NVC Monthly Newsletter

March 2024

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Events

You'll be immersed in a community of people learning, practicing, and applying Nonviolent Communication from the moment you sign up. 

Each of CNVC's IITs are hosted in different countries and languages in effort to expand their reach for all who wish to experience the depth of NVC and connect with a growing community of passionate learners and practitioners.

Upcoming IITs

• Poland - Starts March 15th
• Taiwan - Starts March 29th
• Austria - Slovenia - Starts April 19th

Articles

How Does NVC Address the Topic of Corporal Punishment? 

How does NVC view corporal punishment specifically, and punishment in general?

Is punishment ever ok? What about corporal punishment? 

Is it possible to let someone know that what they did did not work for you — or to have them learn a lesson — without resorting to punishment?

Does NVC advocate for no consequences at all? 

If NVC is not about permissiveness, how do you set boundaries without that being a punishment?

These are all worthwhile questions! 

Let’s get into them, but first, let’s define Nonviolent Communication (NVC). 

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Nonviolent Communication is power with people..

Marshall Rosenberg

Fundraisers

The Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio shares the principles and practices of Compassionate-Nonviolent Communication (NVC), as developed by the American psychologist, Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, and inspired by the nonviolence teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Founded in 2006, we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Columbus, Ohio, USA that works in partnership with other regional NVC organizations throughout the world, and with the international organization founded by Dr. Rosenberg, the Center for Nonviolent Communication.

A non-profit organization equipping people for practical peacemaking and restorative connections Help us share Compassionate Communication widely. Join in creating a more compassionate world and consider making one-time or a recurring donation.

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Book Specials

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Concept by Meiji Stewart. Illustrated by David Blaisdell. 

©Meiji Stewart nonviolentcommunication.com

CDs and DVDs 

We offer Audio and Video of Marshall Rosenberg's teachings and wisdom.  Nonviolent Communication provides powerful tools for resolving differences at personal, professional, and political levels. Dr. Rosenberg first created and began to offer Nonviolent Communication skills training to peacefully integrate schools and other public institutions during the 1960s. Since then, Dr. Rosenberg and his associates have introduced NVC in over thirty countries to educators, students, parents, managers, mental health and health care providers, military officers, peace activists, lawyers and mediators, prisoners, police and clergy, and more.

These dvd’s and cd’s are copyrighted. Purchasing these from the Puddledancer Press website ensures that royalties will be paid to the Rosenberg foundation. If you view these videos/cds from other sites then no royalties are paid. Thank you for your consideration.

Video Details 

• The Basics of NVC
  • Runtime: 4 hours
  • $9.95 
• Making Life Wonderful
  • Runtime: 8 hours
  • $12.95

Audio Details 

• Expressing and Receiving Anger Compassionately 
• Giraffe Fuel for Life 
• Needs and Empathy 
• Live Compassionately 
• Intimate Relationships 
• Experiencing Needs as a Gift 
• $4.95 each

Poem

Accentuate the positive.

Balance work, rest and play.

Communicate with respect.

Don’t sweat the small stuff.

Encourage healthy habits.

Find ways to say, “I love you”.

Grow with love and laughter.

Help you do for yourself.

Inspire interdependence.

Juggle schedules to “be there”.

Know there are no “perfect families”.

Look for the best in each other.

Make the world a better place.

Never created by accident.

Openly talk about whatever’s up.

Provide safety and security.

Quickly mend fences and move on.

Remind you of your uniqueness.

Savor memories and traditions.

Take time to really listen and care.

Understand how precious “family time” is.

Value everyone’s feelings and needs.

Work things out peacefully.

Xperience life’s ups and downs together.

Yearn to make a difference.

Zoom in on what really matters.

© Meiji Stewart

Spread Love & Empathy with Interactive Cards & Games

Designed by NVC trainers, GROKtheWorld.com games are a playful way to increase emotional intelligence and spread compassion. Check out GROK, KidsGROK and WeGROK, as well as our books & facilitation resources. 

Good for couples, parents, and NVC facilitators!

Handouts

• NVC Summary of Basic Concepts
• Key Facts About NVC
• The 4-Part NVC Process
• Feelings and Needs We All Have
• Differentiating Between Feelings And Faux Feelings from John Kinyon © John Kinyon, NVC trainer and author of Mediate Your Life
• First Gen NVCers - This is a link to the website and resources of First Generation NVCers, a group of individuals certified by Marshall before 1990. First Generation NVCers want to transmit NVC as they received it from Marshall. Their website shares their experiences with Marshall and learnings from him, plus stories about how CNVC & NVC developed.
• Giraffes Around the World CNVC Playlist with 200+ videos

• Cascadia Workshops – Intro to NVC Handout
• Street Giraffe – Handy Handouts
• NVC Next Gen – NVC Informational Handouts
• Radical Compassion – NVC Handouts
• Nonviolent Communication Handouts
• Marshall Rosenberg NVC Handouts
• Marshall Rosenberg Videos on Youtube

We can never make anyone do anything against their will without enormous consequences.

Marshall Rosenberg

Book Excerpts

Practical Spirituality - Chapter 1

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Power over leads to punishment and violence. Power-with leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame, or anger.

Marshall Rosenberg

Resources

NVC in the News

• Enhancing Connections: The Power of Nonviolent Communication | Psychology Today

At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs.

Marshall Rosenberg

Learning

The NVC Academy offers hundreds of affordable online personal growth courses and resources to learn Nonviolent Communication from home.

Visit the NVC Academy

The Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) is a global organization that supports the learning and sharing of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and helps people peacefully and effectively resolve conflicts in personal, organizational, and political settings.

Visit CNVC.org/learn/intensive-trainings

When rules are established by the people who are going to be affected by them, not handed down unilaterally by some authority, and everyone sees that the intention is to protect, not to punish, these rules are more likely to be respected. This is true regardless of peoples’ ages

Marshall Rosenberg

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