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Nonviolent Communication training for individuals and teams
What is Nonviolent Communication?
Nonviolent Communication model helps you to communicate with a focus on needs rather than judgments and accusations. It is not a passive or avoidant way of communicating. It's about actively setting boundaries, creating clarity and allowing yourself to be you.Read more
Our Nonviolent communication trainings
Gain insight into the drivers behind your behavior and communication, and which pitfalls lead to conversations taking an unpleasant turn or result in you not being seen or heard.Read more
Nonviolent Communication at work
Much time, energy, and motivation are lost in the workplace due to inefficient communication and misunderstandings. Learn how to stay connected with colleagues and customers and how to communicate effectively in challenging situations.Read more
Team sessions on emotional, social and systems intelligence
In order to build strong and resilient teams, it is essential to experience what it really means to connect despite our different backgrounds, roles and needs. The workplace, alongside our family, is one of the places where we can practice genuine connection with ourselves, others and as a collective.Read more
Accredited training for (para)medics
How can I stay connected with myself, colleagues, and patients/clients while working in a challenging environment? Training with fellow (para)medics is available through Open Enrollment or tailored to your organization. Accredited by various professional associations.Read more
In-company training in the Performing Arts
How do you communicate as an artistic or business leader, director, or choreographer so that colleagues can experience the space and express themselves? How do you, as a performer, convey your needs? As a preferred supplier of the NAPK (Netherlands Institute for Artistic Design), we offer discounted training courses in this sector.Read more
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Learn more about Emotional, social and systems intelligence and Nonviolent communicationPut a stop to polarisation in your team
The systematic provision of training in non-violent communication in combination with targeted inclusion training is a successful combination for countering polarisation in teams, as argues Vivian Acquah of Amplify DEI.Read more
Psychological safety in teams with Nonviolent communication
In almost every team, there are differences of opinion and insight, doubts about a decision, different perspectives, or a feeling that a different or better solution is possible. Whether or not we speak up in the workplace says a lot about a team's culture. Do we feel that our input is welcome, or does it…Read more
Nonviolence as ‘the third way’
In this article, I explore the meaning of nonviolence as “the third way”. Inspired by the work of Marshall Rosenberg, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Walter Wink, we look at nonviolence as a way to actively stand up for justice without giving up on the humanity of the other.Read more
Empathy pitfalls: why well-intentioned reactions sometimes do not help at all
When you are angry, struggling with something, or have experienced something sad, you hope for an empathetic response from another person. Yet, not every reaction you receive, however well-intentioned, is actually helpful. Why is that?Read more
Conflict and the Art of Connecting
The ability to engage in and resolve conflicts is one of the fundamental pillars of high-performing teams. But how do you create a sustainable culture that embraces diversity and where conflicts can be seen as a path toward connection, innovation, and renewal?Read more
Being in control of your ears: the four ways of listening in Nonviolent Communication
In a sense, what we hear is a choice. By learning to recognize which ears we are wearing, space is created to consciously choose how to respond. Within Nonviolent Communication, different ways of listening are distinguished that you can practice.Read more
Shame as a key to connection
Usually, we view anger, guilt, and shame as feelings we would rather get rid of. We find them uncomfortable, sometimes embarrassing, and so we push them away—often before we are even aware that we have them. But what if these very feelings are the keys to connection?Read more
Balance in emotion regulation: about the Threat System, Drive System, and Soothing System
Professor Paul Gilbert emphasizes that a healthy balance between three emotion regulation systems is essential for our well-being. How can Nonviolent communication and Mindfulness contribute to this balance?Read more
“Why that word?” On ‘Nonviolence’ in Nonviolent Communication
"That word 'Nonviolent', I don't know, are we supposed to just be nice to each other all the time or something?". I frequently hear a variation of this sentence at the start of a training session within a company or organization. Apparently, the word triggers an allergic reaction in some people.Read more






































