Shantigarbha, Author at Seed of Peace

Knowing NVC

Posted on July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 by Shantigarbha

This October Gesine and I will begin our tenth NVC Year Training, with the theme of Knowing, Living & Sharing NVC. Our theme is drawn from the Centre for Nonviolent Communication’s Certification Preparation Packet, which provides a complete journey from initial encounters with Nonviolent Communication to advanced NVC mediation and facilitation skills: Knowing: learn and clarify the concep...
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Israel/Gaza: an NVC perspective

Posted on November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 by Shantigarbha

I haven’t been able to respond to the current round of hostilities between Israel and Gaza. Like others, I’ve been struck numb by heartbreak. So firstly I want to acknowledge a profound sense of horror at the renewal or mass murder as a way of dealing with conflict. I want to acknowledge the immeasurable suffering that this stimulates, both now and in the future, as violence reverberate...
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Empathy for couples: a sixth love language?

Posted on October 14, 2023November 22, 2023 by Shantigarbha

During the Pandemic, Gesine and I started seeing couples for mediation on Zoom. Joe and Mindy were living in Los Angeles and working in the film and television business. Despite being in their late thirties, neither one had held down a relationship for longer than a few years. They couldn't understand why it was so painful being together. Why were they were having the time of their lives ...
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