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August 5, 2023 12:45-4:00

Making The Big Shift….
From Blame to Compassionate Understanding

The challenge in life happens daily! Something is said and we feel the gamut from slightly to intensely frustrated, perhaps even anger. The intrusive thoughts of blame, criticism, interpretation, and the many judgements seem to come out of left field perhaps clouding the intent of what was said either by us or what we hear from another. And when we stack these judgements one upon another leaving them unattended, we easily live in emotional separation from others.

Join Us On August 5 as we learn how NVC supports us in the midst of separation to find our way home to ourselves whereby we’re more likely to hear and connect with the shared humanity of another.

This mini-workshop is Free and provided by NVCNashville as we support the mission of learning, practicing and sharing Nonviolent Communication.

All Are Welcome!

What: Making the Big Shift….
from Blame to Compassionate Understanding!
When: August 5
Time: 12:45-4 p.m.
Where: The Nashville Library Edmondson Pike Branch
Fee: FREE!

Registration: We’d like to prepare for you! Please register here: Zina@NVCNashville.org

Some of the tools we’ll apply in this workshop are The NVC Dance Floors and Empathy Poker.
The workshop will be facilitated by Carlene Maginnis, the Center For Nonviolent Communication Certified Trainer.

On August 5, Come Dance Your Way from Blame to Compassion!

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Five Consecutive Sundays,
September 18 – October 16, 2022
2:00 -4:30 PM

Learning, Practicing, and Integrating Nonviolent Communication is a lifetime practice of awareness! It starts with learning what NVC is while living within a cultural background that isn’t! It can be a radical new appreciation and choice of how now to live.If you’re interested in creating the kind of connection with yourself and others inducing the natural giving of the heart we long to access, please join me this fall for this intensive exploration.

Objectives for this course:

• Understanding the concepts and distinctions of NVC.
• Applying the practices, principles and components of NVC to ‘real life’.
• Learning and practicing the Key Assumptions and Intentions of NVC.
• The measurement tool available to us during the 5 weeks will be the Self-
  Assessment Matrix from Pathways to Liberation. You can find it at this link for your personal use.
  Pathways to Liberation Self Assessment Matrix

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WHEN: SEPTEMBER 18, 25 AND OCTOBER 2, 9, 16

TIME: 2:00-4:30 PM CENTAL TIME

HOW: VIA ZOOM

CONTENT: LEARN THE PRACTICES, COMPONENTS, DISTINCTIONS,AND PRINCIPLES OF NVC.
(Integrate skills and measure awareness of NVC integration.)

FEE: $210 (10$ offsets added fees due to PayPal and Credit Cards.)

It is my wish the fee for this course creates an available option for all attending and at the same time supporting my financial sustainability.

Please contact me at Carlene@carlenemaginnis.com to discuss alternative options for payment of fee if necessary.

This is a five week commitment. You will be asked to complete work each week between sessions. Please register with this intention.

For details and registrations click:
https://carlenemaginnis.com/local-global-events

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The Power Of Listening,
An NVCNashville Workshop
August 6, 2022

“The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is not limited to any one faculty, to the ear, or to the mind. Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind.”              Chuang-Tzu

Listening, really listening, is a skill rarely learned in life.  Many times when someone is talking, we are thinking about what we want to say rather than “hearing” what is being said. Nonviolent Communication, also known as Compassionate Communication, offers some practice and applicable how to’s whereby we can significantly improve our intention to listen to what is being said. It all begins internally through the skill and practice of awareness. In this upcoming mini workshop, NVCN will offer the internal skills needed to hear ourselves and others.

Here’s what a workshop participant had to say about listening in a workshop with Marshall Rosenberg, founder of NVC:

“When I learned how I can receive (hear), as well as give (express), through using NVC, I went beyond feeling attached and ‘doormattish’ to really listening to words and extracting their underlying feelings. I discovered a very hurting man to whom I had been married for twenty-eight years. I learned to listen for feelings, to express my need, to accept answers that I didn’t always want to hear…..so that we can each be fulfilled.”

Whether you are new to NVC or have been around a while, we invite you to join us as together we remember the importance of hearing one another.

This will be an experiential workshop with the invitation to learn and practice the exercises offered.

We’ll have fun, laugh, and learn together as we create the world we were always meant to enjoy by “hearing” one another!

 

To Register: Email: Melissa.k.red@gmail.com

We hope to see you there!

Where:
Bellevue Library
720 Baugh Rd
Nashville, TN 37221

When:
August 6, 2022
1:00-4:00 p.m.

Facilitator:
Carlene Maginnis
Certified Trainer with The Center For Nonviolent Communicaiton

Fee:
FREE!

NVCN 2021 Virtual Workshops

Living NVC…. From The Inside Out

(facilitated by CNVC-certified trainer Carlene Maginnis)
There is a Moment Of Choice that occurs in conversations when one begins to feel frustrated, upset, even sad or happy. Our responses are often unconscious reactions to this Moment. Habitually, we go straight to our thoughts rather than to our body when we respond. NVCNashville offers its next workshop proposing we flip the script by starting first from the awareness of our bodies rather than our thoughts – especially when the conversation is difficult.

In this 3 hour workshop, we’ll learn how to appreciate the wisdom of our bodies. Living the practices of Nonviolent Communication encourages us to listen to the wisdom being held in our bodies seeking to be expressed. From these somatic touchstones, we’re more likely to respond in a way where we and others can be heard.

Please JOIN US! as we explore Living NVC…. From The Inside Out

Living NVC…. From The Inside Out
Saturday, Nov. 20 9:30-12:30
Fee: $30
Facilitator: Carlene Lizana-Maginnis
Certified Trainer with The Center For Nonviolent Communication

Register Here!
Melissa.k.red@gmail.com

We hope to see you in the virtual circle zoom provides for us!
Once registration occurs, you’ll be notified and a zoom link will be sent the week of the workshop!

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Our final FREE Workshop for 2020
is December 5!
Registration is Open Now!

Each quarter of the year, NVCNashville offers a free workshop supporting our mission to learn, practice, and share NVC.
The last one for 2020 will be on Saturday, December 5, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

The topic for the Intro is Making Requests! When learning and practicing NVC, a common response is “Requests are the hardest part of learning NVC!” However, once this skill is learned, practiced, and integrated requests most often become the simplest skill in NVC!

There are many reasons we don’t make requests such as the fear of hearing a no and ever-present conditioning that our requests don’t matter! Someone recently shared that making requests for themselves was considered selfish in their family of origin. How about you? Do you fear rejection when you consider asking for what you want? You’re not alone!

There’s a lot to unpack about making requests and you can begin this journey on December 5. The ongoing exploration will continue in 2021 in an upcoming series of classes offered by our local Certified Trainer from The Center For Nonviolent Communication, Carlene Maginnis. If you’ve a request to make about learning how to make requests, this may be the place to check it out!

Your requests frame how you take control of your life in a way that is authentic to your true nature. End the year and begin the new one learning how requests can make all the difference in creating the life you most value for yourself and others.

What: A Free NVC Introduction: Making Requests 
When: December 5, 2020 
Time:  1:00-3:00 p.m. (break included!)
Facilitator: Carlene Maginnis
Fee: FREE!!

To Register for the Zoom link:
board@nvcnashville.org

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Embracing authentic choice rather than submission. What would it be like to make choices from inner balance and authenticity?

Wednesdays 11:30-1:00 CST
~ September 9 – October 28
via Zoom
$300
We want to make the course available regardless of resources, so please contact us to discuss a payment plan.
We hope you’ll join us as we alchemize a “power over” experience to a “power with” life!
For more information and To Register:
www.carlenemaginnis.com

Friday, September 25, 6:00-7:30 pm CT

Coffee House Link!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88693032558?pwd=OUM2V3ZiWGk0cGRuMTFFbFM2UEdQQT09

NVCNashville is having the first ever virtual Coffee House and you’re invited! With a cornucopia of special guests and surprises, you’ll be glad you came!

Bring your favorite beverage, appetizer or dinner, sit back and prepare to be entertained, touched, and connected to a community having fun together!

THE NVCNashville first ever
(possibly last ever!)
COFFEE HOUSE!
FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 25

6:00-7:30 PM CT
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88693032558?pwd=OUM2V3ZiWGk0cGRuMTFFbFM2UEdQQT09

You Don’t Want To Miss It! REALLY!

CNVC is proud to support the first NVC Global Festival!

30 NVC trainers from around the globe will share their teachings with the wider NVC community. At its core, the festival’s goal is to bring people together in this time of need and personal uncertainty.

• LEARN from leading NVC trainers from 5 different continents.
• CONNECT with the community from all around the world.
• ADDRESS the crisis and potential of this moment in history together.
• And on top HAVE FUN And let your BODY AND HEART enjoy offerings of yoga, dance parties, story telling, art, open stage.

ANYONE can participate, the festival is online.

To support CNVC with your purchase, book your tickets here or enter the code “CNVC” at checkout!

May 29 to June 1, 2020

Your purchase supports CNVC!
Click this link, or enter the code “CNVC” at checkout

 

Buy Tickets Now!

 

September 27 – 29, 2019

We live our human lives in a constant state of celebration and mourning for that which we love. And yet many of us have been taught to stay away from the grief and the mourning around our losses. We often believe that we are supposed to grieve alone, rather than burdening others with our sadness. In contrast to this belief, in neurobiological reality, our grief is richest when we are able to grieve together. Many of us know the sustaining and healing powers of practicing gratitude. This too, supports the healing cycle of grief and mourning. NVC offers an added richness to the practices of gratitude that we already know and use, as well as lending it’s frame to develop a few more. Whether you’ve done a lot of NVC gratitude or this is new to you, you are welcome.

 

Kristin Masters

Facilitated by Kristin Masters Certified Trainer with The Center for Nonviolent Communication from Santa Cruz, California.

Meet Kristin as she talk about grief.

 

Event date

September 27 – 29, 2019

Fri. 6:30-9; Sat. 9-5 and 7-9; and Sun. 10-4

 

Workshop Location

• The United Methodist Publishing House
  2222 Rosa Parks
  Nashville TN 37228

 

Registration

Registration for this Nashville workshop opens June 12, 2019

Due to the topic and capacity to facilitate it, seats will be limited to 55 registrants. If this workshop appeals to you and cost is the only barrier, please contact Melissa Red (melissa.k.red@gmail.com) to discuss how we can help support your attendance.

 

Register Early!

(seats limited to 55 registrants)

Cost: $275

Workshop Attendee Name

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• John will be offering an Introductory Evening on Thursday May 2, 6:30 – 8:30p.m. All are welcome!
• The Choosing Peace Intensive: Reconciliation and Healing, is 3-Days, Friday – Sunday, May 3-5.
• There will be a 2-day Advanced MYL Coaching Training, Mon. and Tues. May 6 – 7.

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Introductory Community Evening with John in Nashville, May 2019

When:

May 3, 2019 to
May 5, 2019

Where:

United Methodist Publishing House, 2222 Rosa Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN

LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD OF ANGER, EMOTIONAL HURT AND PAIN.

Almost all of us travel with “baggage” – anger, emotional hurt and pain from the past. It is a normal part of being human. The 3-day Reconciliation and Healing learning community intensive integrates Nonviolent Communication (NVC), mindfulness, a mediation framework, and neuroscience to help you heal emotional hurt within yourself, create reconciliation between yourself and another, and help others do this.

PLAN TO BE HAPPY.

What is the source of your anguish and hurt? Maybe you feel a longtime resentment against another person, living or deceased. Or maybe someone else perceives you as the cause of their pain. In either case, relief is within reach.

Click on REGISTER NOW link to register.
FOR QUESTIONS email: connect@mediateyourlife.com, or call (415) 710-2777.

REGISTER NOW

 

Advanced MYL: Conflict Coaching and Mediation Training, 2-Day, Nashville, May 2019

When:

May 6, 2019 to
May 7, 2019

Where: 

Glendale United Methodist Church, 900 Glendale Lane, Nashville, TN 37209

The Advanced Mediate Your Life: Conflict Coaching and Mediation trainings are for people who want to develop their ability to offer distinctions and skills of empathic communication applied to conflict coaching with individuals and to mediating conflicts and difficult conversations between people. These trainings are also for people who want to develop their empathic communication skills to a higher level and practice with more challenging situations. Mediate Your Life training integrates Nonviolent Communication (NVC), mindfulness/nondual awareness, neuroscience, and a mediation framework, as well as empathic community-building. The vision of this work is for empathic communication skills, practices, and community to be recognized in the cultural mainstream as an integral part of health and wellness, and part of humanity’s evolution toward responding together to the challenges we face and creating a healthy and sustainable world.

Prerequisite: This training is designed for people who have attended one year or more of the Mediate Your Life program, including regular practice with self and others between intensives, or have been practicing Nonviolent Communication (NVC) for at least one year.

TUITION

Philosophy of Money
The pricing below is what I (John) would like to receive to support this work and my sustainability. However, because I see this work being for the greater good of humanity and all people and communities, and because I want to support a monetary system based in giving and receiving from the meaning and enjoyment of contributing to one another’s well being, you are free to give what feels right to you. My request is that you stretch yourself to give as much as you’re willing and able to give. Not only will this support me and this work, I believe it will support you to receive the most benefit and value from doing the work. If you would like to give an amount different from what is listed below, email: connect@mediateyourlife.com, or call (415) 710-2777. Thank you for wanting to be part of this work in the world! 

Requested Tuition Pricing

• $500 for the Advanced MYL: Conflict Coaching and Mediation Training May 6-7.
• $300 for the Advanced MYL May 6-7 if you also register for the Choosing Peace Intensive May 3-5. Use Discount Coupon Code: advmyldiscount. Register separately for the May 3-5 intensive. See Philosophy of Money statement above if you would like to give a different amount.

TO REGISTER

FOR QUESTIONS email: connect@mediateyourlife.com, or call (415) 710-2777.