What's New
May Day! May Day! Whether you relate to May first as an international workers holiday, a pagan love-fest or a distress call, we hope NVC can serve you to have more ease and joy in your work, your heart and in receiving and giving help.
In May, we have three of our tried and true offerings as well as a couple of new ones. The first Sunday of every month is our Introduction to NVC - please tell your friends, or better yet bring them with you! Parenting with NVC offers tools and support for anyone with kids in their life. And NVC for Couples offers a chance to notice thoughts and habits that derail the love train along with a four-step process to help you stay on track.
Engaging Across Differences will explore the universality of feelings and needs as a bridge between divergent views, cultures or experiences. Would you like more skill and ease as you move outside your comfort zone and engage across differences?
We invite you to join us for Playback Theatre, with playback thespian Cat Gilliam. Improvisational story-telling based on real life experiences. Telling our stories and witnessing their dramatic enactment builds compassion and connection while celebrating life.
Speaking of celebration, here's an unsolicited email to Kelly Bryson, Jean Morrison and Christine King - as seen in Conflict Improv on NVC Academy: "I think of you as "The Intrepid Trio," and always look forward to your presentations," writes Lanna Seuret, "not only because you are each quite literate in NVC, but because I'm consistently jolted out of my rescuer/fixer mindset due to your emphasis and quite fluent skill in self limits, care and empathy. Even saying those words doesn't encompass the positive effect your improvs have - its closer to being thunderstruck in a positive way! Thanks and I remain looking for MORE, MORE, MORE!"
Be sure to check out our upcoming retreats - Happy Together: Relationships That Last, June 20-22 and Living from the Heart, Third Annual NVCSC Retreat and FUNfest, June 22-27. Come play, learn and deepen your experience with NVC in this beautiful and nurturing setting.
May NVC enrich your work and play!
Laurie, Rick, Kristin, Jean, Christine and Kelly
Meet the NVCSC Trainers
Jean Morrison, Christine King, and Kelly Bryson collectively have over 40 years experience teaching NVC. Learn more about them here.
Be sure to check out our Community Page, with announcements from our network having to do with NVC practice groups, related workshops, community living and more...
Creating peace,
one conversation at a time
Nonviolent Communication Santa Cruz (NVCSC) provides opportunities to learn lifelong skills for communicating with compassion, sharing resources, and resolving conflicts.
We support the mission of the international Center for Nonviolent Communication by offering a variety of services for individuals, couples, and groups to learn and practice Nonviolent Communication in the Monterey Bay and surrounding areas.
Why Nonviolent Communication?
We have all been in situations where misunderstanding occurred. Either we have felt misunderstood or the other person got the wrong impression. What went wrong?
We often leave these situations feeling mystified as to what happened. How were we so misunderstood? Why was the other person so stubborn? Why couldn’t they understand what I was trying to say? Learn more...
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