Get yourself ready for holiday time with extended family members.
A WORKSHOP FOR NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION
An afternoon workshop on compassionate communication, based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg.
Nonviolent communication can be used in a wide variety of situations, and all relationships, from intimate to professional. By understanding and naming the human needs that underlie everyone's words and actions, we create a shared basis for connection, cooperation, and peace.
Facilitated by Gail Carroll
Sunday, November 15th - 1-4pm cost $20 (or pay what you can) as a donation to the VCC
What is Violent Communication?
If “violent” means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm, then much of how we communicate—judging others, bullying, having racial bias, blaming, speaking without listening, criticizing others or ourselves, name-calling, reacting when angry, or judging what’s “right/wrong” with people—could indeed be called “violent communication”.
What is Nonviolent Communication?
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a communication process developed by clinical psychologist Marshall Rosenberg in the 1960s and 1970s based on the principles of nonviolence and humanistic psychology. It aims to increase empathic understanding and reduce conflict in everyday interactions.
Nonviolent Communication is the integration of 3 things:
Consciousness: a set of principles that support living a life of compassion, collaboration, courage, and authenticity
Language: understanding how words contribute to connection or distance
Communication: knowing how to ask for what we want, how to hear others even in disagreement, and how to move toward solutions that work for all
NVC serves our desire to do three things:
Increase our ability to live with choice, meaning, and connection
Connect empathically with self and others to have more satisfying relationships
Sharing of resources so everyone is able to benefit
Gail is a resident of Hancock, lover of Harrisville, and a Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. She brings over 20 years of personal practice and application of NVC to her teaching.