Healthy Options 12/4/24: The Principles & Practice of Non-Violent Communication (NVC)

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman
Co-Producer: Petra Hall
Technical Assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne

Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well

This month:

What is Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and how can it help us be better listeners and engage our feelings of empathy for others?Some practical ways to be able to manage difficult conversations with people who have different viewpoints.
How to communicate with others with whom we disagree, even as our own nervous system is under stress or challenge when encountering different view points.
How to acknowledge and handle the pressures of social and political challenge in our lives with NVC practice.

Guest(s):
Peggy Smith, co-founder of the Maine Non-Violent Communication Network, & certified trainer with the International Center for Non-Violent Communication. A student of Mindfulness since 1991, she was ordained as a teacher by Zen Master & peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, and incorporates Mindfulness practice in the teaching of Non-Violent Communication.

FMI:
www.opencommunication.org/about.html
www.cnvc.org
www.empathyforeveryone.org
www.clarityservices.us/events

Previous interview with Peggy Smith:
archives.weru.org/healthy-options/2022/11/healthy-options-11-2-22-non-violent-communication/

About the host:
Rhonda Feiman is a nationally-certified, licensed acupuncturist practicing in Belfast, Maine since 1993. She primarily practices Toyohari Japanese acupuncture, using gentle and powerful non-insertion needle techniques, and also utilizes Chinese acupuncture and herbology. In addition, Rhonda is a practitioner of Qi Gong and an instructor of Tai Chi Chuan in the Yang Family tradition.