Oct
25
to Jan 24
The curriculum that will guide us are known in NVC as the Core Commitments.
Here's a sample of a commitment we will explore:
I hope you’ll join me!
Sep
19
to Dec 26
NVC Practice Group
Twice a month, beginning September 19, you’re invited to an NVC Practice Group! Each session we’ll focus on a variety of topics where we’ll learn and practice the skills, principles, and applications of Nonviolent Communication.
This group will be designed for those who’ve practiced and at the very least are acquainted with the basics of NVC. For those of us who are interested in learning the basics of NVC prior to being in a practice group, please check out the Foundations of NVC beginning on Sunday September 18!
By definition, a practice group teaches and practices the skills and principles of NVC. Participants bring real life situations into a skill set designed by the facilitator for practice. Within a loving and safe community of fellow learners, an NVC practice group becomes a home for empathetic sharing.
What: NVC Bimonthly Practice Group
When: 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month, beginning September 19 via Zoom! In December, we’ll meet the 1st and 3rd Monday, the 5th and 19th.
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Fee: $35-$50 per month.
Facilitator: Carlene Maginnis, Certified Trainer with The Center For Nonviolent Communication
Please Register Below or for questions, contact me: carlenemaginnis@gmail.com
Sep
18
to Oct 16
THE FOUNDATIONS OF NVC....SAVE THE DATES!
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.
https://gfk-trainer-werden.de/wcm/wp-content/uploads/Pathways-to-Liberation-Self-Assessment-Matrix.pdf
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.
Aug
6
1:00 PM13:00
The Power of Listening
The Power Of Listening, An NVCNashville Workshop
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
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!
Dec
6
to Apr 25
An Online NVC Practice Group
A NEW ONLINE PRACTICE GROUP
Practicing the Principles of NVC
BEGINNING December 6, JOIN Carlene Maginnis in a bimonthly zoom practice group focusing on living the principles of Nonviolent Communication.
Living the principles of NVC is no easy task! Practicing in a community of those attempting to ‘do’ life differently find a practice group just the kind of support where real life applications of NVC can be practiced in a safe and loving group environment.
If this is of interest to you, please join Us!
1st and 3rd Monday each month, December 6, 2021 - April 25, 2022
Fee: To support the financial sustenance of the CNVC certified trainer, a monthly fee is required to attend this group. A minimum of $35 per month is suggested.
Upon Registration, a zoom link will be sent.
Nov
20
9:30 AM09:30
Living NVC....From The Inside Out
Living NVC…. From The Inside Out
Hosted By NVCNashville.org
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
Once registration occurs, you’ll be notified and a zoom link will be sent the week of the workshop!
Nov
18
to Jan 13
5 WEEK SESSION NOW CLOSED! Attending to Grief Authentically During the Holiday
Ahhhhh.....The Holidays! Do you feel excited, happy, fulfilled or sad, reluctant, scared? Are you wanting to to go along to get along? Do you want to move in and through the holidays authentically being who you are now becoming in the midst of living loss?
Maybe you're experiencing a depth of grief that is new for you. Perhaps you and grief have been reluctant or even embraceable friends for awhile. No matter the length, depth, and breath of your experience with grief, the sessions beginning in November through the second week of January are meant to offer support in BEING with Grief Authentically.
C.S. Lewis wrote, “I never knew grief felt so much like fear.” No matter the loss or transition in life, grief is a human experience often misunderstood in a culture of ‘feel better’ theology. Have you experienced family and friends wanting you to feel better, get over the sorrow, be happy, etc? Could they be fearful of grief? As the one grieving, allowing grief space to be present can be pushed aside by the proverbial ‘to do’ list. Perhaps in an effort to protect us, a part of us tells not to open the door of grief and so we too remain stuck in fear rather than moving toward it. In a culture that looks for quick fixes we’ve not learned the art of mourning. Grief ladened by its sorrow looks like the end of something and someone. Although both are true, it is also true the beginning of something and someone new is painfully emerging.
For five sessions from 6-8:00 p.m., we'll explore together the unfolding of the grief we're attending through the lens of NVC and several known authors whose writings on the subject give insight in how to BE with grief.
You are invited to join Carlene as she shares her exploration and self discovery of living grief authentically.
Dates: Free Intro, Thursday, Nov. 18
Scheduled Sessions begin: Thursday Dec. 2; Thursday, Dec. 16; Thursday Dec.30; Thursday, Jan. 6; the Final Session, January 13
Fee: Please select a cost amenable to your comfort between $200 - $300.
And Register Here:
Jan
23
to Jan 30
THE MAGIC OF REQUESTS
THIS CLASS IS NOW CLOSED
The primer of the Magic of Requests began on December 5, 2020. If you missed it, No Worries!
This month, we'll explore and practice why requests are essential to effective communication. When learning and practicing NVC, a common response is “Requests are the hardest part!” 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 a belief 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 in all kind of settings whether it be in business or home.
Experienced in these sessions:
The connecting dynamic between needs and requests... especially in the workplace!
What happens when we resist demands.
The clarity PLATO brings to our requests.
Materials for each week will be included.
Your requests frame how you take control of your life in a way that is authentic to your true nature. Begin the new year learning how requests can make all the difference in creating the life you most value for yourself and others.
The Magic is in the Requests!
What: The Magic of Requests,
When: January 23 and 30, 2021,
and Wednesday, Jan. 27,
( Q&A Session, 6:30-8pm CT)
Time: 10:30-12:30 CT, Two Hours Each Saturday
Facilitator: Carlene Maginnis
Fee: Sliding Scale starting at $150 - $300
(Includes 5 hours of learning NVC skills and materials.)
I hope you'll join me as we have fun together
making requests!
Register Below!
Sep
16
to Nov 4
The Alchemy of Power In Relationships ~ Embracing authentic choice rather than submission
What would it be like to make choices from inner balance and authenticity?
When: Wednesdays 11:30-1:00 CST - September 9 - October 28
Where: via Zoom
Fee: $315 ~ We want to make the course available regardless of resources, so please contact us to discuss a payment plan.
Within Nonviolent Communication, power is “the capacity to mobilize resources to meet needs.” Fostering connection and trust can occur when we’re aware of our internal and external resources. In this course, we explore how NVC offers us the tools and vision to grow the skills needed to share power rather than continuing the social conditioning of exercising ‘power over’ others to meet our needs.
We hope you’ll join us as we alchemize a “power over” experience to a “power with” life!
Based on The Vortex of Submission by colleagues Jim & Jori Manske, we will explore:
How submission and disappointment can lead to a denial of responsibility.
How unspoken expectations can lead to demands of others.
How resentment leads to the evaluation and diagnosing of others.
How rebellion leads to punitive thinking.
How guilt, depression, and shame have the opportunity of leading to beneficial regret, an NVC apology.
And, how the awareness of perceptual reorientation becomes a turning point in relationships.
Within this 8 week class, we’ll explore together the journey of submission internally in the relationship with ourselves and the impact of submission externally in our lives. Rephrased from mindfulness teacher Tara Brach in her book True Refuge, the most intimate relationship we have is with ourselves and there’s a direct impact of this relationship on those around us. Come and discover more about the transformative experience of embracing authentic choice rather than living in the tyranny of submission.
I hope you’ll join PJ and I for The Alchemy of Power. It will be a juicy experience!
Taught by: Carlene Lizana-Maginnis,
Certified Trainer with The Center For Nonviolent Communication; with PJ Nelsoen, Candidate for certification with CNVC
To Register and Pay for the course:
Sep
10
to May 13
A NEW ONLINE NVC PRACTICE GROUP
When: 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month (November and December meetings are the first and third Thursday.)
September 10, 2020-May 13, 2021
Time: 4:30-6:00 pm CT
Where: Zoom REGISTER TO RECEIVE ZOOM INFO AND PASSWORD
Fee: A weekly or monthly dåna (donation) is needed to support my financial sustainability. A recommended dâna is $20-$40 per session.
Suggested Reading: Please have read or begin to read Nonviolent Communication A Language Of Life by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg.
Beginning Thursday, September 10, I’m excited to offer, facilitate and guide a new NVC practice group!
If you’ve been in a group with me before, you’ve experienced the warmth and safety of inclusive learning provided in how to live nonviolent communication. In an ongoing practice group environment, there’s opportunity to learn NVC tools while applying them to real life situations AND experience the nurturing quality of community support!
Everyone is invited regardless of experience. We’ll grow as we go with the support of those who’ve experienced more practice in NVC than perhaps others. Everyone belongs!
A Zoom Invite will be sent upon registering for the group.
To register and donate, see below.
If you donate with a credit card on Venmo or donate using PayPal, would you consider adding the 2.9% fee automatically deducted? Thisfinancial awareness will support the sustainability of my life work.
Thank you!
You will receive a confirmation from me upon each payment received.
Jun
8
to Aug 24
The Summer Session of ONGO ONLINE! Living Everyday Nonviolence
The Ongo Group
Living Everyday Nonviolence
This next Ongo Group is a weekly ONLINE group that blends mindfulness and NVC practices in a 12 week session. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of NVC experience or knowledge. Although occasionally absences may occur, members are asked to commit to the full 12 weeks to create consistency within the group. If you think you would miss more than 2 meetings, this may not be the time to commit to Ongo.
The practice is called Ongo as it becomes an ongoing practice in Nonviolent Communication and Mindfulness. Many of our members have been in multiple sessions to deepen their practice!
I hope you'll join us!
The Ongo Group
Mondays, June 8- August 30, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CT
Donations are requested each week to support the holder of the group, Carlene Lizana-Maginnis. Please see the Donate button below!
Everyone will need a book prior to beginning Ongo. To prepare for the group please have read the first 15 pages.
Books may be ordered through Amazon or purchased at local book stores. Receiving books are sometimes delayed so better to purchase sooner rather than later.
The Ongo Book, Living Everyday Nonviolence by Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens
If you’ve questions about absences or need more information about Ongo, please contact me:
carlene@carlenemaginnis.com
To Register: Please fill form out below.
Thank you! You will receive a confirmation from me.
Mar
9
to May 30
Together! In The Midst Of Uncertainty
Recently, I heard a speaker on a podcast express her experience of being heard. “When I’m heard,” she said, “I feel seen.”
Hearing her, I once again felt the importance of sharing in community where our experience matters.
Together is a weekly zoom call opportunity to be heard and be seen while held in a loving environment of compassion.
The call begins at noon with a silent mediation, a reading, and then open sharing on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. All Are Welcome!
When: Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
Time: noon - 1:00 p.m.
Please join us and share it with a friend!
Stay well and Stay Connected!
Zoom Call:
https://zoom.us/j/207079159 Meeting ID: 207 079 159
PW: 664547
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If you would like to contribute financially to these calls being held each week, please see the donate button below. I appreciate your financial support!
Feb
13
to May 28
An 8 Week NVC Study Course: Connecting Across Differences
THIS GROUP IS NOW FULL AND CLOSED. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR MORE GROUPS/CLASSES STARTING IN MAY!
Beginning Thursday,February 13, Connecting Across Differences will teach the principles and practices of NVC. The group will meet the 2nd and 4th Thursdays in February, March, April, and May. Once a month, beginning in March, the group is invited to a one and one half to two hour intense study session discussing and applying in more depth the course work. The monthly sessions will be held on the third Saturday morning, 10 - 11:30 or noon, of March, April, and May.
This course will require 30-40 pages of reading for each Thursday night session. There are a variety of practice exercises participants will be asked to complete. I ask each person to commit to the work required for this course. An individual commitment will create a cohesive and collaborative learning environment for everyone to enjoy!
If you are new to NVC and more experienced, this course will offer a depth in the skills of NVC. The book Connecting Across Differences, Finding Common Ground With Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime, written by Jane Connor and Dian Killian, will be our text! (Please order it online and come to the first session, February 13, having read the introduction and the entire first chapter, pages 11-40.)
For this 8 week/11 sessions course, a sliding scale from $220-$320 donation is requested to support the cost of the venue and personal financial compensation. Fees may be paid in 3 payments or in one lump sum.
What? Connecting Across Differences, An 8 Week Study Course.
When? The 2nd and 4th Thursdays of Feb., March, April, and May and 1 and 1/2 to 2 hr. work session the 3rd Sat. March, April, and May. (April’s work session will be on the second Saturday.)
Time? 6:15-8:15 p.m. 2nd/4th Thursdays; 3 Saturdays, 10-11:30 or noon.
Where? Hillwood Presbyterian Church, 6220 Hickory Valley Rd, 37205.
Fee? A sliding scale donation from $220-$320 requested for the course. Please pay below!
Why? To learn, practice, and live Nonviolent Communication; to integrate skills in preparation for the NVCNashville June 11-13 workshop.
(All course work hours done face to face with a Certified Trainer applies to those interested in certification through The Center of Nonviolent Communication.)
Nov
2
8:30 AM08:30
Nonviolent Communication, Empathy, and Gentle Discipline
Join La Leche League of KY/TN and Attachment Parenting
International on Saturday, November 2, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee,
as we “Rock the World.” This conference is for national, regional, and
local professionals, breastfeeding and parenting leaders, birth
workers, LLL Leaders, Leader Applicants, AP Leaders, volunteers,
parents and grandparents, and more to provide support and
education related to breastfeeding and parenting.
See details at: www.lllofkytn.org
Panel discussion with Barbara Clinton, George Holden, Rod Kochtitsky, and Carlene Lizana-Maginnis
Nov. 2, 2:30-3:30 pm
West End United Methodist Church
2200 West End, Nashville, 37203
Oct
26
8:30 AM08:30
Listening Empathetically to Ourselves and Our Children
The content of this workshop will focus on listening empathetically. As we begin to unearth what was modeled for for us as children, we build the skills to provide empathy for ourselves and our children.
Huntsville Montessori, Huntsville Al
Sep
12
to Dec 12
ONGO, The Fall Session!
The Ongo Group
Living Everyday Nonviolence
The Ongo Group is a weekly group that blends mindfulness and NVC practices in a 12 week session. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of NVC experience or knowledge. Although occasionally absences may occur, members are asked to commit to the full 12 weeks to create consistency within the group. If you think you would miss more than 2 meetings, this may not be the time to commit to Ongo.
The practice is called Ongo as it becomes an ongoing practice in nonviolent communications and mindfulness. Many of our members have been in multiple sessions to deepen their practice!
I hope you'll join us!
The Ongo Group
Thursdays, September 12-Dec 12 (no meeting on 10/17 and 11/28)
6:30-8 pm
Hillwood Presbyterian Church, 6220 Hickory Valley Rd, 37205
Donations are invited each week to support venue space and the holder of the group, Carlene Lizana-Maginnis.
Everyone will need a book prior to beginning Ongo. To prepare for the group please have read the first 15 pages.
Books may be ordered through Amazon or purchased at local book stores. Receiving books are sometimes delayed so better to purchase sooner rather than later.
The Ongo Book, Living Everyday Nonviolence by Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens
If you’ve questions about absences or more information about Ongo, please contact me:
carlene@carlenemaginnis.com
To Register: Please fill form out below.
Thank you! You will receive a confirmation from me.
Aug
24
1:15 PM13:15
An Introduction to NVC
NVC NASHVILLE ANNOUNCES
AREA
INTRODUCTIONS TO NVC
Each quarter of 2019, NVCN will host a FREE Introduction to NVC.
This two - three hour workshop is for anyone new to NVC or for those wanting to brush up on already practiced NVC skills. Our Intros are fun and profound. Please join us!
An Introduction to NVC
August 24, 2019
1:15- to 4:15 p.m.
Nashville Public Library, East Branch
206 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, 37206
Facilitated by The Center For Nonviolent Communication Trainer,
Carlene Maginnis
Please Register for this event:
contact: board@nvcnashville.org
or
www.carlenemaginnis.com
We hope to see you there!
Aug
16
to Aug 17
Listening and Speaking From The Heart
This event In Charlotte NC focused on learning and integrating the embodiment of OFNR to listen and speak empathetically.
Jul
29
to Jul 30
Listening Empathetically......From The Inside Out!
Huntsville Montessori, Huntsville Al
A Inservice workshop for teachers; building skills of empathetic listening.
Jun
6
to Aug 29
Ongo, The Summer Session!
The Ongo Group
Living Everyday Nonviolence
The Ongo Group is a weekly group that blends mindfulness and NVC practices in a 12 week session. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of NVC experience or knowledge. Each week during the summer session, members will gather from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. and are asked to commit to the full 12 weeks to create consistency within the group. The practice is called Ongo as it becomes an ongoing spiritual practice. Many of our members have been in multiple sessions to deepen their practice!
I hope you'll join us!
The Ongo Group
Thursdays, June 6 - August 29
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Glendale United Methodist Church
900 Glendale Lane
Nashville, 37204
During the summer session, you’re invited to bring potluck dinners the 4th Thursday of each month. You may arrive at 5:45 and we’ll gather around a table beginning at 6:00 p.m. Bring your own dinner or something to share. Either way, we’ll enjoy being in community!
Donations are welcomed each week to support venue space and the holder of the group, carlene maginnis-robinson.
Books may be ordered through Amazon or purchased at local book stores. Receiving books are sometimes delayed so better to purchase sooner rather than later.
The Ongo Book, Living Everyday Nonviolence by Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens
If you’ve questions about absences or more information about Ongo, please contact me:
carlene@carlenemaginnis.com
To Register: Please fill form out below.
Thank you! You will receive a confirmation from me.
Jun
5
to Aug 7
Connecting Across Differences, A Summer Book and Learning Study
Dian Killian and Jane Connor, both colleagues and dear friends, wrote a book some years ago entitled,
Connecting Across Differences,
Finding Common Ground With Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime
Over the years, I've used examples from their book in teaching NVC. This summer, I invite you to join me as we explore the reading and practices offered throughout the 10 chapters of the book.
I look forward to a summer learning experience and hope you will join me!
Connecting Across Differences
Wednesdays, June 5 - August 7
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Glendale United Methodist Church
900 Glendale Lane, 37204
Early Bird Discount:
$175 before May 23. $200 after May 23.
If another payment plan will support you in attending this summer read, please contact me!
To Register: www.carlenemaginnis.com
Books may be purchased through Amazon or contact me to purchase through NVC Nashville at carlene@carlenemaginnis.com
May
2
6:30 AM06:30
Introduction to Mediate Your Life
Introductory Evenings with John Kinyon
The evening consist of demonstrations and Q&A. Donations can be given. All are welcome!
John’s work combines nondual spirituality/consciousness, empathic communication, and mediating conflict. The mission of the work is to help people respond to challenges in their lives, and also to the tremendous challenges humanity now faces.
Nonduality, in this approach, is knowing ourselves as awareness, waking from identification with mind and thought, and experiencing connection with infinite, formless, and eternally present consciousness, being one with Life, the Sacred and Divine. The approach is Integral, seeking to integrate science, spirituality, and the social-political. It is also about the truth, vulnerability, and wildness of the human heart, our soul’s journey through the astonishing beauty and the harrowing depths, challenges and conflicts of life, relationship, and the world.
John’s work grows out of co-developing an international body of work called Mediate Your Life, a training program that integrates Nonviolent Communication/NVC (Compassionate Communication), a mediation framework, mindfulness/nondual awareness, and neuroscience. The training develops people’s ability to respond to conflict with empathy, compassion, and collaboration. John offers multi-day learning community intensives and coaching/mediation trainings in different parts of the U.S. and internationally, and online.
We hope you’ll join us for
An Introduction to Mediate Your Life!
When: May 2, 2019, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Glendale United Methodist Church, 900 Glendale Lane, Nashville TN 37204
Fee: Donations Welcomed!
Please Register by filling out the form below. You’ll receive a confirmation your registration was received.
We’ll have a chair in the circle waiting for you!
Apr
27
1:00 PM13:00
Free: An Introduction to Nonviolent Communication
Introduction to Nonviolent Communication
Each quarter of 2019, NVC Nashville will host a
FREE Introduction to NVC.
This two - three hour workshop is for anyone new to NVC or for those wanting to brush up on already practiced NVC skills.
An Introduction to NVC
April 27, 2019, 1 - 4:00 p.m.
The Bellevue Library, 720 Baugh Rd, Nashville TN 37221
Facilitated by CNVC Trainer,
Carlene Maginnis
Please register for this event below!
We’ll have a chair waiting for you! And Please, Invite a friend to come with you!
to Register:
contact: board@nvcnashville.org
or
by filling out the form below.
You will receive a confirmation your registration has been received!
Feb
11
to Feb 12
Mediate Your Life Coaching Training, 2 Days
When: February 11, 2019 to February 12, 2019
Where: Rau-Wood Camp and Retreat Facility, 8687 Old Harding Pike Rd., Nashville, TN 37221 USA (617) 673-7677
[*** TUITION AND SCHEDULE INFO BELOW ***]
The Mediate Your Life Coaching and Mediation Program is for people who want to develop their skills and abilities to offer empathic communication coaching to individuals and to mediate conflicts and difficult conversations between people. The training is designed for people who have either attended John’s Choosing Peace learning community intensives or have been practicing Nonviolent Communication (NVC) for at least one year.
The 2-day MYL Coaching Training provides in-depth experiential learning and practice using the Mediate Your Life processes, or “maps,” to coach individuals dealing with inner and outer conflict situations and challenges in their personal and work lives. The MYL maps include: Internal Mediation, Self-Forgiveness, Preparing for Difficult Conversations, Practicing Difficult Conversations, Requests and Need Behind the No, Interpersonal Mediation, 3Chairs Process for Difficult Conversations, Debriefing for Resilience, and the Healing & Reconciliation process for making amends and healing role play.
You will be able to dial up and down the difficulty level to customize your learning, and maximize your growth by playing the roles of both coach and client, give and receive supportive peer feedback, and receive in-the-moment coaching. In the (optional) evening you will have the opportunity to watch longer demonstrations and engage in in-depth Q&A.
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 (510) 919-5847. Thank you for wanting to be part of this work in the world!
Requested Tuition Pricing
$600 for the Feb 11-12 MYL Coaching Training
FOR QUESTIONS or to REGISTER email: carlene@carlenemaginnis.com or call (615) 347-4644.
TRAINING SCHEDULE
Monday Day 9am – 5pm
Monday Evening 6:30 – 8:30pm (optional)
Tuesday Day 9am – 3pm
Hope to see you there!
Questions? email Carlene carlene@carlenerobinson.com, see contact and submit a message;
or call (615) 347-4644.
Jan
29
to Feb 26
Looking Through The Looking Glass of NVC.......Into All Our Relationships!
Through The Looking Glass....of NVC
Into All Our Relationships!
An Online Zoom Class
January 29 -February 26, 2019
Why is communication so hard sometimes? Especially with those closet to us? The residual affects of shame and guilt due to what we said or did impedes trust in ourselves and from others.
Oh! The violent cycle!
If you had a challenging time during the holidays with family and/or friends or perhaps there's a reoccurring difficult relationship you'd like to learn more about, take time to step back and reframe your experience through the lens of NVC.
This 5 week class will utilize some of the basic skills of NVC, key distinctions, and several other longstanding NVC tools to bring clarity, build resilience, and learn a new way of looking at old problems!
Join me for Through The Looking Glass of NVC.... Into All Our Relationships
Tuesdays, January 29 - February 26
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
FEE: $100
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Because I want to make learning NVC as financially accessible as I can for everyone who would like to participate, if the fee is more than you'd like to pay, would you be willing to contact me? I'd like to support attendance by mutually agreeing to a fee that meets both of our financial needs.
I'm also asking for payments to be made with a 5 week commitment to attend. Because life happens and some will miss a class, recordings of the class will be sent to everyone registered.
Once you register, you will receive zoom instructions.
I hope to see you as we learn together!
Jan
10
to Apr 4
A new Session Begins, JUNE 6! See Below! January - April: 2019 The Ongo Practice Group
The Ongo Group
Living Everyday Nonviolence
The Ongo Group is a weekly group that blends mindfulness and NVC practices in a 12 week session. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of NVC experience or knowledge. Each week members gather from 6:30-8:00 p.m. and are asked to commit to the full 12 weeks to create consistency within the group. The practice is called Ongo as it becomes an ongoing spiritual practice. Many of our members have been in multiple sessions to deepen their practice!
I hope you'll join us!
The Ongo Group
Thursdays, January 10 - April 4
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Glendale United Methodist Church
900 Glendale Lane
Nashville, 37204
Donations are welcomed each week to support venue space and the holder of the group, carlene maginnis.
Books may be ordered through Amazon or purchased at local book stores.
For more information or to register by January 10, please contact me:
carlene@carlenemaginnis.com
Nov
9
to Nov 10
The Art of Setting Boundaries, Applying NVC Principles in All Our Relationships
In Time FOR THE HOLIDAYS and back by request!
The Art Of Setting Boundaries In All Our Relationships Through The Lens of NVC
Applying NVC Principles in our communication with others many times is the key to a developing the kind of relationship we most want.
Yet, often we say yes when we want to say no!
Other times, we don't even ask for what we want! Do we know how to ask for what we want in a way that sustains, even nutures, relationships?
Afraid of hearing the no and not voicing what's true for us leads to disconnection and confusion with ourselves and others. How then can we communicate clearly, honestly, and with compassionate clarity so that all needs are valued?
This class on setting boundaries by learning, practicing, accessing, and speaking from a needs based consciousness is an internal shift that is freeing and fun!
We'll have fun, laugh, and learn. I hope you'll join me!
Friday November 9, 6:00- 9:00 p.m.
Saturday November 10, 2018, 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Fee: $100.00
Register 2 or more, Fee: $75.00, Great Deal for Couples!
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
To Register: click Here!
Nov
3
8:30 AM08:30
ARE WE GETTING THERE? A Compassionate Look At Ourselves and Our World
IF THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS NO, THEN WHY NOT? WHAT’S THE OBSTACLE TO CONNECTING ACROSS OUR DIFFERENCES? Are you afraid to dialogue about HOT TOPICS because it only creates more pain and suffering?
Why are we becoming more isolated, forming camps of right and wrong, verbally becoming accusatory, and less compassionate?
Nonviolent Communication, a modality created by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg over 60 years ago, is one way we can understand and connect without agreeing! By setting our intention to understand, it’s possible!
You are invited to attend this FREE 4 hour workshop on November 1, 8:30-12:30 at Vanderbilt Divinity School where we’ll learn, practice, and experience a consciousness that gets us THERE!
Where’s THERE?
Developing Empathic Listening Skills;
Learning to ask yourself important questions before speaking;
Humanizing the “Enemy”;
Learning Important Key Distinctions in NVC Where Change Begins.
If you’ve attended an NVC workshop in the past hosted by Vanderbilt Divinity School and the Cal Turner Program, you’ll remember the liveliness of authentic dialogues! Please join us again for,
ARE WE GETTING THERE? A COMPASSIONATE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR WORLD Through The Lens of NVC.
To Register: Contact timothy.j.luther@vanderbilt.edu
Oct
1
to Oct 29
CLOSED: A Learning Lab: The Foundations of NVC I and II
THIS IS NOW CLOSED. THE FOUNDATIONS PART I OF NVC CAN ALSO BE RECEIVED THROUGH NVC COACHNG SESSIONS. THESE ARE FOUR ONE/HALF HOUR SESSIONS. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION.
A Five Session Learning Lab: The Foundations of NVC, Part I, is for those new to NVC and those wanting a refresher in the basics of NVC! During Foundations Part I you will learn:
The Heart of NVC; Learning a Needs Based Awareness
Develop Life Enriching Consciousness and the Language of NVC;
The Components, Practices, and Applications of NVC;
The Power and Practice of Empathetic Presence.
NVC is often described as a spiritual way of being disguised as a communication practice! The internal shifts of perception that awaken our ways of thinking, listening, and expressing ourselves is a life changing transformative process. It affects all areas of our lives and relationships such as our professional and family relationships. NVC is currently being taught in schools, healthcare, corrective/punitive/judicial settings and conflict mediation.
WHEN: Mondays, October 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29; 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Glendale United Methodist Church, 900 Glendale Lane, Nashville, TN 37204
FEE: $150 Foundations of NVC Part 1; $150 Foundations of NVC Part 2; $250 Foundations of NVC Part I and II when registered at the same time.
This lab offers 15 hours that can be applied to CNVC Certification.
The Foundations of NVC Part II is a learning lab for those who attended Part 1 and for those wanting to refresh and expand their NVC skills and awareness. The learning in Part II will take you to the next level of working with topics such as:
Saying and Hearing a "No".....with Compassion;
The Power of Making Clear Requests;
Expressing Scary Honesty, How Do We Do It?;
Building Skills for Dialogue Using Role Plays and The NVC Dance Floors:
Handling Hard to Hear Messages;
And Deepening Your Empathy Skills.
WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, March 23/24, 2019. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
This 2 day workshop offers 14 hours toward CNVC certification.
WHERE: TBD
FEE: $150 Foundations of NVC Part I; $150 Foundations of NVC Part 2; $250 Foundations of NVC Part I and II
To Register, Click Here!
Aug
30
to Nov 29
The Ongo Group
"Ongo was created in 2010 as our answer to this call to bring spiritual practice home."
These words written by authors and certified trainers through The Center For Nonviolent Communication, Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens, aptly describes the experience of The Ongo Practice Group. Through this work we inhabit a daily spiritual practice bringing us home to ourselves. You are invited to be a part of the third 12 week session that will run from August 30 through November 15.
Ongo will be an inclusive group of 12 members. I ask there be a "best-you-can knowing life happens" commitment to participate in the full 12 week session to meet needs for connection, consistency, and community. Each weekly session supports consecutive sessions toward inhabiting the spiritual practice intended by Ongo.
If you're interested in being a part of Ongo, please contact me through this website or carlene@carlenemaginnis.com. I hope you'll join us for the transformative experience Ongo offers in how we live the practice of Nonviolent Communication.
WHEN: Thursdays, beginning August 30 through November 15, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Glendale United Methodist Church, 900 Glendale Lane, Nashville, TN 37204
MATERIALS: Please purchase the book, The Ongo Book, Everyday Nonviolence through Amazon or a local bookstore.
FEE: Donations per meeting are welcomed to support venue and trainer costs.
New Ongo Groups will begin in 2019.
To Register for Ongo in 2019, send your request via Contact at carlene robinson.com.