The NVCpractice.com Podcast

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is the name given by the late Marshall Rosenberg to a theory and practice of empathy.

Episode 44: NVC & EFT 05/28/2018

Episode 44: NVC & EFT Long time practitioner Mukti tells her NVC story, as well as explains how has added another dimension to her couples counseling work. She offers courses at that integrate insights from both modes. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/6640459

Episode 43: NVC & Conscience 05/21/2018

Episode 43: NVC & Conscience Maria Santelli, Executive Director of the Center on Conscience and War, and giver of the TedTalk "," speaks of her work with conscientious objectors. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/6616379

Episode 42: NVC & Being Seen 08/21/2017

Episode 42: NVC & Being Seen Mariska and I explore the linked values of being seen and mattering in a romantic relationship. How does"What do I want?" weigh against, "What can I accept?" /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5663094

Episode 41: Beyond the Guru Vibe 08/07/2017

Episode 41: Beyond the Guru Vibe Michael and I discuss the temptation to seek ego in relationship. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5611678

Episode 40: Toward Sensation & Faith with Stephen Michael Tumolo 07/31/2017

Episode 40: Toward Sensation & Faith with Stephen Michael Tumolo Stephen Michael Tumolo is Executive Director of . His organization teaches sensation-awareness, mindfulness, and NVC in jails, prisons, and half-way houses. An article portraying the work he and his volunteer staff do can be found . /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5593333

Episode 39: Mentee-Mentor Dialogue 07/24/2017

Episode 39: Mentee-Mentor Dialogue Erin and I chew over the Max Rivers interview on NLP (), and ponder what is involved in progressing in NVC. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5567642

Episode 38: Josh Stein & Circling (2/x) 07/17/2017

Episode 38: Josh Stein & Circling (2/x) Josh Stein runs . This is our round-about conversation about what circling is, and how he got involved. This is not a conversation about NVC--except in so far as all relational practices are one. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5545723

Episode 37: NVC & Authentic Relating Games 07/10/2017

Episode 37: NVC & Authentic Relating Games introduces me to Authentic Relating Games. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5521456

Episode 36: NVC & BDSM 07/05/2017

Episode 36: NVC & BDSM The distinction between a request and a demand, and the energy attendant on each, is nowhere more consequential than in our sex lives. Jefe and I have a preliminary conversation about how this is at stake in BDSM play. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5507767

Episode 35: NVC & NLP 06/18/2017

Episode 35: NVC & NLP , Max Rivers, explains how NLP training informs his needs-based approach to marriage mediation. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5458633

Episode 34: Investigating Striking Out 06/12/2017

Episode 34: Investigating Striking Out In this short episode I reflect on where I wanted NVCpractice.com to go, and where it seems to me to be going. You might call this episode self-involved, but I'd request to have it heard as an exercise in self-connection. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5439381

Episode 33: Adam Vogal & Bystander Intervention 06/05/2017

Episode 33: Adam Vogal & Bystander Intervention Adam Vogal is the President of the . What is to be done when one is out in public, and suddenly on the cusp of a violent situation? Adam conducts training on how to make sound choices. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5418733

Episode 32: Onboarding a Peaceful Parenting Partner 05/30/2017

Episode 32: Onboarding a Peaceful Parenting Partner Chelsea's NVC challenge is that her partner doesn't share her ideas about how to show up when their young sons are in conflict. It's a fascinating conflict about conflict, I think, and we use role play to begin to find a way to conversation. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5400531

Episode 31: Rawness 05/22/2017

Episode 31: Rawness Erin and I converse about how to stay in relation to emotions that don't readily admit themselves to names. I share that this is something that comes up for me in doing eldercare. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5377432

Episode 30: Andy Drish & Circling (1/X) 05/15/2017

Episode 30: Andy Drish & Circling (1/X) What is circling? And how might it be related to the practice of NVC? This is the first in a series of episodes in which I plan to explore that question. The conversation between Andy and Decker Cunov that I mention as having been so taken by can be found . /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5356233

Episode 29: Mom Empathy & Accepting Help 05/09/2017

Episode 29: Mom Empathy & Accepting Help I request some help from listeners in re-doing my response to a Mom who's all in on the power-with model, and we role play to explore her disinclination to let others meet her needs. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5339417

Episode 28: John Lash: From Rules to Relationship 05/01/2017

Episode 28: John Lash: From Rules to Relationship John Lash of learned NVC in prison, and brings a deeply informed and felt perspective to its place alongside and the principles and practices of . To hear John in conversation with another interlocutor, find Alum Perry's interview with him . /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5314109

Episode 27: The Marriage Mediator (Part 2/2) 04/24/2017

Episode 27: The Marriage Mediator (Part 2/2) suggests that a primary potential of an intimate relationship is revealing and meeting the specific needs one gave up on getting met in one's family of origin. Filmmaker Hanna Utkin () conducts the interview. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5292694

Episode 26: The Marriage Mediator (Part 1/2) 04/17/2017

Episode 26: The Marriage Mediator (Part 1/2) Hanna Utkin (whose Family Camp Documentary is ) interviews Max Rivers (whose marriage mediation portal is ). Part One is Max's back story, as well as the framing of the notion of "Needs." /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5273344

Episode 25: NVC & Deliberate Practice (revisiting, "Thank you for your service.") 04/10/2017

Episode 25: NVC & Deliberate Practice (revisiting, "Thank you for your service.") Sasha helps me re-see and re-imagine a conversation in which I wasn't all that I could be. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5251682

Episode 24: Institutional & Institutionalizing NVC 04/03/2017

Episode 24: Institutional & Institutionalizing NVC M. J. Harding has co-written a musical in which characters vested with institutional power come to use Nonviolent Communication for purposes of surveillance and state-sponsored violence. It's called , and some clips are available . /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5229840

Episode 23: "Thank you for your service." 03/27/2017

Episode 23: "Thank you for your service." A retired Army Ranger has had second thoughts about the meaning of his career. Now he struggles to know how to respond, especially in casual situations, to being acknowledged for it. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5206200

Episode 22: NVC as alternative to default settings 03/21/2017

Episode 22: NVC as alternative to default settings Ryan and I discuss some recent progress he's made employing the NVC framework. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5188140

Episode 21: "It shouldn't be so frickin hard!" (Part 2 of 2) 03/12/2017

Episode 21: "It shouldn't be so frickin hard!" (Part 2 of 2) I give Mariska empathy concerning her love life, and invite or challenge her to go beyond her "natural" skills. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5162625

Episode 20: The Spicey Hamburg Incident (Part 1 of 2) 03/07/2017

Episode 20: The Spicey Hamburg Incident (Part 1 of 2) Mariska and I delve into an incident, trivial in itself, that represents a pattern of disconnection between herself and her boyfriend. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5146483

Episode 19: Role Play & Unpacking Role Play (Part 2 of 2) 02/28/2017

Episode 19: Role Play & Unpacking Role Play (Part 2 of 2) The episode begins with a response to feedback that suggests I make the podcast and its marketing a little more polished, and then I go on to say a bit about how I understand what one actually does to "practice" NVC. The role play with Marilyn represents the two-step form of learning empathy that I value, and that I'm trying to figure out how to feature more often. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5124482

Episode 18: Parents vs. Facebook (Part 1 of 2) 02/20/2017

Episode 18: Parents vs. Facebook (Part 1 of 2) Marilyn teaches NVC, and has three moms in her class who are at a loss as to how to communicate with their adolescents. Marilyn and I role play a conflict as a way to generate resources that might help her in her future role plays with the distraught moms. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5099806

Episode 17: Visionary Parenting and its Discontents 02/12/2017

Episode 17: Visionary Parenting and its Discontents Jodie has a lot of passion for putting into practice some definite ideas about child rearing. But this has led to some friction with her husband, and she finds herself stuck when wanting to offer him empathy. We try to role play our way to some resources. Apologies for some echo in the audio. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5075974

Episode 16: A Bad Dad Redo 02/05/2017

Episode 16: A Bad Dad Redo In response to a divorce, Kate's piqued father cut her out of his life. Thirty years later, when she finally had a chance to talk to him on his deathbed, he had throat cancer and an unreconciled heart. We seek some daughterly peace for her through role play. /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5055876

Episode 15: Empathy and The Closet and Beyond 01/29/2017

Episode 15: Empathy and The Closet and Beyond Kristin Collier talks about her book . I reviewed it , and her website is . /episode/index/show/nvcpractice/id/5033721

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