Courageous Conversations

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen talk about everyone's favorite movie these days, Barbie! Take a listen and let us know what you connect with or don'...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen talk about the space where our power lies. You'll hear quotes and stories discussing how to access our power even when a...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen discuss what it means to us to check it out. How do we go about checking out a scenario instead of acting off the story we&#...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen re-enter the world of choices. They'll discuss scenarios where it may seem like you don't have choices and the aware...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen talk about what it means to be in NVC consciousness after hearing the question, "when do I use NVC?" If after list...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen talk about these things we call habits, increasing awareness around our habits, and ways we engage with our habits. If after...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen talk about celebrations, how celebrations support our being, and more opportunities to embrace NVC consciousness. If after l...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen discuss defining needs. When we express needs, what is the essence of that need and how can we visualize it for ourselves? I...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen discuss resistance and how resistance can show up in our worlds. How do we communicate our needs through resistance? How can we...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen talk about the act of lying. Why do people choose to lie? How can we overcome our thoughts when we hear someone say something we...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen talk about the energy of money. You'll hear stories where we were introduced to new ways of interacting with money, our previous...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen talk about loneliness. Inspired by an interview Karen heard with the United States Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, we share exper...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen talk about resentments, or as we like to call it, re-sent energy, and how we can use cues from this re-sent energy to stay conne...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, Cici and Karen share stories where they've experienced road rage, responsibility & choice on the road and discuss strategies that work for...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we get a little spooky on ya ;)  Karen & Cici talk about the two sides of willingness and share stories of moments where we needed to...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we Karen and Cici share what it can be like to realize you're in a triangle and how we can navigate those triangles with awareness and compassi...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we discuss what it can be like to hear criticism when it's not there. You'll hear stories of when Cici and Karen heard criticism and the choice...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we welcome Manasi Saxena of Encompassion & Living Bridges . She is co-facilitating a Weekend of Warmth & Intimacy: Exploring our Capaci...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we share how we experience intimacy and warmth. We also step outside the physical and talk about other ways we can share intimacy and warmth. I...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we share our experiences with body language and embodying NVC. Have you ever had a moment where you said nothing and your facial expressions or...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we talk about expressing anger. We share Marshall’s perspective on expressing anger through his book passages, our thoughts on expressing anger...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we were inspired by a newsletter Karen received from CNVC certified trainer David R. McCain. In his newsletter, we resonated with his perspecti...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we talk about enemy images (you can read more about this in Karen's newest blog) and share stories and strategies about how we process our thou...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we meet our need for fun and play with some practice games.  You have heard Karen say how practice is the key to integrating Nonviolent Co...

For those of you trained in NVC, please note that we use natural language and street giraffe when we are in conversation together. So, listen on with an open mind, a furry heart, and curious ears, or not. In this week's episode of Courageous Conversations, we share stories related to a question that was asked in one of Karen's online Fundamentals of NVC course.  We talk about how needs are ne...