Long time practitioner Mukti tells her NVC story, as well as explains how Emotionally Focused Therapy has added another dimension to her couples counseling work. She offers courses at EveryDayLove.com.au that integrate insights from both modes.
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Episode 43: NVC & Conscience
Maria Santelli, Executive Director of the Center on Conscience and War, and giver of the TedTalk “Witnessing the Power of Conscience,” speaks of her work with conscientious objectors.
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 41: Beyond the Guru Vibe
Michael and I discuss the temptation to seek ego in relationship.
Episode 40: Toward Sensation & Faith with Stephen Michael Tumolo
Stephen Michael Tumolo is Executive Director of Heart to Heart: Comienzos East. 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 here.
Episode 39: Mentee-Mentor Dialogue
Erin and I chew over the Max Rivers interview on NLP (Episode 35), and ponder what is involved in progressing in NVC.
Episode 38: Josh Stein & Circling (2/x)
Josh Stein runs The School of Circling Wizardry. 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 37: NVC & Authentic Relating Games
Brian Tohana introduces me to Authentic Relating Games.
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 35: NVC & NLP
The Marriage Mediator, Max Rivers, explains how NLP training informs his needs-based approach to marriage mediation.