Level 1 NVC Foundation Training – Thursday evenings – in person

Come nourish yourself and your relationships by learning the skills of thinking relationally.

We will cover and practice the four key skills of the NVC model that will act as anchors to transforming your usual way of thinking and speaking

• • Skill 1 – knowing the difference between a ‘clean’ observation and one mixed with evaluation and why this is a liberating act in itself!

  • Skill 2 – Developing a feelings and emotions literacy to help you communicate without blame and to have better guesses at others’ feelings.

  • Skill 3 – Developing a needs literacy to help you know what you need and to communicate them without ‘hooks’ that push people away rather than inspire to support

  • Skill 4 – Learning the art of making a good request, whilst being able to hear a no without giving up on your needs and without demanding. Also being able to hear another’s request of you and finding your willingness or your no.

These skills are the foundational blocks to build communication:

• Tuning in to our inner critic and hearing the valid needs hidden within

• Listening to others and guessing at what matters to them without taking their judging and blaming personally

• Being true to your needs and sharing honestly (no ‘passive aggressive’ in true NVC!)

• Building your resilience for conflict and disagreements

• Increasing your ability to speak up for what you need and invite your needs to count

• Your ability to hold your needs strongly and hear other people’s needs at the same time

• Understanding why empathy matters to build connection, intimacy and differentiation (I don’t need to agree to empathise)

• Developing new neural-pathways for a kinder more resonant inner-voice for self-empathy

• Being able to hear another person’s request or ask of you and consider it alongside your own needs.

• Holding the dilemma of two different opinions together even when there appears to be no unifying solution

• and more…

Feel free to email me if you have questions or want to discuss whether this would be a good fit for you – or go straight to booking form if you are ready to join.