practical skills to resolve or gracefully avoid difficult and time-consuming impasses with people you see around the holidays. Learn how to navigate challenging conversations in a game-changing way to get immediate clarity, empowerment, and results while restoring long-term confidence and trust. Full details.
(NYC) The Language of Compassion: Transforming Our Relationships with NVC [Nov. 1, 2019]
Learn how to stay self-connected during challenging conversations; hear others on a cognitive and “core” level; and find solutions that are more satisfying, doable, and effective—and that truly meet your needs and build healthy relationships. Full details.
(VT) Being the Change: Create More Harmony in Yourself, with Others, and in the World [Oct. 19-20, 2019]
Learn how to “be the change” in how you communicate and interact with others and yourself—from the bedroom to the boardroom, from the dinner table with your kids to the thorny conversations many of us are having (or avoiding) in our communities, workplaces, and nation. Full details.
(NYC) How I Learned to Love Complainers [Oct. 3, 2019]
I have learned to actually enjoy engaging with people who are complaining, and I’m excited to share with some tips about how to make interactions with them more meaningful for you and for them. Full details.
(Online) Four Steps to Effective Feedback [Sept. 18 – Oct. 23, 2019]
Discover a powerful, 4-step communication process that transforms critical communication barriers into opportunities for clarity, collaboration, honesty, and respect. Manage hesitation and fear and speak up effectively even in the most challenging situations while, at the same time, increasing openness, creativity, collaboration, and goodwill. Full details.
(NYC) Finding Common Ground in a Challenging World [Sept. 4, 2019]
See how creating a “meeting of the minds” and fostering common ground is possible, even in the most challenging of circumstances. Learn how to speak your truth, move things forward in a way that builds trust and avoids being seen as pushy or manipulative. Full details.
(Omega) Transforming Relationships: Greater Harmony and Understanding at Home, Work, and in the World [July 28-Aug. 2, 2019]
Part of Omega Institute’s annual Family Week, this 5-day program is an ideal time to learn NVC if you have children (concurrent programs will happen for children). Learn how to a) identify the most common barriers to effective communication; b) transform negative self-talk into self-empowerment; and c) foster trust and collaboration when stakes are high. Full details.
(Albany, NY) Nonviolent Communication: A Spiritual Practice and Act of Social Change [June 21-23, 2019]
Join us for this weekend workshop in Nonviolent Communication where you will learn how to put Quaker values into action: self-managing our own reactions; empathizing with others; and finding solutions that restore harmony, are in integrity with our values, and hold everyone’s needs with care. Full details and registration.
(NYC) Breaking the Habit of Self-Contempt: Find Greater Compassion for Yourself [June 11, 2019]
Many of us walk around each day with an inner dialogue on automatic full of judgment, self-shame, and demands (“I never…”, “I should, ” or “ought to”). These inner judgments zap our energy and actually get in the way of achieving our goals and living fully, leaving us in a place of anxiety, fear, and discouragement.
In this 90-minute experiential and fun program, learn practical steps to shake off those judgments and self-recrimination, get clear about your needs, and take constructive action to act on them. Full details.
(NYC) How To Deal with a Complainer — Finding the Silver Lining with Those Who are Never Happy [May 16, 2019]
Is there someone you know who’s always complaining, or for whom things are never good enough? Be it at work or at home, living with someone who’s always seeing the glass half empty and the worst in everything can be frustrating and exhausting.
Join us for this interactive and fun 90-minute program to learn practical skills for responding effectively to eternal nay-sayers and finding positive, doable solutions that make everyone happier. Full details and registration.
(Kripalu) Radical Self-Love: Heal Your Inner Critic [May 10-12, 2019]
How would your life be different if you treated yourself with the love, care, and kindness you always longed for? And how would you treat others, and show up differently in the world, with this kind of love in your life?
Learn how to use the practical tools of Nonviolent Communication to help transform negative patterns and self-talk into empowering choices based on your needs — free of blame, demand, guilt, and shame. Full details and registration.
(Online) Empathy Magic: How to Make Empathy Second Nature [May 8 – June 12, 2019]
Have you ever noticed how being heard in a deep, empathic way is like magic? When we’re deeply heard, our whole bodies relax. We return to equilibrium, we can breathe again, and access renewed curiosity, empowerment, and choice.
Join us for this 6-week online course to find out and get more empathy magic in your life—and greater naturalness, flow, and ease in your NVC practice. Full details and registration.
(Ireland) Transforming Ourselves and the World with Compassion: International NVC Women’s Retreat [April 27 – May 1, 2019]
For women everywhere, join us to deepen your self-connection and capacity for authentic engagement with others. For 4 days of retreat away from your everyday responsibilities, you’ll be part of a space of mourning, celebration, gratitude, self-nurturing, and renewal with other women.
As women, we can benefit enormously from NVC skills and community. In addition to all that it means to be human, we face the challenges of societal expectations as caregivers; our visibility, safety, value, and power in relation to men; and our experiences in our bodies. We’ll come together in community to hold all these experiences with curiosity, interest, and compassion. Full details and registration.
(NYC) The Language of Compassion: Transforming Our Relationships [Feb. 14 – Mar. 7, 2019]
How well do you respond to difficult people and situations? Do you judge yourself and others? Or end up disappointed, frustrated, or shut down?
Join this 4-week class to learn how to transform your relationships, including the one with yourself. Learn how to shift judgment, demand, and blame into empathic mutual understanding and trust. In doing so, you can find greater authenticity, intimacy, and meaning in your relationships. Full details and registration.
(Online) Skillful Presence: Honing Empathy for Deeper Client Transformation [6 Tue. starting Feb. 12, 2019]
This 6-week video conference program is for therapists and coaches who want to fine-tune and deepen their own self-empathy-connection, as well as learn how to apply NVC-based processes with their clients. Full details and registration. Note: For therapists, professional coaches, and other mental health professionals.
(TX) Authenticity, Intimacy, and Trust: Creating the Relationships You Want with NVC [Feb. 9-10, 2019]
Most of us long to be fully authentic in our relationships. We want to be accepted and loved for who we are, yet turning up with full honesty can be challenging. We wonder, “Will I be heard?” Or will the other person turn up with defensiveness, misunderstanding, and blame?
And when misunderstanding does occur, how can we restore connection and trust? Join us for a 2-hour introduction followed by a weekend-long immersion. Full details and registration.
(TX) Empathic Presence: Creating Transformational Shifts with Clients by Accessing Core Needs [Feb. 7-8, 2019]
At the basis of all healing and transformation is a person being deeply heard by another. Join us to experience first-hand the profound impact of being completely and empathically present to others and yourself.
In this 2-day immersion into Nonviolent Communication, you will learn how to incorporate empathic listening into healing and therapeutic work… including somatic-based empathy and empathic-based inner parts exploration. Full details and registration. Note: For therapists, professional coaches, and other mental health professionals.
(TX) Connecting across Differences: How to Like those You Love [Feb. 5, 2019]
Would you like more ease, trust, and harmony with those you love? Are you wanting to turn up more authentically and confidently with family and friends, despite past hurts, misunderstandings, and differences?
Join us for our introductory program on Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication to learn about life-changing skills that can support you in being fully heard and fully hearing others. Full details and registration.
(NYC) How to Deal with Your Inner Critic [Dec. 6, 2018]
Negative self-talk can drain energy and block us from achieving our full potential. Just as bad: Our inner critic often affects how we relate to others, resulting in a lack of harmony, connection, and understanding.
In this introductory program, learn techniques to help you embrace the positive intent of your inner critic and gain greater clarity about what matters most. Full details and registration. Full details and registration.
(Online) Empathy Magic: How to Make Empathy Second Nature [Nov. 17, 2018]
While empathy is both intuitive and an art form, there is also a science to it. In this brief yet fascinating introduction to Dian’s course, Empathy Magic, you’ll learn a practical way to demystify empathy guessing by making use of the root meaning of words.
This session is part of a daylong telethon that takes place on an annual basis to underwrite the NVC Academy’s programs. See the entire lineup of 12 presentations by Dian’s colleagues. Full details and registration.
(NYC) Connecting Across Differences: How to Get through the Holidays Still Talking with those You Love [Nov. 9, 2018]
Wanting more ease this holiday season? And a way to connect in an authentic way with family and friends, despite past hurts, misunderstandings and political divides?
Join us for this introductory program on NVC to gain new concepts and practical tips and skills to support you in being heard, hearing others and finding greater harmony and shared understanding with those you love. Full details.
(NYC) How to Deal with Difficult People (Holiday Edition) [Nov. 1, 2018]
Holidays are supposed to be a joyful time of year filled with gatherings and parties with those closest to you — family, friends and sometimes co-workers. But what if you are forced to mingle with that difficult person?
Learn practical skills to resolve and avoid difficult and time-consuming impasses. Learn how to navigate challenging conversations in a game-changing way to get immediate clarity, empowerment and results while restoring long-term confidence and trust. Full details and registration.
(NYC) Get What You Want Without Regretting it Later [Sept. 12, 2018]
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Colleagues not following through? Teens not doing their homework or chores? Your partner prioritizing work over you and your relationship?
In this 90-minute interactive presentation, participants will learn practical methods and skills to immediately resolve impasses, yielding better results with less pain.
(NYC) How to Cool Down in a Hot Situation: 4 Steps Towards Clarity, Relief, and Connection [July 10, 2018]
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Do you ever get so irritated that you just give up or shut down? Or respond in a way that is less than effective?
In this 90-minute interactive program, you’ll learn how to manage yourself in trying situations and discover how to get quickly to the core of what matters for you and others and create better outcomes for everyone involved.
(Online) How to Get People To Do What You Want (Without Regretting It Later) [May 8, 2018]
We depend on other people every day at work. Our supervisors, colleagues, and staff may support our ideas and projects, approve, and budget for things we want, help us overcome barriers and resistance, identify resources and solutions, and move projects forward.
But what if we are at a standstill or at loggerheads with someone who is not cooperating or responding – or even actively blocking our way? In this interactive presentation, the participants will learn practical methods and skills to immediately resolve impasses and create greater buy-in, accountability, mutual trust, and goodwill.
(92nd St. Y, NYC) Empathy 101: Enjoying Difficult People [April 24, 2018]
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In this interactive workshop, learn practical skills to resolve and avoid difficult and time-consuming impasses. Learn how to navigate challenging conversations in a game-changing way to get immediate clarity, empowerment, and results while restoring long-term confidence, trust and connection.
(Kripalu) Radical Self-Love: Nonviolent Communication to Heal Your Inner Critic – April 6–8, 2018
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How would your life be different if you treated yourself with the love, care, and kindness you always longed for? And how would you treat others, and show up differently in the world, with this kind of love in your life? Learn how to use the practical tools of Nonviolent Communication to help transform negative patterns and self-talk into empowering choices based on your needs—free of blame, demand, guilt, or shame.
(92nd St. Y, NYC) Empathy 101: Speaking and Listening — Effective Communication Through Empathy – March 13, 2018
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In this interactive workshop, learn how to inspire and motivate others without coercion, guilt or shame — getting far better results in the long term and with less pain. Come with some real-life situations you’d like greater clarity on.
(Austin, TX) Skillful Presence: Honing Empathy for Deeper Client Transformation – March 3-4, 2018
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A two-day practicum in Nonviolent Communication for therapists and coaches who have attended 2+ days of training with Dian Killian. This application program is for therapists and coaches who want to deepen their own self-empathy-connection and practice deeper application of powerful NVC skills and processes with their clients.
(Austin, TX) Empathic Presence: How to Create Transformational Shifts with your Clients by Accessing Core Needs – March 1-2, 2018
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In this two day immersion in Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication, a model developed by psychologist Marshall Rosenberg PhD and based on the work of Carl Rogers, we will experience first hand the profound impact of being completely and empathically present to others and ourselves and how to integrate empathic listening (including somatic-based empathy and empathic-based inner parts exploration) in our healing work. This highly experiential workshop includes kinesthetic and somatic learning and practices, role-play, exercises (including to practice with clients), and games. The focus is on integrating core practices with clients.
(Austin, TX) Authenticity, Intimacy and Trust: Creating the Relationships You Want with Nonviolent Communication, February 23-25, 2018
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Most of us long to be fully authentic in our relationships. We want to be accepted and loved for who we are. Yet turning up with full honesty can be challenging. Will you be heard? Or will the other person turn up with defensiveness, misunderstanding and blame? And when misunderstanding does occur, how can we restore connection and trust?
(92nd St. Y, NYC) Empathy 101: Making Peace with Your Inner Critic — How to Ease Up on Negative Self-Talk, February 13, 2018
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Negative self-talk can drain energy and block us from achieving our full potential. Just as bad: Our inner critic often affects how we relate to others, resulting in a lack of harmony, connection and understanding. In this interactive program, learn techniques to help you embrace the positive intent of your inner critic and gain greater clarity about what matters most. And get the results you want!
(Cornell) Building Bridges: How to Get Results With Difficult People and Turn Impasses Into Opportunity, February 5-6, 2018
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This two-day program includes the one day (first day) program called Do You Hear Me? How to Know You’re Heard. Cornell staff can register for the one or two day versions. The general public can register for the two day version (only) at a reduced fee.
A 2-day immersion in game-changing Collaborative Communication skills! Every day at work, we depend on other people- to get ideas and projects budgeted and approved, to find solutions, and to move projects forward. But what do you do if you are at a standstill or loggerheads with someone not cooperating or responding- or even blocking your way? In this two day immersion, learn practical skills that will help you to immediately start resolving impasses and find new solutions. Learn how to break through blocks and foster mutual trust, respect, and goodwill, through four basic steps you can practice in many situations with colleagues, supervisors and clients–and even at home.
(92nd St. Y, NYC) Empathy 101: Setting Achievable New Year’s Resolutions, January 23, 2018
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Based on tried and tested coaching and communication techniques, learn in this program how to connect with what’s really driving your choices and make goals for yourself that are tangible, doable and achievable, leading to greater satisfaction, self-understanding and results!
(NYC) Stay Cool, Calm, and Connected This Holiday, December 8, 2017
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Have you ever reached an impasse with colleagues, clients, family or friends — In this interactive workshop, learn practical skills to resolve and avoid difficult and time consuming impasses. Learn how to navigate challenging conversations in a game-changing way to get immediate clarity, empowerment and results while restoring long-term confidence and trust. 7pm at the Park Slope Food Coop.
(NYC) What’s Driving You: Getting to the Core of What Matters– For You & Your Clients, November 28, 2017
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In this 90 minute interactive workshop, learn about the core steps of Nonviolent Communication and how they can make a crucial difference in hearing and acting on the needs of your clients and resolving live issues as they come up during facilitation.
(92nd St Y NYC) Navigating Difficult People -Holiday Edition! November 16, 2017
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Have you ever reached an impasse with colleagues, clients, family or friends — and not seen a solution or way out?
Is there someone in your office or at home who never seems to cooperate or make things easy for you and others? In this interactive workshop, learn practical skills to resolve and avoid difficult and time consuming impasses. Learn how to navigate challenging conversations in a game-changing way to get immediate clarity, empowerment and results while restoring long-term confidence and trust.
(Hamburg, Germany) Somatic Based Empathy for Self-Healing and Growth, October 13-15, 2017
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Would you like to listen more closely to your body, work more easily through blocks and triggers, and gain deeper self-connection, wisdom and insight?
Somatic-Based Empathy, a practice developed by Dian Killian, PhD, blends coaching and NVC-based, deep self-empathy practices to listen closely to what our bodies are communicating to us via physical sensations. In addition to providing invaluable information and deeper, grounded wisdom, Somatic-Based Empathy can also result in relief from physical pain and discomfort and lead to new opening, release and renewed energy.
(92nd St Y NYC) Make Peace with Your Inner Critic: Transform Self-Judgment Into Self-Knowledge, October 3, 2017
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Negative self-talk can drain energy and block us from achieving our fill potential.
Just as bad: Our inner critic often affects how we relate to others, resulting in a lack of harmony, connection and understanding. In this introductory program, learn techniques to help you embrace the positive intent of your inner critic and gain greater clarity about what matters most.
(North Carolina) Nonviolent Communication for Better Living, August 11-13, 2017
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How do you respond to difficult people and challenging conversations? This workshop offers tools for creating mutual understanding, trust, intimacy, and meaning in your relationships.
(ONLINE) Overcoming Workplace Challenges using NVC, Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 5 PM – 6 PM
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Do you seek MORE JOY at WORK? Join me to learn my 5 top NVC practices to foster greater ease, clarity, trust and respect at work. These practices will transform how you manage your team, work with others, and your clients. This online webinar will be presented by NVC Connect on Zoom, so you can join the conversation from anywhere in the world.
(ONLINE) Hit the Ground Running: How to Build and Sustain Your NVC Business, Wednesdays, July 5 – August 30
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Do you dream about being an NVC trainer and sharing these life-changing skills full time to help others and change the world?
Or are you already an NVC trainer who wants to increase your ease and sustainability?
In this crash course, learn all the practical pieces you want and need to make your NVC practice a success!
(Cornell) Getting Things Done: How to Get Results with Difficult People and Situations, June 12-13, 2017
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In this interactive, 2-day intensive, learn practical skills to resolve and avoid difficult and time consuming impasses. Learn how to navigate challenging conversations in a game-changing way to get immediate clarity, empowerment and results while restoring long-term confidence and trust. Critical communication barriers can become opportunities for collaboration, building trust and moving forward in new ways.
(ONLINE) Women’s Rights: Universal Rights, June 10, 2017
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Part of “Removing Our Blinders: Seeing the Impact of Power and Privilege”, a 7-session Video Conference framed around exposing and acknowledging the impact and power of privilege.
During this session, we’ll review the current status of women in the world in terms of violence, poverty, education and other key factors. We’ll also consider the visibility and inclusion of women in the NVC community. Together we’ll hold space for sharing our own experiences, as well as for collective grieving and mourning —including how we have internalized this oppression and allowed it to impact our own choices and behavior. By naming what is happening in the world, and how internalized oppression affects us as women, we hope to create space for our individual and collective liberation, and discern ways we can meet our needs for dignity, respect, safety, and change.
(Sivananda Ashram, Bahamas) Living Peace and Somatic-Based Empathy, May 28 – June 1, 2017
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Living Peace (May 28 – 29): We all desire to be compassionate and caring with others and ourselves. But how do we actually accomplish this?—especially in moments when angry, hurt or scared.
Somatic-Based Empathy (May 30-June 1): Our bodies often hold crucial information for us, sometimes stored for years and decades, sometimes in response to the moment. This course is for anyone who wants to listen more closely to their body, work more easily through blocks and triggers, and gain deeper self-connection, wisdom and insight. (Pre-req: Living Peace).
(92nd St. Y, NYC) Words That Work: How to Communicate More Effectively With Colleagues, Clients, and Bosses, May 24, 2017
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In this introductory program, learn practical tools that will help you get on the same page, build accountability and resolve differences at work every day — in sales and meetings, and when collaborating and addressing conflicts and differences. Gain clarity, greater cooperation and ease.
(ONLINE) How Privilege / Lack of Privilege Affects Women: A Fishbowl Discussion, May 20, 2017
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For most of us, issues of privilege are so embedded in our daily lives that we have become inured to them. We’re often unaware of its subtle nuances – so much so that we may not even know to ask questions.
Dian Killian and Mary Mackenzie moderate a free Fishbowl discussion on How Privilege and/or Lack of Privilege Affects Women. The Fishbowl is open to a select number of people – chosen in advance – who will be actively participating in the discussion: the ‘FISH’ of the process. Everyone else (up to 200 people) is welcome to WITNESS the dialogue between the FISH and moderators.
(NYC) How to Make Peace With Your Inner Critic, April 20, 2017
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OUT PROFESSIONALS PRESENTS AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP DESIGNED TO HELP YOU TRANSFORM SELF-JUDGMENT INTO SELF-KNOWLEDGE. Negative self-talk drains energy and blocks us from achieving our full potential. Just as bad, our inner critic often affects how we relate to others, resulting in a lack of harmony, connection and understanding. At the LGBT Center in Manhattan.
(92nd St. Y, NYC) Feedback That Gets Results: How to Share What Matters Most and Be Heard, April 13, 2017
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In this interactive workshop, learn how to navigate challenging conversations by practicing a four-step communication model that transforms critical communication barriers into opportunities for clarity, collaboration, understanding and respect. Learn how to resolve immediate impasses while strengthening work relations.
(Austin, TX) HEALING THROUGH LISTENING: An Immersion in NVC for Therapeutic Practice, April 6-7, 2017; Plus MASTER LISTENING: An NVC Practicum, April 8-9, 2017
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At the basis of all healing and transformational work is a person being deeply heard. It is through being heard that a person gains insight, understanding, and empathy and renewed internal resources to better navigate their own needs and the feelings and needs of others. For therapists, social workers, coaches, and counselors.
(Ithaca, NY) Healing Through Listening: The Therapeutic & Transformative Practice of Nonviolent Communication, March 31 – April 1, 2017
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At the basis of all healing and transformational work is a person being deeply heard. It is through being heard that a person gains insight, understanding, and empathy and renewed internal resources to better navigate their own needs and the feelings and needs of others. This highly experiential and popular workshop will include kinesthetic and somatic learning, role-play, and experiential exercises and games, and will focus specifically on integrating the model in therapeutic and coaching settings.
(Allihies, Ireland) International Women’s Retreat, March 9-12, 2017
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How are you living in alignment with your own vision and values? And creating change at work, home and in your community? Come deepen your self-connection and capacity for authentic engagement with others via three days of living and learning Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication.
(Kripalu, Stockbridge, MA) Nonviolent Communication: Transform Your Inner Critic with Self-Compassion, February 10-12, 2017
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Do you treat others with kindness and compassion yet find it challenging to do the same for yourself? Negative self-talk can drain your life energy, block you from living fully, and keep you from acting on your dreams. That inner critic can even impact how you relate to others, resulting in a lack of peace and harmony. Learn to treat yourself with the same loving-kindness that you extend to others.
(NYC) Make Peace with Your Inner Critic: Transform Self-Judgement Into Self-Knowledge, January 24, 2017
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Negative self-talk can drain energy and block us from achieving our fill potential. Just as bad: Our inner critic often affects how we relate to others, resulting in a lack of harmony, connection and understanding. In this introductory program, learn techniques to help you embrace the positive intent of your inner critic and gain greater clarity about what matters most.
(Austin, TX) Healing through Listening: An Immersion in NVC for Therapeutic Practice + Master Listening: An NVC Practicum, January 19 – 22, 2017
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At the basis of all healing and transformational work is a person being deeply heard. It is through being heard that a person gains insight, understanding, and empathy and renewed internal resources to better navigate their own needs and the feelings and needs of others. For therapists, social workers, coaches, and counselors
(Cornell, Ithaca, NY) Four Steps to Effective Feedback: A Roadmap for Success, January 9-10, 2017
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Have you ever seen things differently or reached an impasse with colleagues, staff or a supervisor? Would you like to find solutions that are more satisfying, effective and empowering, with clear next steps? In this interactive workshop, learn how to resolve immediate impasses while strengthening work relations.
(Hamburg, Germany) Somatic Based Empathy for Self-Healing and Growth, December 3-4, 2016
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Would you like to listen more closely to your body, work more easily through blocks and triggers, and gain deeper self-connection, wisdom and insight? Experience new break-throughs in your life while learning practical, transformative tools you can use every day, in your own practice and in supporting others.
(NYC) Dealing with Difficult People: Holiday Edition! November 15, 2016
Enjoy the holidays more this year by knowing how to navigate some of the most challenging people in your life — including those sitting across the dinner table. In this interactive workshop, learn how to navigate challenging conversations by practicing a four-step communication model that transforms critical communication barriers into opportunities for clarity, collaboration and action.
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(Kripalu, Stockbridge, Massachusetts) Transform Your Relationships Using Nonviolent Communication, November 6-11, 2016
How do you respond to difficult people and challenging conversations? Nonviolent Communication offers tools for creating mutual understanding, trust, intimacy, and meaning in your relationships. This retreat is for everyone. Presenters include Dian Killian, Martha Lasley and Marc Weiner.
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(NYC) Getting What You Really Want Without Regretting it Later, October 26, 2016
Colleagues not following through? Teens not doing their homework or chores? Your partner prioritizing work over you and your relationship? In this interactive workshop, learn how to inspire and motivate others without coercion, guilt or shame — getting far better results in the long term and with less pain. Come with some actual situations you’d like greater clarity on.
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(Saratoga Springs, NY) Advancing Our Advocacy Conference, October 25, 2016
Join Dian Killian–NVC trainer, coach, and author–for two talks at the annual Advancing Our Advocacy Conference organized by the New York State Dispute Resolution Association: “Hearing The ‘Yes’ Behind The ‘No:’ Finding Creative, Collaborative Solutions” and “Getting Your Needs Met By Making Powerful Requests.”
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(Framingham, MA) Bridging Our Divides 2016 Conference, October 14-16, 2016
Dian Killian–NVC trainer, coach, and author–will be co-facilitating the following sessions at the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation’s Bridging our Divides 2016 Conference: “Race, Violence, & Policing in America” and “Can-Do Consensus Decision-Making.”
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(NYC) Make Peace with Your Inner Critic: Transform Self-judgment into Self-Knowledge, September 26, 2016
Negative self-talk can drain energy and block us from achieving our full potential. In this introductory program, learn techniques to help you embrace the positive intent of your inner critic and gain greater clarity about what matters most.
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(Online) NVC at Work: Transforming Organizations with Nonviolent Communication, September 14, 2016 through October 19, 2016
This 6-session videoconference series is tailored for individuals passionate about sharing NVC with organizations and for new and seasoned trainers who want to grow their business. You’ll receive inside information and support from a coach and trainer with over 10 years experience working with a range of organizations, from small nonprofits to major NGOs and Fortune 100 companies. You’ll benefit by gaining “Know-How” and clarity about your goals for bringing NVC into the world… confidence in how to approach clients… how to design and deliver effective workplace trainings… and how to retain those clients and build your NVC business.
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(NYC) Managing Teams Collaboratively: Tools for Conflict Resolvers, July 7, 2016
How can we use our skills as conflict resolvers to foster greater collaboration and effectiveness in the workplace, especially in how managers work with others? Hear about some common blocks that organizations and managers face and how specific collaborative skills (based on conflict resolution practices) can make a key difference, resolving specific issues and creating a more effective work place for everyone, with improved morale and greater buy-in, accountability and trust.
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(Cornell) Four Steps to Effective Feedback: A Roadmap for Success, June 27-28, 2016
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Have you ever seen things differently or reached an impasse with colleagues, staff or a supervisor? Would you like to find solutions that are more satisfying, effective and empowering, with clear next steps? In this interactive workshop, learn how to resolve immediate impasses while strengthening work relations.
(Austin, TX) Healing Through Listening, June 10-12, 2016
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In this three day exploration of Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication, a model developed by psychologist Marshall Rosenberg PhD and based on the work of Carl Rogers, we will experience first hand the profound impact of being completely and empathically present to others and ourselves and how to integrate empathic listening (including somatic-based empathy) in our healing work.
(NYC) Hearing the Yes Behind the No: Getting What You Want Without Regretting It Later! April 18, 2016
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In this interactive workshop learn some simple steps to help you hear what others are saying yes to when they say no, and find win-win solutions in which every-one’s needs matter. Come with some actual situations you’d like greater clarity on.
(Sivananda Ashram, Bahamas ) An Immersion in Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication: Creating Peace with Others and Ourselves, March 9-13, 2016
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We all desire to be compassionate and caring, and to hold our own needs with care, but how do we actually accomplish this? This five-day immersion is a highly interactive program ideal for those new to Nonviolent Communication and those wanting to deepen their practice through music, storytelling, roleplaying, games, small group activities, and somatic-based empathy.
(Stockbridge, MA)Transform Your Inner Critic with Nonviolent Communication: How to Be Your Own Best Friend, February 26-28, 2016
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Do you treat others with kindness and compassion yet find it challenging to do the same for yourself? Negative self-talk can drain your life energy, block you from living fully, and keep you from acting on your dreams. That inner critic can even impact how you relate to others, resulting in a lack of peace and harmony. Learn to treat yourself with the same loving-kindness that you extend to others.
(Brooklyn, NY) Living Boldly: Women’s Winter Weekend, January 29 – 31, 2016
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When we are living authentically with others and ourselves, we experience the greatest intimacy, meaning and aliveness. How can we more deeply listen to what our own instincts and bodies tell us—about what gives us joy, purpose and delight? What do you want to manifest this year? What will support you in achieving your vision–and meeting your needs and goals? This retreat will be held in a cozy private apartment looking out on a winter garden.
(NYC) Communicating with Difficult People, January 21, 2016
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Have you ever reached an impasse with colleagues, clients, a family member or person on the street? In this interactive session, participants will learn how to navigate challenging conversations by practicing a four-step communication model that transforms critical communication barriers into opportunities for clarity, collaboration and action.
(Cornell, Ithaca, NY) Four Steps to Effective Feedback, January 11-12, 2016
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Have you ever seen things differently or reached an impasse with colleagues, staff or a supervisor? Would you like to find solutions that are more satisfying, effective and empowering, with clear next steps? In this interactive workshop, learn how to navigate challenging conversations by practicing a four-step communication model that transforms critical communication barriers into opportunities for clarity, collaboration, understanding and respect. Learn how to resolve immediate impasses while strengthening work relations.
(Frankfurt, Germany) NVC at Work: Transforming Organizations with Nonviolent Communication, December 7-8, 2015
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In this two day intensive, get crucial inside information from a trainer with extensive experience and hands-on experience via role play and actual development of marketing materials, objectives, and program/training design. “Crack the code” on bringing NVC into the workplace! Share NVC widely, impact cultural structures, and foster your sustainability as a trainer!
(PSFC, Brooklyn, NY) Nonviolent/Compassionate Communication for Greater Ease with your Family, Saturday, Nov. 7th, 4-5:30pm
[details] As the holidays approach, are you dreading conversations with certain family members? Come learn some practical steps that will help you enjoy greater ease, understanding and connection even with the most challenging people at your dinner table.
(92Y, New York, NY) Making Peace with Your Inner Critic, Thursday, Nov. 5th, 7-8:30pm
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Are you your own worst enemy? Negative selftalk can drain energy and block us from living to our full potential. Transform self-judgement into self-knowledge!
In this introductory program, learn techniques that can help you embrace the positive intent of your inner critic and gain greater clarity about what matters to you most.
(New York, NY) How to Deal with Difficult People – and Even Enjoy it!, October 28, 2015, 6:30-8:30pm
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Dealing with such people can be especially crucial at work, where time is at a premium and your performance depends upon support and collaboration.
This Out Professionals workshop is designed to give you the tools to transform any situation into one marked by greater insight, connection and trust.
(Kripalu, MA) Transform Your Relationships Using Nonviolent Communication, October 18 – 23, 2015
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How do you respond to difficult people and challenging conversations? Nonviolent Communication offers tools for creating mutual understanding, trust, intimacy, and meaning in your relationships. Based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg, author of Nonviolent Communication, and led by trainers who have co-taught many intensives with Marshall, this program helps you transform how you relate to others—by practicing self-empathy, connecting to the needs of others, and asking for what you want.
(PSFC, Brooklyn, NY) Be-Friending your Inner Critic, Saturday, Sept. 19th, 3-4:30pm
[details] Are you your own best friend–or your worst enemy? Come learn some simple and powerful tools to transform negative self-talk and demands into greater awareness, self-compassion, action and choice. Transform those nasty inner critics into advocates!
(Light on the Hill, NY) Sixth Annual East Coast NVC Women’s Retreat), August 20 – 23, 2015
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The East Coast NVC Women’s Retreat offers a unique opportunity each year for women to learn and deepen their NVC skills and to explore and expand what is available and possible from connecting more deeply with others and themselves. The retreat offers a time for rest and reflection in a nurturing and supportive environment. Women tell us year after year that this retreat is deeply enriching, energizing, life-changing and healing.
(Cornell, NY) Four Steps to Effective Feedback, June 22-23, 2015
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In this interactive workshop, learn how to navigate challenging conversations by practicing a four-step communication model that transforms critical communication barriers into opportunities for clarity, collaboration, understanding and respect. Learn how to resolve immediate impasses while strengthening work relations.
(Omega, MA) Calm Your Inner Critic, June 7-12, 2015
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In this workshop, we integrate Compassionate Nonviolent Communication with coaching, Somatic-Based Empathy, and deep compassion for ourselves. We learn effective steps to embrace the positive intent of our inner critic and gain greater clarity about what matters most to us. Detox from negative self-judgment and learn to take positive, transformative steps in your life, all while living with greater self-kindness, insight, and compassion.
(Copper Beach, CT) Mindful Communication, May 8-10, 2015
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How do we stay connected with our own values–especially when others may do or say things that we find hurtful or misguided? And how do we practice the inverse of the “Golden Rule”— treating ourselves with care and compassion, especially when we may have judgments or regrets about our own words and actions? In this retreat workshop, drawing on a mindfulness practice most widely known as Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), we will learn how to better listen to others and ourselves, communicate with compassion and empowerment, and enhance the quality of our relationships, both at work and at home.
(NYC) Hearing the Yes Behind the No: Getting What You Want Without Regretting it Later, May 30 2015
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In this interactive workshop learn some simple steps to help you hear what others are saying yes to when they say no, and find win-win solutions in which every-one’s needs matter. Come with some actual situations you’d like greater clarity on.
(CT) Mindful Communication: Living Compassionately with Others and Ourselves
May 8 – 10, 2015
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How do we stay connected with our own values–especially when others may do or say things that we find hurtful or misguided? And how do we practice the inverse of the “Golden Rule”— treating ourselves with care and compassion, especially when we may have judgments or regrets about our own words and actions?
In this workshop, drawing on a mindfulness practice most widely known as Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), we will learn how to better listen to others and ourselves, communicate with compassion and empowerment, and enhance the quality of our relationships, both at work and at home.
(Kripalu) Be Your Own Best Friend: Nonviolent Communication to Transform Your Inner Critic
February 20 – 22, 2015
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Do you treat others with kindness and compassion, yet find it challenging to do the same for yourself? Negative self-talk can drain your life energy, block you from living fully, keep you from acting on your dreams, and create disharmony in your relationships.
Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication techniques, integrated with coaching and empathy, give you clarity about what matters most so you can make choices that honor your needs and values. Learn to treat yourself with the same loving-kindness that you extend to others.
(Bahamas) Freedom from Triggers: Creating Greater Choice and Connection in Our Lives
February 9 – 11, 2015
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We all get triggered at times — and then go into fight-or-flight mode, shut down, or say or do things we later regret. How do we find compassion for ourselves in these moments, and find the resources to make different choices that are more life-serving for others and ourselves? In this highly interactive course, you will learn how to transform your inner critics into allies, break through blocks, and better self-manage challenging situations.
(Bahamas) Creating Peace with Others and Ourselves
February 7 – 8, 2015
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We all desire to connect with and express our innate sense of compassion and caring, but how do we actually accomplish these intentions? In this two-day immersion, you will re-connect with these intentions and learn powerful, practical skills that can greatly support you in communicating with more honesty, authenticity, connection, and compassion – with others and with yourself!
(Cornell) A Road Map to Success: Four Steps to Effective Feedback
January 12 – 13, 2015
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Have you ever seen things differently or reached an impasse with colleagues, staff or a supervisor? Would you like to find solutions that are more satisfying, effective and empowering, with clear next steps? In this interactive workshop, learn how to navigate challenging conversations by practicing a four-step communication model that transforms critical communication barriers into opportunities for clarity, collaboration, understanding and respect. Learn how to resolve immediate impasses while strengthening work relations.
(NYC) Empathic Communication: Love the One You’re With
Nov 19, 2014. Register online here.
In relationships, it can be easy to focus on the other person: Are they really listening to me? Do they care? Does the relationship–and quality time for the two of us—matter? Yet ironically, it’s listening to ourselves—our own feelings and needs, and our capacity for hearing others, that can make a real difference in how well we relate and how well the relationship succeeds. In this crash course on empathic listening, we will learn simple steps that can help us better hear and act on our own feelings and needs, and respond to the needs of others, leading to greater understanding, harmony, clarity, and connection. Toward the end of the workshop, we’ll enjoy a delicious Ayurvedic dinner.
(NYC) Urban Empathy — True Life Adventures of Compassion on the Streets of NY
November 14, 2014
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Come hear Dian Killian, book author and Certified Trainer with the international Center for Nonviolent Communication, about practicing empathy and compassionate communication in everyday challenging situations–including the holidays with your family!
(92nd St. Y) How to Make Peace with Your Inner Critic: Transform Self-Judgment into Self-Knowledge
November 4, 2014
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In this introductory program, learn techniques that can help you embrace the positive intent of your inner critic and gain greater clarity about what matters to you most.
(Kripalu) Transform Your Relationships Using Nonviolent Communication, Stockbridge, MA
October 5 – 10, 2014
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How do you respond to difficult people and challenging conversations? Join Martha Lasley and Dian Killian to find more trust, intimacy, and meaning in your relationships through Nonviolent Communication.
Based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg, this program helps you transform your relationships by practicing self-empathy, connecting deeply to the needs of others, and asking for what you want. You can also use this retreat to work on the most vital relationship of all―the relationship with yourself.
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