Course content

My relationship with myself

• inner mindful awareness

• listening to all our voices and integrating them

• mindset changes that serve us better

• mourning & celebrating

• listening to your inner voice empathically, resonating with yourself, self-cmpassion

• transforming our inner chatter into a supportive, compassionate voice

• neuroscientific insights about how our brain and nervous system works and how to foster creating the change we wish to see

My relationship with others

• deep empathy skills

• resonant empathy circles (inspired by Sarah Peyton's work)

• accepting expressions of appreciation about ourselves

• authentic, caring self-expression

• saying "no" with care

• hearing other people's "no" without rejection

• setting clear boundaries while maintaining connection

• the art of meeting our needs better through making clearer requests

• feedback that supports growth

• expressing appreciation

• identifying our inner habits of relating to ourselves

• identifying what we really value and living our needs

• the partnership model, nonviolent and compassionate use of power

• healing and reconcilitation with others

• basic mediation skills (if there is interest)

• make your request to me to add a topic, we'll be co-creating the course as we go along, based on your wishes and needs.

How the course works- what you get

• Reading, practice and other materials to integrate the information in each unit

• 2 live calls a month, of 2 hour duration on Zoom. Sundays, from at 18:00 - 20:00 (GMT), starting on Sept 13th. We will meet mostly on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month. The exceptions are Dec, June and July when we will meet on the 1st and 3rd Sundays (due to how holidays line up). 

• Recordings of each call (video and audio versions)- no worries if you can't make all the live calls

• Opportunity to engage with other participants as practice buddies or in groups (outside of class, in your own schedule, a one hour call weekly tends to work well for people)

• Private Facebook group access to stay in contact with me and other participants in my classes between sessions, to ask questions, share celebrations or moments where your practice didn't work as hoped. This is a chance to learn together and feel part of a learning community that is practicing NVC.

• BONUS: Free access to my monthly NVC Practice Group (one 90 min call monthly) free of charge while you are on the course (Sept 28, Oct 26).

• BONUS: Mindfulness meditations to practice daily NVC consciousness

Time Commitment

You will make this course work for you and it is up to you how much to practice outside the calls. For the 10 months we are together, I will suggest that you join us for:

• 1x 2 hours live session twice a month (or slightly shorter time to watch recordings)

• about 1 hour of reading and/or exercises per week

• daily time to reflect on your progress in a journal

• 10-15 minutes of mindfulness NVC practice daily

• 1x 1hour practice buddy call a week (optional but strongly suggested).

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The exercises can be practiced at any time, so don’t stress if you don’t get to everything in the time we are together. You can spread it out over a longer period, redo the exercises, etc.

Your engagement and practice will have a huge impact on your understanding and integration of the material- and on how the positive changes you will see. In particular, empathy, even though it is a natural human ability, requires practice to be developed further.

I will invite you to make this course work for you, and I will help you do just that. This is the type of course that you can take lightly to get some basic concepts and tips, or you can take very seriously and immerse yourself in the material and practice beyond the suggestions. It is up to you, your needs in this moment and your availability.