Category: Workshops (past)

With François Beausoleil
CNVC Certified Trainer and author of The Blame-Free State

Summary

• March 5-6, 2016
  10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday
  10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday
  Green Door Gourmet, 7011 River Road Pike, Nashville, TN
• Registration
• Flyer to Print
• Recording of a coaching call with NVCNashville, Jan. 2016
• Also, a FREE, Open to the Public, NVC Introduction
  Friday, March 4, 2016
  7:00 p.m. – 9:30p.m.
  First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, 1808 Woodmont Blvd.
• More info: contact Anna Belle Leiserson, newsletter@nvcnashville.com, 615-383-2041

Details

“Blame can become a terrible habit – one that’s extremely costly both personally, socially and culturally.” ~ Miki Kashtan, BayNVC Co-Founder

As Miki says in the above quote, when you play “The Blame Game” there are usually only losers. Nobody wins, not really. But everyone wins when you let go of blame…

Francois Beausoleil, author of The Blame-Free State, will be in Nashville March 4-6, 2016, offering a two-day “Living in the Blame-Free State” workshop on the processes he has built to explore what you can do to reduce the presence of blame in your life – whether it’s blaming others, yourself, or the situation.

Here is an invitation to live from the very heart of Nonviolence – “Ahimsa” – also known as the “State of the Heart that has no Enemies.” Wherever you are on your life-path, this course can gift you with new tools for keeping your heart open and free of blame.

This 2-day workshop is designed to offer:

• a clear understanding of the cost of blame on our health and overall well being.
• a comprehensive process of how to transform blame towards others, self or situations.
• a roadmap to help you decode the blame that is coming towards and respond from a place of groundedness and choice.
• a window into the behaviors we use to avoid being blamed, as well as a concrete approach to bring more choice and freedom to these situations.

About François Beausoleil, CNVC Certified Trainer

François trains, coaches and supports individuals and organizations throughout Canada, US and Japan. In addition to his engaging approaches on how to share the foundations of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) with others, François brings a strong business and social justice focus to the programs he leads.

With his expertise in business and working with organizations, François supports participants to clarify their vision, articulate what they want to contribute to the world and identify strategies of doing this that will meet their needs.

François is highly skilled at helping participants discover and transcend internal and external barriers so that they can live from a more fully empowered state. François’ previous career was as a musician with Cirque de Soleil – he brings creativity, music and dance into the rooms and hearts of participants.

Francois is a co-facilitator of the North America NVC Leadership Program, by BayNVC. The 2016 Program starts end of January.

What People Are Saying

“I am filled with joy and additionally deeply at peace. I also felt a warmth spread over me when you set the stage with an explanation of ‘ahimsa’. Throughout, you provided such an open hearted space for me (us) to process personal situations, using your steps in this first session.

And what a nurturing ‘how to’ you shared with us, to arrive at heart filled insightfulness about ‘self’ and within ‘other’ and the common ground of feelings and intent that then shone through.

I feel energized and refreshed, deeply nurtured and connected.”

– Esther Pockrandt

Learning about the blame-free state from François turned out to be a major milestone in the arduous work of healing not just myself, but also my beloved faith from clergy sexual misconduct. While I would not wish my particular path on anyone, it has broken my heart open — into a joy and understanding I never imagined possible.

None of this would have been possible without the strong hands and hearts of my NVC community. And I am particularly grateful to François for teaching me how to “dissolve enemy images” — his very practical approach to what many would call forgiveness.

For almost a year, I carried his one page handout with me everywhere, practicing its steps countless times. Forgiveness, they say, is not really for others; it’s for ourselves. Over and over, in the safety of my home, I would go through these steps and my heart would open to those who had hurt me. It even opened to denominational leaders who had turned their backs on victims.

Later, when I ran into these people, with little-to-no effort I was able to see them in their full humanity. And I could see in their faces they knew that I bore them no ill will. Some even said so or emailed me kind thank you’s for my work later on. None of this would have been possible without learning how to dissolve enemy images from François.

I am absolutely thrilled he is coming to Nashville again. I hope many others in my community benefit from François’s course as much as I have

– Anna Belle Leiserson

Living In the Blame-Free State 2-Day Workshop

March 5-6, 2016
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday
Green Door Gourmet, 7011 River Road Pike, Nashville, TN

Registration

Tuition: $210

Your Name

Plus a FREE, Open to the Public, NVC Intro
March 4, 2016
Basic Principles of NVC
7:00 p.m. – 9:30p.m. Friday
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, 1808 Woodmont Blvd.

Note: Friday’s NVC intro is open to the public, independent of the workshop.

Find Out More

There was a coaching call on January 16 on the Blame-Free State. François walked through an 8-step process designed to dissolve enemy images of others and worked live with one of the Nashville callers.

• Listen to the recording

Also, for more information, email workshops@nvcnashville.org.

Led by: Carlene Maginnis

November 21, 2015

with Susan Skye

March 27 to March 29, 2015

Have you ever:

• Felt frustrated because the principles you want to live by and the values you hold dear are not always expressed in your words and actions?
• Wondered how and why you get triggered into fear, anger, guilt, or shame?
• Hoped to unravel the mystery of failed relationships — empowering yourself to create or restore deeply satisfying connections with others?
• Looked for proven healing processes that transform even persistent patterns of emotional reactivity (fight, flight, freeze) into emotional calm and stability?
• Wished for a personal road map to self-empowerment? A guide to lasting well-being, authenticity, self-worth, and inner peace?

Living NVC can be very challenging. Susan Skye, CNVC certified trainer for over twenty years and founder of the NVC Training Institute, has also grappled with these questions.

As she observed the incredible prevalence and impact of early childhood trauma and neglect (estimated to affect over 50% of our population) and then learned about the amazing and wonderful breakthroughs in neuroscience, Susan began to understand why we are emotionally reactive and how old childhood strategies can become obstacles to connection and well-being.

Susan has pioneered processes that actually physically rewire our brains, creating new neural pathways that enable us to live in alignment with our most cherished spiritual and emotional values. For more detailed information about Susan’s work, visit newdepths.org.

Come discover the worlds of possibilities that open up when the latest brain science findings are used to deepen our NVC skills and consciousness.

“This is one of the most powerful healing approaches I’ve ever seen. Every mental health and personal development professional, as well as anyone on a personal healing journey, will want to experience this.”
-Fred Sly, PhD Psychologist and CNVC Certified Trainer

Key Highlights:

• Your Brain in the Palm of Your Hand – an easy-to-understand overview of the brain and how it impacts our experience.
• The Limbic System, Reactivity and Trauma – the basics of our fight, flight, and freeze responses and how to calm our emotional alarm system.
• Brain Plasticity and the Pathway to Healing – how to build new neural pathways that enable us to behave in authentic ways that support our thriving.
• The World of Authentic Needs – the living energy of our needs, the key unmet needs we had as children, and how those unmet needs relate to our behavior and reactions today.
• What Empathy Really Is and Its Surprising Role in Healing – discover what distinguishes empathy that heals from “empathy” that doesn’t, and have an immediate, personal experience of each.

About Susan:

Susan Skye, creator of New Depths, has an M.A. in Psychology and graduated from Bryn Mawr College, Yale University, and Pacifica Institute. She’s been in private consulting practice for more than 35 years, and has been a Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) for more than 22 years. While Assistant Dean at UCLA in the early 1970s, she co-created and taught the Women’s Studies Program. Since 1975, Susan has conducted a wide variety of self-development trainings in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and South Korea. In 2000, she co-founded the NVC Training Institute to provide advanced NVC training worldwide, and served as CNVC’s North and South American Certification Coordinator for 10 years. She created the New Depths program in 2010.

When: Friday March 27 to Sunday March 29, 2015

• Fri. 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Sat. 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
• Sun. 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Continuing Education Credit:

• 15.0 hours of NBCC continuing education credit available for professional counselors *

Where:

• Green Door Gourmet
  7011 River Road Pike
  Nashville TN 37209
• Google Map

Fee:

• $250
  (We have a limited number of partial scholarships available for those who would otherwise be unable to participate. Please contact Sarah Kopcsak at sarahkop1@gmail.com for details. We would love to have you join us!)
• Note: This workshop is being offered at the price of $250 in Nashville even though comparable workshops by this trainer have been held elsewhere for significantly more. We are doing this because of our commitment to make this training as affordable as possible to minimize the barrier that cost can present to young people and people with lower incomes.

Registration For Breakthroughs in Brain Science

Your Name

Print Flyer

• Printable PDF for Workshop

For More Information:

Please contact Sarah Kopcsak at sarahkop1@gmail.com.

* TLPCA has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, #6376. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TLPCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
 

Coming September 26-28:
NVCNashville Brings Two Certified NVC Trainers Together for a Unique Workshop

Life is change. How is change affecting your life right now? Career change, empty nest, divorce, moving, retirement, health issues, dating, death, menopause, children, elderly parents, global events, personal development?

We invite you to join us and explore how to: find peace amidst the chaos, get back to balance faster, stop being hard on yourself, see beauty in the challenge, spend less time being stressed, speak your truth to anyone, ask for help when you need it.

MARY MACKENZIE, M.A., is the author of Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing and Compassion, executive director of Peace Workshop International and co-founder/lead trainer of NVC Academy.
Learn more about Mary.

KATHLEEN MACFERRAN is an NVC Certified Trainer and Assessor and owner of Strength of Connection. She authored and conducted Giraffe Tales, a children’s story CD set to music.
Learn more about Kathleen.

Date and Time

September 26-28, 2014

• Friday check-in starts at 5:30. Workshop starts promptly at 6:00.
  6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
• Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Sunday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Location

Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
3777 Nolensville Pike
Nashville, TN 37211

The workshop will be held at the Croft Center (this is not the main entrance). We will have signs in the parking lot and at the entrance to the Croft center.

Parking

The cost of parking is included in your registration.  Park in the Elephant or Bison Parking Areas. This is closest to the Croft Center, where we will be meeting. Please let the parking attendant know that you are participating in the NVC workshop.

Fees

Registration

Having participants register before September 19 gives us enormous help and reassurance about financial and logistical planning for the workshop. We look forward to accommodating all who wish to attend, but we do have some space limitations on Friday evening and need lunch requests in advance. For those registering after the 21st, we’ll appreciate your flexibility as we try to make needed adjustments. And we appreciate your consideration of this timing request as you make your registration plans.

Workshop Description

Would you like to learn:

• How to be present when challenges arise?
• How to get support from others?
• Skills to be an empathetic listener when someone else is experiencing a transition in their life?

Mary and Kathleen have personally walked through numerous life transitions in their lives.  Speaking about the last few years they say:

“Between us we’ve lost 3 parents, 3 other family members, and close friends; reevaluated old relationships and created new ones; implemented a full-scale company reorganization; stripped away layers of masks that have hidden our authenticity; and accompanied others through major life transitions of their own.  The journey through transitions continues as we still find ourselves offering companionship to family and friends living with terminal illnesses and other significant life-altering changes.

“Two qualities keep emerging through it all: courage and grace.”

Lunches

Lunch will be provided by the zoo at a cost to participants of $12/day, paid when checking in at the workshop.

The zoo provides lunches for different needs and preferences, but our contract with them does not allow us to bring in individual lunches into the venue space. We realize this is a change for those accustomed to bringing their lunch. Although we regret not having that option, we have decided that the benefits of having the workshop at the zoo outweigh this drawback.  If you have questions, please contact Fifi Johnson at fifijohnson@gmail.com.

Questions?

If you need further information, please contact Fifi Johnson at fifijohnson@gmail.com.

Other Information

Purchase Mary Mackenzie’s book Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing, and Compassion.

“When I was young, I used to put up walls between myself and other people the minute I felt hurt, angry, sad, or vulnerable. As an adult I started to focus on the needs I was trying to meet. When I caught myself building walls to protect myself, I literally asked myself if I needed protection in the situation. I found that I was almost never in danger; protecting myself was an old outdated habit. The more I focused on the needs I wanted to meet and asked myself if I really needed protection, the more my defensive habits dwindled away.”

– Mary Mackenzie, Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing, and Compassion

See Kathleen Macferran speaking at TEDx:

Led by: Miki Kashtan

March 28-30, 2014
(68 attendees)

(68 attendees)

Led by: Mary Mackenzie, Jeff Brown, John Kinyon

November 1-3, 2013

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Led by: Ingrid Bauer

April 5-7, 2013

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Led by: Roxy Manning

Year Long Program (4 of 4): A series of 4 workshops 2013-2014

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