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SUMMARY:NVC and Habits: A 12-Week Journey - Karen Starz\, MA\, MAEC\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 12-week supported journey through creating more life-serving habits. Increase self-awareness and explore your habits within the context of Nonviolent Communication. The exploration of habits will take place in a community of trust and includes the opportunity to select a package that offers one on one sessions with Karen Starz\, MA\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, as additional support outside of the group coursework.\n\nExpect to consciously integrate the work for two hours a week outside of the class sessions. The “work” however\, will aim to be fun\, relaxing\, playful\, energizing\, and full of curiosity around your own belief systems and thoughts. I choose to call it growth work and not homework! The aim is not to change habits although\, that will be a byproduct of the course. The aim is deep self-connection and connection to divine beloved energy.\n\nWe will meet together live\, in weekly group sessions beginning February 6\, 2022 from 5-7 pm Central Standard Time (CST).\n\n\n\nWho is this program for?\nThis is open to anyone who would like to learn and have support while exploring habits and patterns that are no longer serving them.\nThese habits could be internal patterns\, such as thoughts or defense mechanisms\, or external behaviors like substance-related habits (this program could also be a meaningful companion to a 12-step or other recovery program).​\n\nLearn More & Register
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-and-habits-a-12-week-journey-karen-starz-ma-maec-cnvc-certified-trainer-starting-february-6-2022/2022-02-20/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Empathy Circle - Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Empathy\, also called “Attuned Listening”\, is both a gift to you and a gift to others. Empathy enlarges our understanding of ourselves and others and awakens compassion where judgment and separation once existed. I cannot imagine the needed world transformation happening without more of us developing our capacity for giving and receiving empathy. \nSo please join me\, Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, and others in a community of practice on Zoom every Saturday\, 9 am to 10:30 am Central Time (Texas\, USA).  \nInvite your friends to join you. Periodic donations are appreciated on a gift economy basis. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/empathy-circle-bren-hardt/2022-02-19/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:NVC and Habits: A 12-Week Journey - Karen Starz\, MA\, MAEC\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 12-week supported journey through creating more life-serving habits. Increase self-awareness and explore your habits within the context of Nonviolent Communication. The exploration of habits will take place in a community of trust and includes the opportunity to select a package that offers one on one sessions with Karen Starz\, MA\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, as additional support outside of the group coursework.\n\nExpect to consciously integrate the work for two hours a week outside of the class sessions. The “work” however\, will aim to be fun\, relaxing\, playful\, energizing\, and full of curiosity around your own belief systems and thoughts. I choose to call it growth work and not homework! The aim is not to change habits although\, that will be a byproduct of the course. The aim is deep self-connection and connection to divine beloved energy.\n\nWe will meet together live\, in weekly group sessions beginning February 6\, 2022 from 5-7 pm Central Standard Time (CST).\n\n\n\nWho is this program for?\nThis is open to anyone who would like to learn and have support while exploring habits and patterns that are no longer serving them.\nThese habits could be internal patterns\, such as thoughts or defense mechanisms\, or external behaviors like substance-related habits (this program could also be a meaningful companion to a 12-step or other recovery program).​\n\nLearn More & Register
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-and-habits-a-12-week-journey-karen-starz-ma-maec-cnvc-certified-trainer-starting-february-6-2022/2022-02-13/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:NVC Toolkit for Social Media - Karen Starz\, CNVC Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Are you scared and nervous to post on social media? Do you want some ways to bring back the joy of connecting this way? Join us for a pilot program in January. 6-weeks to a better social media experience using NVC as our guide to navigate the choppy waters. Led by Karen Starz\, CNVC certified trainer. This will be fun\, interactive and exploratory. \nHere are some of the things we focus on in our six week project: \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat impact can compassionate communication have on social media awareness?\nHow do you practice kindness through online platforms?\nHow do you care for yourself and balance social media and life?\nCreating agreements on social media.\nHow to “not take it personally.”\nKeeping access doable in your life\nHow much is too vulnerable?\nTransparency\, privacy\, and vulnerability.\nWhat is accountability anyway?\nHow labels separate us.\nHow do we shift the herd?\nModeling through social media presence.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe requested amount is $180 for the six-week series if you register before Dec. 18 and $240 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-toolkit-for-social-media-karen-starz-cnvc-trainer/2022-02-12/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Empathy Circle - Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Empathy\, also called “Attuned Listening”\, is both a gift to you and a gift to others. Empathy enlarges our understanding of ourselves and others and awakens compassion where judgment and separation once existed. I cannot imagine the needed world transformation happening without more of us developing our capacity for giving and receiving empathy. \nSo please join me\, Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, and others in a community of practice on Zoom every Saturday\, 9 am to 10:30 am Central Time (Texas\, USA).  \nInvite your friends to join you. Periodic donations are appreciated on a gift economy basis. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/empathy-circle-bren-hardt/2022-02-12/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hardt.png
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220211T120000
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SUMMARY:Mediation: A Facilitated Conversation with Karen Starz & Michael Dillo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next series of mediation with Michael Dillo and Karen Starz! \n“All it takes is a lot of patience\, the willingness to establish a human connection\, the intention to follow NVC principles until you reach a resolution\, and trust that the process will work.” -Marshall Rosenberg\, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life \nFor six weeks we will explore mediation in community from the perspective of a Nonviolent Communication consciousness. We will focus on how to navigate those courageous conversations with an open heart. Guiding us through this journey are two CNVC Certified Trainers\, Karen Starz and Michael Dillo\, who have a passion to connect people in a human way so that they can enjoy contributing to each other’s wellbeing. \nIn this process\, when connection is valued rather than details\, solutions tend to come easily. Learn how to connect using observations\, feelings\, needs\, and (doable) requests. Walk away with the confidence that connection is always available and accessible with patience. \nThis is not your typical legal mediation style. Come with an open mind and a willingness to share and practice. We will be using real-life experiences as role-play. Tools will be offered in presentations from Karen\, Michael & video-clips from Marshall B. Rosenberg. Participants will be able to practice individually in smaller groups in break out rooms. \nWe will be meeting remotely via Zoom on Fridays from Jan 7\, 2022 to February 11\, 2022\, from 10am to 12 pm Central/Houston Time. \nKaren Starz\, CNVC Certified Trainer\nSee more at karenstarz.com\n \nKaren is a consultant\, coach\, speaker\, and facilitator. The connection with Marshall Rosenberg’s work and NVC came naturally and peaked further\, ongoing exploration into the foundations of NVC. Her background spans many areas\, from interpersonal relationships\, to businesses\, schools\, and non-profit organizations. Other services she provides include mediation\, conflict resolution\, and curriculum writing. Her approach to NVC is based on embodying the whole of nonviolent consciousness to create an automatic\, empathic\, somatic response and awareness. Karen aims to bring social change through learning\, and is particularly interested in the spiritual connection that NVC fosters. One way she embodies this aim by contributing as President of Houston NVC. \nMichael Dillo\, Assessor and CNVC Certified Trainer\n \nMichael in his “first” life was a professor for civil engineering. In his PhD thesis he specialized in underground constructions and tunneling in rock\, what paved his way from his home country Germany to Switzerland in the early 1990’s. As much as he enjoyed living in this beautiful country\, he started to feel increasingly dissatisfied with his job as an engineer and was disheartened dealing with technical questions all day. He struggled with with fear of change and a lot of messages like: I “have” to pay for my family\, I “have” to finance my house\, my insurances\, my car\, the vacation… \nIn 1997 he was inspired to attend a workshop with Marshall B. Rosenberg to find some answers to his questions and fears. During the first three day-seminar\, he received some fundamental life-changing answers. However\, it took him quite a while to understand the difference between intellectually understanding NVC and internalizing it. For many years he began to connect with feelings and needs as he had never done in life before – he began to empathize with himself and others. \nIn 2002 trust in himself had grown so much that he was able to quit his engineering profession without feelings of fear or guilt. Again and again\, he was fascinated by and grateful for the experience that things\, people\, inspiration\, and even money come “by chance“. He has been a CNVC Certified Trainer since 2004 and started to work worldwide. In 2013 he was asked to join the CNVC Assessors Team of the German-speaking part of Switzerland and the CALF Team in the USA. He is passionate about supporting certification candidates on their path to deeply integrating NVC while heading for certification. \nSee more at www.frei-raeume.ch \nThe requested amount is $240 for the six-week series if you register before Nov. 1st and $300 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/mediate-your-holidays-with-karen-starz-michael-dillo/2022-02-11/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220206T190000
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SUMMARY:NVC and Habits: A 12-Week Journey - Karen Starz\, MA\, MAEC\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 12-week supported journey through creating more life-serving habits. Increase self-awareness and explore your habits within the context of Nonviolent Communication. The exploration of habits will take place in a community of trust and includes the opportunity to select a package that offers one on one sessions with Karen Starz\, MA\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, as additional support outside of the group coursework.\n\nExpect to consciously integrate the work for two hours a week outside of the class sessions. The “work” however\, will aim to be fun\, relaxing\, playful\, energizing\, and full of curiosity around your own belief systems and thoughts. I choose to call it growth work and not homework! The aim is not to change habits although\, that will be a byproduct of the course. The aim is deep self-connection and connection to divine beloved energy.\n\nWe will meet together live\, in weekly group sessions beginning February 6\, 2022 from 5-7 pm Central Standard Time (CST).\n\n\n\nWho is this program for?\nThis is open to anyone who would like to learn and have support while exploring habits and patterns that are no longer serving them.\nThese habits could be internal patterns\, such as thoughts or defense mechanisms\, or external behaviors like substance-related habits (this program could also be a meaningful companion to a 12-step or other recovery program).​\n\nLearn More & Register
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-and-habits-a-12-week-journey-karen-starz-ma-maec-cnvc-certified-trainer-starting-february-6-2022/2022-02-06/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Karen-Starz-sq.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220205T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220205T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211023T122453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211023T122453Z
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SUMMARY:NVC Toolkit for Social Media - Karen Starz\, CNVC Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Are you scared and nervous to post on social media? Do you want some ways to bring back the joy of connecting this way? Join us for a pilot program in January. 6-weeks to a better social media experience using NVC as our guide to navigate the choppy waters. Led by Karen Starz\, CNVC certified trainer. This will be fun\, interactive and exploratory. \nHere are some of the things we focus on in our six week project: \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat impact can compassionate communication have on social media awareness?\nHow do you practice kindness through online platforms?\nHow do you care for yourself and balance social media and life?\nCreating agreements on social media.\nHow to “not take it personally.”\nKeeping access doable in your life\nHow much is too vulnerable?\nTransparency\, privacy\, and vulnerability.\nWhat is accountability anyway?\nHow labels separate us.\nHow do we shift the herd?\nModeling through social media presence.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe requested amount is $180 for the six-week series if you register before Dec. 18 and $240 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-toolkit-for-social-media-karen-starz-cnvc-trainer/2022-02-05/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Karen-Starz-sq.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220205T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220205T103000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
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SUMMARY:Empathy Circle - Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Empathy\, also called “Attuned Listening”\, is both a gift to you and a gift to others. Empathy enlarges our understanding of ourselves and others and awakens compassion where judgment and separation once existed. I cannot imagine the needed world transformation happening without more of us developing our capacity for giving and receiving empathy. \nSo please join me\, Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, and others in a community of practice on Zoom every Saturday\, 9 am to 10:30 am Central Time (Texas\, USA).  \nInvite your friends to join you. Periodic donations are appreciated on a gift economy basis. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/empathy-circle-bren-hardt/2022-02-05/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hardt.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220204T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211023T030850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211203T060946Z
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SUMMARY:Mediation: A Facilitated Conversation with Karen Starz & Michael Dillo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next series of mediation with Michael Dillo and Karen Starz! \n“All it takes is a lot of patience\, the willingness to establish a human connection\, the intention to follow NVC principles until you reach a resolution\, and trust that the process will work.” -Marshall Rosenberg\, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life \nFor six weeks we will explore mediation in community from the perspective of a Nonviolent Communication consciousness. We will focus on how to navigate those courageous conversations with an open heart. Guiding us through this journey are two CNVC Certified Trainers\, Karen Starz and Michael Dillo\, who have a passion to connect people in a human way so that they can enjoy contributing to each other’s wellbeing. \nIn this process\, when connection is valued rather than details\, solutions tend to come easily. Learn how to connect using observations\, feelings\, needs\, and (doable) requests. Walk away with the confidence that connection is always available and accessible with patience. \nThis is not your typical legal mediation style. Come with an open mind and a willingness to share and practice. We will be using real-life experiences as role-play. Tools will be offered in presentations from Karen\, Michael & video-clips from Marshall B. Rosenberg. Participants will be able to practice individually in smaller groups in break out rooms. \nWe will be meeting remotely via Zoom on Fridays from Jan 7\, 2022 to February 11\, 2022\, from 10am to 12 pm Central/Houston Time. \nKaren Starz\, CNVC Certified Trainer\nSee more at karenstarz.com\n \nKaren is a consultant\, coach\, speaker\, and facilitator. The connection with Marshall Rosenberg’s work and NVC came naturally and peaked further\, ongoing exploration into the foundations of NVC. Her background spans many areas\, from interpersonal relationships\, to businesses\, schools\, and non-profit organizations. Other services she provides include mediation\, conflict resolution\, and curriculum writing. Her approach to NVC is based on embodying the whole of nonviolent consciousness to create an automatic\, empathic\, somatic response and awareness. Karen aims to bring social change through learning\, and is particularly interested in the spiritual connection that NVC fosters. One way she embodies this aim by contributing as President of Houston NVC. \nMichael Dillo\, Assessor and CNVC Certified Trainer\n \nMichael in his “first” life was a professor for civil engineering. In his PhD thesis he specialized in underground constructions and tunneling in rock\, what paved his way from his home country Germany to Switzerland in the early 1990’s. As much as he enjoyed living in this beautiful country\, he started to feel increasingly dissatisfied with his job as an engineer and was disheartened dealing with technical questions all day. He struggled with with fear of change and a lot of messages like: I “have” to pay for my family\, I “have” to finance my house\, my insurances\, my car\, the vacation… \nIn 1997 he was inspired to attend a workshop with Marshall B. Rosenberg to find some answers to his questions and fears. During the first three day-seminar\, he received some fundamental life-changing answers. However\, it took him quite a while to understand the difference between intellectually understanding NVC and internalizing it. For many years he began to connect with feelings and needs as he had never done in life before – he began to empathize with himself and others. \nIn 2002 trust in himself had grown so much that he was able to quit his engineering profession without feelings of fear or guilt. Again and again\, he was fascinated by and grateful for the experience that things\, people\, inspiration\, and even money come “by chance“. He has been a CNVC Certified Trainer since 2004 and started to work worldwide. In 2013 he was asked to join the CNVC Assessors Team of the German-speaking part of Switzerland and the CALF Team in the USA. He is passionate about supporting certification candidates on their path to deeply integrating NVC while heading for certification. \nSee more at www.frei-raeume.ch \nThe requested amount is $240 for the six-week series if you register before Nov. 1st and $300 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/mediate-your-holidays-with-karen-starz-michael-dillo/2022-02-04/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220130T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220130T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211028T232405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211104T225028Z
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SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) 8 Week Series
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to create more joy in your life?\n  \nDo you want to transform conflicts into: \n\n\n\nSelf-awareness and choices in life?\nConnection with children\, family and friends?\nCollaboration and win-win situations at work?\n\n\n\n  \nIf you answered yes to any question above\, come join the upcoming “Fundamentals of NonViolent Communication” course! NVC offers tools to help us evolve steadily towards collaborative and respectful relationships — enhancing peace\, understanding\, synergy\, productivity and creativity. \n  \nThis course is co-facilitated by four Center for NonViolent Communication Certification Candidates.  This is a new initiative by Houston NVC to support future leaders in NVC. Come support our candidates and the vision of Marshall Rosenberg\, founder of NVC! \n  \nWhat is this? \n  \nThis is a highly interactive\, discussion-based exploration of Marshall Rosenberg’s book “Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life\, 3rd Ed.” (Puddle Dancer Press\, 2015). Rosenberg’s compassionate communication framework is a powerful tool we can use to make authentic\, heart-to-heart connections. Being heard\, understood and accepted is one of the most powerful gifts we can offer one another. It is also a gift that those around us desperately need. \n  \nTogether\, we will form an online learning community in which we can apply what we’ve read about with real people in real conversation. This community provides an opportunity to create peace in the world by creating peace within ourselves\, as well as between ourselves and all with whom we speak. Reading\, reflection\, and review homework provide participants with the opportunity to make the most of the weekly online interactions\, which will focus on practice and application. \n  \nWhat are the expected outcomes for participants?\n  \n\n\n\nExperience less painful and shorter conflicts\nMove from conflict to mutual strategies\nSpend more time in connection with others and yourself\nHave more awareness of your needs\, wants and desires\nHave your needs expressed and understood\nTranslate accusations into dialogues & requests\nIncrease harmony and understanding among others\nStay more centered\, open and effective in conflicts\nHave more fun\, joy and pleasure in relationships and in life\n\n\n\n  \nWho is this for?\n  \nThis is an excellent foundational workshop for the beginner or a sound refresher for returning practitioners. The people who will get the most out of the experience are those who read along in advance of each week’s session and come ready and willing to risk trying the things they read about in a real conversation with a real person. \n  \nWhen will this series of events occur?\n  \nWe will be meeting remotely via Zoom Sundays November 28\, 2021 to January 30 2022\, from 10am to 12 pm Central/Houston Time. There will be no sessions on December 26\, 2021 and January 2\, 2022. \n  \nWhat is unique about this course? \n  \nThe November 2021 edition of this course will be offered by a team of four facilitators. Members of this team come from different cultural and professional backgrounds. They live in four different continents\, spanning across four time zones\, and speaking eleven languages among them. They enthusiastically call themselves a group of “United Friends of NVC”! Participants are sure to get a truly cross-cultural experience of NVC.  \n  \nLearn More About Your Facilitators\n  \nSiddharth Shah \nSiddharth Shah\, calls himself SID\, short for Sensitive In Directness! This is his eternal struggle and an aspiration for himself. NVC is a means for him to live this sensitivity without being indirect or compromising his authenticity. Sid is a founder of AneKant Labs. AneKant is a term from Jainism which means there are multiple realities/perspectives to our experiences. Understanding others’ perspectives is at the heart of empathy and compassion. Sid gives the gift of multiple perspectives to his clients through his work in coaching and facilitation. He is on a mission to reduce hate and spread compassion in his area of influence.                                            Email: siddharth1389@gmail.com  Website: anekantlabs.org \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Mark A Friedman \n  \nDr. Mark A. Friedman is inspired to create and live in a world of Beloved Community where authentic\, joyful giving and receiving contribute to creating the richest\nof lives for all people. As the founder of Rise Above and Deliver\, Mark works with individuals empowering them to live creative\, bold and prosperous lives\, and with communities and organizations guiding them to fully realize their visions. Mark is a Certified Life/Project Coach\, a Certification Candidate with the international Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC)\, a Certified Kingian Nonviolence (KNV) trainer\, a frequent head coach in the Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program (SELP)\, and a computer scientist — who values causing transformation\, leadership and community. \nEmail: drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com  Website: www.drmaf.com \n  \nLuciana Martins \nLuciana Martins – Lu is a business entrepreneur\, a language teacher\, Karma Sannyasin and Satyananda Yoga teacher\, Vedanta student\, Mindfulness trainer (MMTCP)\, potter and nature lover. On the CNVC Certification path\, NVC has been a way to invite a sense of choice and freedom in her work and life\, connecting more deeply with herself\, others and the systemic world around hers. Having lived in 9 different countries\, she has developed a deep appreciation for different perspectives and cultures and feels “at home” facilitating NVC in different languages and environments – from corporations to groups\, exploring  together ways to apply and integrate Nonviolent Communication into daily life challenges\, relationships\,  business\, education\, parenting\, trauma and social change. \nInstagram: @lu_o_martins \n  \n  \n  \n  \nKevin SL Wong \n  \nKevin SL Wong – Kevin is a Hong Kong Chinese native currently residing in Berlin\, Germany.  He had years of experience being drowned out by conflicts at work\, as a software product manager in data science. He had zero clue how others gave feedback on him being “too nice” whilst at the same time being “too much of a pain to work with”. NVC changed everything as Kevin grew in self acceptance\, and confidence in relating to others. Currently\, he is a coach aspiring to transform the workplace with NVC. He dreams of spreading NVC someday to Chinese speaking communities around the world. \nEmail: kevin@begleitung.me  Website: begleitung.me \n  \n  \nWhat is the tuition for this course?\n  \nThe requested tuition is $180 USD per participant for the 8 week series. You will also need to buy a copy of Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication\, A Language of Life. \n  \nHouston NVC supports all economic levels as we understand people come from different countries and different economic circumstances. We do not turn away participants due to financial need. \n  \nPlease contact Mark (drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com) to make a request for tuition assistance or a payment plan\, as needed. \nClick here to register
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/fundamentals-of-nonviolent-communication-nvc-8-week-series/2022-01-30/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Mark Friedman%2C CNVC Certification Candidate":MAILTO:drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220129T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211023T122453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211023T122453Z
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SUMMARY:NVC Toolkit for Social Media - Karen Starz\, CNVC Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Are you scared and nervous to post on social media? Do you want some ways to bring back the joy of connecting this way? Join us for a pilot program in January. 6-weeks to a better social media experience using NVC as our guide to navigate the choppy waters. Led by Karen Starz\, CNVC certified trainer. This will be fun\, interactive and exploratory. \nHere are some of the things we focus on in our six week project: \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat impact can compassionate communication have on social media awareness?\nHow do you practice kindness through online platforms?\nHow do you care for yourself and balance social media and life?\nCreating agreements on social media.\nHow to “not take it personally.”\nKeeping access doable in your life\nHow much is too vulnerable?\nTransparency\, privacy\, and vulnerability.\nWhat is accountability anyway?\nHow labels separate us.\nHow do we shift the herd?\nModeling through social media presence.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe requested amount is $180 for the six-week series if you register before Dec. 18 and $240 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-toolkit-for-social-media-karen-starz-cnvc-trainer/2022-01-29/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Karen-Starz-sq.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220129T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220129T103000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20210503T233759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T211803Z
UID:10000614-1643446800-1643452200@powerofcompassion.org
SUMMARY:Empathy Circle - Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Empathy\, also called “Attuned Listening”\, is both a gift to you and a gift to others. Empathy enlarges our understanding of ourselves and others and awakens compassion where judgment and separation once existed. I cannot imagine the needed world transformation happening without more of us developing our capacity for giving and receiving empathy. \nSo please join me\, Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, and others in a community of practice on Zoom every Saturday\, 9 am to 10:30 am Central Time (Texas\, USA).  \nInvite your friends to join you. Periodic donations are appreciated on a gift economy basis. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/empathy-circle-bren-hardt/2022-01-29/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hardt.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220128T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220128T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211023T030850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211203T060946Z
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SUMMARY:Mediation: A Facilitated Conversation with Karen Starz & Michael Dillo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next series of mediation with Michael Dillo and Karen Starz! \n“All it takes is a lot of patience\, the willingness to establish a human connection\, the intention to follow NVC principles until you reach a resolution\, and trust that the process will work.” -Marshall Rosenberg\, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life \nFor six weeks we will explore mediation in community from the perspective of a Nonviolent Communication consciousness. We will focus on how to navigate those courageous conversations with an open heart. Guiding us through this journey are two CNVC Certified Trainers\, Karen Starz and Michael Dillo\, who have a passion to connect people in a human way so that they can enjoy contributing to each other’s wellbeing. \nIn this process\, when connection is valued rather than details\, solutions tend to come easily. Learn how to connect using observations\, feelings\, needs\, and (doable) requests. Walk away with the confidence that connection is always available and accessible with patience. \nThis is not your typical legal mediation style. Come with an open mind and a willingness to share and practice. We will be using real-life experiences as role-play. Tools will be offered in presentations from Karen\, Michael & video-clips from Marshall B. Rosenberg. Participants will be able to practice individually in smaller groups in break out rooms. \nWe will be meeting remotely via Zoom on Fridays from Jan 7\, 2022 to February 11\, 2022\, from 10am to 12 pm Central/Houston Time. \nKaren Starz\, CNVC Certified Trainer\nSee more at karenstarz.com\n \nKaren is a consultant\, coach\, speaker\, and facilitator. The connection with Marshall Rosenberg’s work and NVC came naturally and peaked further\, ongoing exploration into the foundations of NVC. Her background spans many areas\, from interpersonal relationships\, to businesses\, schools\, and non-profit organizations. Other services she provides include mediation\, conflict resolution\, and curriculum writing. Her approach to NVC is based on embodying the whole of nonviolent consciousness to create an automatic\, empathic\, somatic response and awareness. Karen aims to bring social change through learning\, and is particularly interested in the spiritual connection that NVC fosters. One way she embodies this aim by contributing as President of Houston NVC. \nMichael Dillo\, Assessor and CNVC Certified Trainer\n \nMichael in his “first” life was a professor for civil engineering. In his PhD thesis he specialized in underground constructions and tunneling in rock\, what paved his way from his home country Germany to Switzerland in the early 1990’s. As much as he enjoyed living in this beautiful country\, he started to feel increasingly dissatisfied with his job as an engineer and was disheartened dealing with technical questions all day. He struggled with with fear of change and a lot of messages like: I “have” to pay for my family\, I “have” to finance my house\, my insurances\, my car\, the vacation… \nIn 1997 he was inspired to attend a workshop with Marshall B. Rosenberg to find some answers to his questions and fears. During the first three day-seminar\, he received some fundamental life-changing answers. However\, it took him quite a while to understand the difference between intellectually understanding NVC and internalizing it. For many years he began to connect with feelings and needs as he had never done in life before – he began to empathize with himself and others. \nIn 2002 trust in himself had grown so much that he was able to quit his engineering profession without feelings of fear or guilt. Again and again\, he was fascinated by and grateful for the experience that things\, people\, inspiration\, and even money come “by chance“. He has been a CNVC Certified Trainer since 2004 and started to work worldwide. In 2013 he was asked to join the CNVC Assessors Team of the German-speaking part of Switzerland and the CALF Team in the USA. He is passionate about supporting certification candidates on their path to deeply integrating NVC while heading for certification. \nSee more at www.frei-raeume.ch \nThe requested amount is $240 for the six-week series if you register before Nov. 1st and $300 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/mediate-your-holidays-with-karen-starz-michael-dillo/2022-01-28/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220123T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220123T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211028T232405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211104T225028Z
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SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) 8 Week Series
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to create more joy in your life?\n  \nDo you want to transform conflicts into: \n\n\n\nSelf-awareness and choices in life?\nConnection with children\, family and friends?\nCollaboration and win-win situations at work?\n\n\n\n  \nIf you answered yes to any question above\, come join the upcoming “Fundamentals of NonViolent Communication” course! NVC offers tools to help us evolve steadily towards collaborative and respectful relationships — enhancing peace\, understanding\, synergy\, productivity and creativity. \n  \nThis course is co-facilitated by four Center for NonViolent Communication Certification Candidates.  This is a new initiative by Houston NVC to support future leaders in NVC. Come support our candidates and the vision of Marshall Rosenberg\, founder of NVC! \n  \nWhat is this? \n  \nThis is a highly interactive\, discussion-based exploration of Marshall Rosenberg’s book “Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life\, 3rd Ed.” (Puddle Dancer Press\, 2015). Rosenberg’s compassionate communication framework is a powerful tool we can use to make authentic\, heart-to-heart connections. Being heard\, understood and accepted is one of the most powerful gifts we can offer one another. It is also a gift that those around us desperately need. \n  \nTogether\, we will form an online learning community in which we can apply what we’ve read about with real people in real conversation. This community provides an opportunity to create peace in the world by creating peace within ourselves\, as well as between ourselves and all with whom we speak. Reading\, reflection\, and review homework provide participants with the opportunity to make the most of the weekly online interactions\, which will focus on practice and application. \n  \nWhat are the expected outcomes for participants?\n  \n\n\n\nExperience less painful and shorter conflicts\nMove from conflict to mutual strategies\nSpend more time in connection with others and yourself\nHave more awareness of your needs\, wants and desires\nHave your needs expressed and understood\nTranslate accusations into dialogues & requests\nIncrease harmony and understanding among others\nStay more centered\, open and effective in conflicts\nHave more fun\, joy and pleasure in relationships and in life\n\n\n\n  \nWho is this for?\n  \nThis is an excellent foundational workshop for the beginner or a sound refresher for returning practitioners. The people who will get the most out of the experience are those who read along in advance of each week’s session and come ready and willing to risk trying the things they read about in a real conversation with a real person. \n  \nWhen will this series of events occur?\n  \nWe will be meeting remotely via Zoom Sundays November 28\, 2021 to January 30 2022\, from 10am to 12 pm Central/Houston Time. There will be no sessions on December 26\, 2021 and January 2\, 2022. \n  \nWhat is unique about this course? \n  \nThe November 2021 edition of this course will be offered by a team of four facilitators. Members of this team come from different cultural and professional backgrounds. They live in four different continents\, spanning across four time zones\, and speaking eleven languages among them. They enthusiastically call themselves a group of “United Friends of NVC”! Participants are sure to get a truly cross-cultural experience of NVC.  \n  \nLearn More About Your Facilitators\n  \nSiddharth Shah \nSiddharth Shah\, calls himself SID\, short for Sensitive In Directness! This is his eternal struggle and an aspiration for himself. NVC is a means for him to live this sensitivity without being indirect or compromising his authenticity. Sid is a founder of AneKant Labs. AneKant is a term from Jainism which means there are multiple realities/perspectives to our experiences. Understanding others’ perspectives is at the heart of empathy and compassion. Sid gives the gift of multiple perspectives to his clients through his work in coaching and facilitation. He is on a mission to reduce hate and spread compassion in his area of influence.                                            Email: siddharth1389@gmail.com  Website: anekantlabs.org \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Mark A Friedman \n  \nDr. Mark A. Friedman is inspired to create and live in a world of Beloved Community where authentic\, joyful giving and receiving contribute to creating the richest\nof lives for all people. As the founder of Rise Above and Deliver\, Mark works with individuals empowering them to live creative\, bold and prosperous lives\, and with communities and organizations guiding them to fully realize their visions. Mark is a Certified Life/Project Coach\, a Certification Candidate with the international Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC)\, a Certified Kingian Nonviolence (KNV) trainer\, a frequent head coach in the Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program (SELP)\, and a computer scientist — who values causing transformation\, leadership and community. \nEmail: drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com  Website: www.drmaf.com \n  \nLuciana Martins \nLuciana Martins – Lu is a business entrepreneur\, a language teacher\, Karma Sannyasin and Satyananda Yoga teacher\, Vedanta student\, Mindfulness trainer (MMTCP)\, potter and nature lover. On the CNVC Certification path\, NVC has been a way to invite a sense of choice and freedom in her work and life\, connecting more deeply with herself\, others and the systemic world around hers. Having lived in 9 different countries\, she has developed a deep appreciation for different perspectives and cultures and feels “at home” facilitating NVC in different languages and environments – from corporations to groups\, exploring  together ways to apply and integrate Nonviolent Communication into daily life challenges\, relationships\,  business\, education\, parenting\, trauma and social change. \nInstagram: @lu_o_martins \n  \n  \n  \n  \nKevin SL Wong \n  \nKevin SL Wong – Kevin is a Hong Kong Chinese native currently residing in Berlin\, Germany.  He had years of experience being drowned out by conflicts at work\, as a software product manager in data science. He had zero clue how others gave feedback on him being “too nice” whilst at the same time being “too much of a pain to work with”. NVC changed everything as Kevin grew in self acceptance\, and confidence in relating to others. Currently\, he is a coach aspiring to transform the workplace with NVC. He dreams of spreading NVC someday to Chinese speaking communities around the world. \nEmail: kevin@begleitung.me  Website: begleitung.me \n  \n  \nWhat is the tuition for this course?\n  \nThe requested tuition is $180 USD per participant for the 8 week series. You will also need to buy a copy of Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication\, A Language of Life. \n  \nHouston NVC supports all economic levels as we understand people come from different countries and different economic circumstances. We do not turn away participants due to financial need. \n  \nPlease contact Mark (drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com) to make a request for tuition assistance or a payment plan\, as needed. \nClick here to register
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/fundamentals-of-nonviolent-communication-nvc-8-week-series/2022-01-23/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Mark Friedman%2C CNVC Certification Candidate":MAILTO:drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220122T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220122T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211023T122453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211023T122453Z
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SUMMARY:NVC Toolkit for Social Media - Karen Starz\, CNVC Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Are you scared and nervous to post on social media? Do you want some ways to bring back the joy of connecting this way? Join us for a pilot program in January. 6-weeks to a better social media experience using NVC as our guide to navigate the choppy waters. Led by Karen Starz\, CNVC certified trainer. This will be fun\, interactive and exploratory. \nHere are some of the things we focus on in our six week project: \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat impact can compassionate communication have on social media awareness?\nHow do you practice kindness through online platforms?\nHow do you care for yourself and balance social media and life?\nCreating agreements on social media.\nHow to “not take it personally.”\nKeeping access doable in your life\nHow much is too vulnerable?\nTransparency\, privacy\, and vulnerability.\nWhat is accountability anyway?\nHow labels separate us.\nHow do we shift the herd?\nModeling through social media presence.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe requested amount is $180 for the six-week series if you register before Dec. 18 and $240 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-toolkit-for-social-media-karen-starz-cnvc-trainer/2022-01-22/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Karen-Starz-sq.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220122T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220122T103000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20210503T233759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T211803Z
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SUMMARY:Empathy Circle - Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Empathy\, also called “Attuned Listening”\, is both a gift to you and a gift to others. Empathy enlarges our understanding of ourselves and others and awakens compassion where judgment and separation once existed. I cannot imagine the needed world transformation happening without more of us developing our capacity for giving and receiving empathy. \nSo please join me\, Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, and others in a community of practice on Zoom every Saturday\, 9 am to 10:30 am Central Time (Texas\, USA).  \nInvite your friends to join you. Periodic donations are appreciated on a gift economy basis. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/empathy-circle-bren-hardt/2022-01-22/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hardt.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220121T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211023T030850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211203T060946Z
UID:10001096-1642759200-1642766400@powerofcompassion.org
SUMMARY:Mediation: A Facilitated Conversation with Karen Starz & Michael Dillo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next series of mediation with Michael Dillo and Karen Starz! \n“All it takes is a lot of patience\, the willingness to establish a human connection\, the intention to follow NVC principles until you reach a resolution\, and trust that the process will work.” -Marshall Rosenberg\, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life \nFor six weeks we will explore mediation in community from the perspective of a Nonviolent Communication consciousness. We will focus on how to navigate those courageous conversations with an open heart. Guiding us through this journey are two CNVC Certified Trainers\, Karen Starz and Michael Dillo\, who have a passion to connect people in a human way so that they can enjoy contributing to each other’s wellbeing. \nIn this process\, when connection is valued rather than details\, solutions tend to come easily. Learn how to connect using observations\, feelings\, needs\, and (doable) requests. Walk away with the confidence that connection is always available and accessible with patience. \nThis is not your typical legal mediation style. Come with an open mind and a willingness to share and practice. We will be using real-life experiences as role-play. Tools will be offered in presentations from Karen\, Michael & video-clips from Marshall B. Rosenberg. Participants will be able to practice individually in smaller groups in break out rooms. \nWe will be meeting remotely via Zoom on Fridays from Jan 7\, 2022 to February 11\, 2022\, from 10am to 12 pm Central/Houston Time. \nKaren Starz\, CNVC Certified Trainer\nSee more at karenstarz.com\n \nKaren is a consultant\, coach\, speaker\, and facilitator. The connection with Marshall Rosenberg’s work and NVC came naturally and peaked further\, ongoing exploration into the foundations of NVC. Her background spans many areas\, from interpersonal relationships\, to businesses\, schools\, and non-profit organizations. Other services she provides include mediation\, conflict resolution\, and curriculum writing. Her approach to NVC is based on embodying the whole of nonviolent consciousness to create an automatic\, empathic\, somatic response and awareness. Karen aims to bring social change through learning\, and is particularly interested in the spiritual connection that NVC fosters. One way she embodies this aim by contributing as President of Houston NVC. \nMichael Dillo\, Assessor and CNVC Certified Trainer\n \nMichael in his “first” life was a professor for civil engineering. In his PhD thesis he specialized in underground constructions and tunneling in rock\, what paved his way from his home country Germany to Switzerland in the early 1990’s. As much as he enjoyed living in this beautiful country\, he started to feel increasingly dissatisfied with his job as an engineer and was disheartened dealing with technical questions all day. He struggled with with fear of change and a lot of messages like: I “have” to pay for my family\, I “have” to finance my house\, my insurances\, my car\, the vacation… \nIn 1997 he was inspired to attend a workshop with Marshall B. Rosenberg to find some answers to his questions and fears. During the first three day-seminar\, he received some fundamental life-changing answers. However\, it took him quite a while to understand the difference between intellectually understanding NVC and internalizing it. For many years he began to connect with feelings and needs as he had never done in life before – he began to empathize with himself and others. \nIn 2002 trust in himself had grown so much that he was able to quit his engineering profession without feelings of fear or guilt. Again and again\, he was fascinated by and grateful for the experience that things\, people\, inspiration\, and even money come “by chance“. He has been a CNVC Certified Trainer since 2004 and started to work worldwide. In 2013 he was asked to join the CNVC Assessors Team of the German-speaking part of Switzerland and the CALF Team in the USA. He is passionate about supporting certification candidates on their path to deeply integrating NVC while heading for certification. \nSee more at www.frei-raeume.ch \nThe requested amount is $240 for the six-week series if you register before Nov. 1st and $300 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/mediate-your-holidays-with-karen-starz-michael-dillo/2022-01-21/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220116T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220116T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211028T232405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211104T225028Z
UID:10001105-1642327200-1642334400@powerofcompassion.org
SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) 8 Week Series
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to create more joy in your life?\n  \nDo you want to transform conflicts into: \n\n\n\nSelf-awareness and choices in life?\nConnection with children\, family and friends?\nCollaboration and win-win situations at work?\n\n\n\n  \nIf you answered yes to any question above\, come join the upcoming “Fundamentals of NonViolent Communication” course! NVC offers tools to help us evolve steadily towards collaborative and respectful relationships — enhancing peace\, understanding\, synergy\, productivity and creativity. \n  \nThis course is co-facilitated by four Center for NonViolent Communication Certification Candidates.  This is a new initiative by Houston NVC to support future leaders in NVC. Come support our candidates and the vision of Marshall Rosenberg\, founder of NVC! \n  \nWhat is this? \n  \nThis is a highly interactive\, discussion-based exploration of Marshall Rosenberg’s book “Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life\, 3rd Ed.” (Puddle Dancer Press\, 2015). Rosenberg’s compassionate communication framework is a powerful tool we can use to make authentic\, heart-to-heart connections. Being heard\, understood and accepted is one of the most powerful gifts we can offer one another. It is also a gift that those around us desperately need. \n  \nTogether\, we will form an online learning community in which we can apply what we’ve read about with real people in real conversation. This community provides an opportunity to create peace in the world by creating peace within ourselves\, as well as between ourselves and all with whom we speak. Reading\, reflection\, and review homework provide participants with the opportunity to make the most of the weekly online interactions\, which will focus on practice and application. \n  \nWhat are the expected outcomes for participants?\n  \n\n\n\nExperience less painful and shorter conflicts\nMove from conflict to mutual strategies\nSpend more time in connection with others and yourself\nHave more awareness of your needs\, wants and desires\nHave your needs expressed and understood\nTranslate accusations into dialogues & requests\nIncrease harmony and understanding among others\nStay more centered\, open and effective in conflicts\nHave more fun\, joy and pleasure in relationships and in life\n\n\n\n  \nWho is this for?\n  \nThis is an excellent foundational workshop for the beginner or a sound refresher for returning practitioners. The people who will get the most out of the experience are those who read along in advance of each week’s session and come ready and willing to risk trying the things they read about in a real conversation with a real person. \n  \nWhen will this series of events occur?\n  \nWe will be meeting remotely via Zoom Sundays November 28\, 2021 to January 30 2022\, from 10am to 12 pm Central/Houston Time. There will be no sessions on December 26\, 2021 and January 2\, 2022. \n  \nWhat is unique about this course? \n  \nThe November 2021 edition of this course will be offered by a team of four facilitators. Members of this team come from different cultural and professional backgrounds. They live in four different continents\, spanning across four time zones\, and speaking eleven languages among them. They enthusiastically call themselves a group of “United Friends of NVC”! Participants are sure to get a truly cross-cultural experience of NVC.  \n  \nLearn More About Your Facilitators\n  \nSiddharth Shah \nSiddharth Shah\, calls himself SID\, short for Sensitive In Directness! This is his eternal struggle and an aspiration for himself. NVC is a means for him to live this sensitivity without being indirect or compromising his authenticity. Sid is a founder of AneKant Labs. AneKant is a term from Jainism which means there are multiple realities/perspectives to our experiences. Understanding others’ perspectives is at the heart of empathy and compassion. Sid gives the gift of multiple perspectives to his clients through his work in coaching and facilitation. He is on a mission to reduce hate and spread compassion in his area of influence.                                            Email: siddharth1389@gmail.com  Website: anekantlabs.org \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Mark A Friedman \n  \nDr. Mark A. Friedman is inspired to create and live in a world of Beloved Community where authentic\, joyful giving and receiving contribute to creating the richest\nof lives for all people. As the founder of Rise Above and Deliver\, Mark works with individuals empowering them to live creative\, bold and prosperous lives\, and with communities and organizations guiding them to fully realize their visions. Mark is a Certified Life/Project Coach\, a Certification Candidate with the international Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC)\, a Certified Kingian Nonviolence (KNV) trainer\, a frequent head coach in the Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program (SELP)\, and a computer scientist — who values causing transformation\, leadership and community. \nEmail: drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com  Website: www.drmaf.com \n  \nLuciana Martins \nLuciana Martins – Lu is a business entrepreneur\, a language teacher\, Karma Sannyasin and Satyananda Yoga teacher\, Vedanta student\, Mindfulness trainer (MMTCP)\, potter and nature lover. On the CNVC Certification path\, NVC has been a way to invite a sense of choice and freedom in her work and life\, connecting more deeply with herself\, others and the systemic world around hers. Having lived in 9 different countries\, she has developed a deep appreciation for different perspectives and cultures and feels “at home” facilitating NVC in different languages and environments – from corporations to groups\, exploring  together ways to apply and integrate Nonviolent Communication into daily life challenges\, relationships\,  business\, education\, parenting\, trauma and social change. \nInstagram: @lu_o_martins \n  \n  \n  \n  \nKevin SL Wong \n  \nKevin SL Wong – Kevin is a Hong Kong Chinese native currently residing in Berlin\, Germany.  He had years of experience being drowned out by conflicts at work\, as a software product manager in data science. He had zero clue how others gave feedback on him being “too nice” whilst at the same time being “too much of a pain to work with”. NVC changed everything as Kevin grew in self acceptance\, and confidence in relating to others. Currently\, he is a coach aspiring to transform the workplace with NVC. He dreams of spreading NVC someday to Chinese speaking communities around the world. \nEmail: kevin@begleitung.me  Website: begleitung.me \n  \n  \nWhat is the tuition for this course?\n  \nThe requested tuition is $180 USD per participant for the 8 week series. You will also need to buy a copy of Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication\, A Language of Life. \n  \nHouston NVC supports all economic levels as we understand people come from different countries and different economic circumstances. We do not turn away participants due to financial need. \n  \nPlease contact Mark (drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com) to make a request for tuition assistance or a payment plan\, as needed. \nClick here to register
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/fundamentals-of-nonviolent-communication-nvc-8-week-series/2022-01-16/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Mark Friedman%2C CNVC Certification Candidate":MAILTO:drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211023T122453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211023T122453Z
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SUMMARY:NVC Toolkit for Social Media - Karen Starz\, CNVC Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Are you scared and nervous to post on social media? Do you want some ways to bring back the joy of connecting this way? Join us for a pilot program in January. 6-weeks to a better social media experience using NVC as our guide to navigate the choppy waters. Led by Karen Starz\, CNVC certified trainer. This will be fun\, interactive and exploratory. \nHere are some of the things we focus on in our six week project: \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat impact can compassionate communication have on social media awareness?\nHow do you practice kindness through online platforms?\nHow do you care for yourself and balance social media and life?\nCreating agreements on social media.\nHow to “not take it personally.”\nKeeping access doable in your life\nHow much is too vulnerable?\nTransparency\, privacy\, and vulnerability.\nWhat is accountability anyway?\nHow labels separate us.\nHow do we shift the herd?\nModeling through social media presence.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe requested amount is $180 for the six-week series if you register before Dec. 18 and $240 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-toolkit-for-social-media-karen-starz-cnvc-trainer/2022-01-15/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Karen-Starz-sq.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220115T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220115T103000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20210503T233759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T211803Z
UID:10000612-1642237200-1642242600@powerofcompassion.org
SUMMARY:Empathy Circle - Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Empathy\, also called “Attuned Listening”\, is both a gift to you and a gift to others. Empathy enlarges our understanding of ourselves and others and awakens compassion where judgment and separation once existed. I cannot imagine the needed world transformation happening without more of us developing our capacity for giving and receiving empathy. \nSo please join me\, Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, and others in a community of practice on Zoom every Saturday\, 9 am to 10:30 am Central Time (Texas\, USA).  \nInvite your friends to join you. Periodic donations are appreciated on a gift economy basis. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/empathy-circle-bren-hardt/2022-01-15/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hardt.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220114T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220114T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211023T030850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211203T060946Z
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SUMMARY:Mediation: A Facilitated Conversation with Karen Starz & Michael Dillo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next series of mediation with Michael Dillo and Karen Starz! \n“All it takes is a lot of patience\, the willingness to establish a human connection\, the intention to follow NVC principles until you reach a resolution\, and trust that the process will work.” -Marshall Rosenberg\, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life \nFor six weeks we will explore mediation in community from the perspective of a Nonviolent Communication consciousness. We will focus on how to navigate those courageous conversations with an open heart. Guiding us through this journey are two CNVC Certified Trainers\, Karen Starz and Michael Dillo\, who have a passion to connect people in a human way so that they can enjoy contributing to each other’s wellbeing. \nIn this process\, when connection is valued rather than details\, solutions tend to come easily. Learn how to connect using observations\, feelings\, needs\, and (doable) requests. Walk away with the confidence that connection is always available and accessible with patience. \nThis is not your typical legal mediation style. Come with an open mind and a willingness to share and practice. We will be using real-life experiences as role-play. Tools will be offered in presentations from Karen\, Michael & video-clips from Marshall B. Rosenberg. Participants will be able to practice individually in smaller groups in break out rooms. \nWe will be meeting remotely via Zoom on Fridays from Jan 7\, 2022 to February 11\, 2022\, from 10am to 12 pm Central/Houston Time. \nKaren Starz\, CNVC Certified Trainer\nSee more at karenstarz.com\n \nKaren is a consultant\, coach\, speaker\, and facilitator. The connection with Marshall Rosenberg’s work and NVC came naturally and peaked further\, ongoing exploration into the foundations of NVC. Her background spans many areas\, from interpersonal relationships\, to businesses\, schools\, and non-profit organizations. Other services she provides include mediation\, conflict resolution\, and curriculum writing. Her approach to NVC is based on embodying the whole of nonviolent consciousness to create an automatic\, empathic\, somatic response and awareness. Karen aims to bring social change through learning\, and is particularly interested in the spiritual connection that NVC fosters. One way she embodies this aim by contributing as President of Houston NVC. \nMichael Dillo\, Assessor and CNVC Certified Trainer\n \nMichael in his “first” life was a professor for civil engineering. In his PhD thesis he specialized in underground constructions and tunneling in rock\, what paved his way from his home country Germany to Switzerland in the early 1990’s. As much as he enjoyed living in this beautiful country\, he started to feel increasingly dissatisfied with his job as an engineer and was disheartened dealing with technical questions all day. He struggled with with fear of change and a lot of messages like: I “have” to pay for my family\, I “have” to finance my house\, my insurances\, my car\, the vacation… \nIn 1997 he was inspired to attend a workshop with Marshall B. Rosenberg to find some answers to his questions and fears. During the first three day-seminar\, he received some fundamental life-changing answers. However\, it took him quite a while to understand the difference between intellectually understanding NVC and internalizing it. For many years he began to connect with feelings and needs as he had never done in life before – he began to empathize with himself and others. \nIn 2002 trust in himself had grown so much that he was able to quit his engineering profession without feelings of fear or guilt. Again and again\, he was fascinated by and grateful for the experience that things\, people\, inspiration\, and even money come “by chance“. He has been a CNVC Certified Trainer since 2004 and started to work worldwide. In 2013 he was asked to join the CNVC Assessors Team of the German-speaking part of Switzerland and the CALF Team in the USA. He is passionate about supporting certification candidates on their path to deeply integrating NVC while heading for certification. \nSee more at www.frei-raeume.ch \nThe requested amount is $240 for the six-week series if you register before Nov. 1st and $300 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/mediate-your-holidays-with-karen-starz-michael-dillo/2022-01-14/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220109T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220109T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211028T232405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211104T225028Z
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SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) 8 Week Series
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to create more joy in your life?\n  \nDo you want to transform conflicts into: \n\n\n\nSelf-awareness and choices in life?\nConnection with children\, family and friends?\nCollaboration and win-win situations at work?\n\n\n\n  \nIf you answered yes to any question above\, come join the upcoming “Fundamentals of NonViolent Communication” course! NVC offers tools to help us evolve steadily towards collaborative and respectful relationships — enhancing peace\, understanding\, synergy\, productivity and creativity. \n  \nThis course is co-facilitated by four Center for NonViolent Communication Certification Candidates.  This is a new initiative by Houston NVC to support future leaders in NVC. Come support our candidates and the vision of Marshall Rosenberg\, founder of NVC! \n  \nWhat is this? \n  \nThis is a highly interactive\, discussion-based exploration of Marshall Rosenberg’s book “Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life\, 3rd Ed.” (Puddle Dancer Press\, 2015). Rosenberg’s compassionate communication framework is a powerful tool we can use to make authentic\, heart-to-heart connections. Being heard\, understood and accepted is one of the most powerful gifts we can offer one another. It is also a gift that those around us desperately need. \n  \nTogether\, we will form an online learning community in which we can apply what we’ve read about with real people in real conversation. This community provides an opportunity to create peace in the world by creating peace within ourselves\, as well as between ourselves and all with whom we speak. Reading\, reflection\, and review homework provide participants with the opportunity to make the most of the weekly online interactions\, which will focus on practice and application. \n  \nWhat are the expected outcomes for participants?\n  \n\n\n\nExperience less painful and shorter conflicts\nMove from conflict to mutual strategies\nSpend more time in connection with others and yourself\nHave more awareness of your needs\, wants and desires\nHave your needs expressed and understood\nTranslate accusations into dialogues & requests\nIncrease harmony and understanding among others\nStay more centered\, open and effective in conflicts\nHave more fun\, joy and pleasure in relationships and in life\n\n\n\n  \nWho is this for?\n  \nThis is an excellent foundational workshop for the beginner or a sound refresher for returning practitioners. The people who will get the most out of the experience are those who read along in advance of each week’s session and come ready and willing to risk trying the things they read about in a real conversation with a real person. \n  \nWhen will this series of events occur?\n  \nWe will be meeting remotely via Zoom Sundays November 28\, 2021 to January 30 2022\, from 10am to 12 pm Central/Houston Time. There will be no sessions on December 26\, 2021 and January 2\, 2022. \n  \nWhat is unique about this course? \n  \nThe November 2021 edition of this course will be offered by a team of four facilitators. Members of this team come from different cultural and professional backgrounds. They live in four different continents\, spanning across four time zones\, and speaking eleven languages among them. They enthusiastically call themselves a group of “United Friends of NVC”! Participants are sure to get a truly cross-cultural experience of NVC.  \n  \nLearn More About Your Facilitators\n  \nSiddharth Shah \nSiddharth Shah\, calls himself SID\, short for Sensitive In Directness! This is his eternal struggle and an aspiration for himself. NVC is a means for him to live this sensitivity without being indirect or compromising his authenticity. Sid is a founder of AneKant Labs. AneKant is a term from Jainism which means there are multiple realities/perspectives to our experiences. Understanding others’ perspectives is at the heart of empathy and compassion. Sid gives the gift of multiple perspectives to his clients through his work in coaching and facilitation. He is on a mission to reduce hate and spread compassion in his area of influence.                                            Email: siddharth1389@gmail.com  Website: anekantlabs.org \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Mark A Friedman \n  \nDr. Mark A. Friedman is inspired to create and live in a world of Beloved Community where authentic\, joyful giving and receiving contribute to creating the richest\nof lives for all people. As the founder of Rise Above and Deliver\, Mark works with individuals empowering them to live creative\, bold and prosperous lives\, and with communities and organizations guiding them to fully realize their visions. Mark is a Certified Life/Project Coach\, a Certification Candidate with the international Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC)\, a Certified Kingian Nonviolence (KNV) trainer\, a frequent head coach in the Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program (SELP)\, and a computer scientist — who values causing transformation\, leadership and community. \nEmail: drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com  Website: www.drmaf.com \n  \nLuciana Martins \nLuciana Martins – Lu is a business entrepreneur\, a language teacher\, Karma Sannyasin and Satyananda Yoga teacher\, Vedanta student\, Mindfulness trainer (MMTCP)\, potter and nature lover. On the CNVC Certification path\, NVC has been a way to invite a sense of choice and freedom in her work and life\, connecting more deeply with herself\, others and the systemic world around hers. Having lived in 9 different countries\, she has developed a deep appreciation for different perspectives and cultures and feels “at home” facilitating NVC in different languages and environments – from corporations to groups\, exploring  together ways to apply and integrate Nonviolent Communication into daily life challenges\, relationships\,  business\, education\, parenting\, trauma and social change. \nInstagram: @lu_o_martins \n  \n  \n  \n  \nKevin SL Wong \n  \nKevin SL Wong – Kevin is a Hong Kong Chinese native currently residing in Berlin\, Germany.  He had years of experience being drowned out by conflicts at work\, as a software product manager in data science. He had zero clue how others gave feedback on him being “too nice” whilst at the same time being “too much of a pain to work with”. NVC changed everything as Kevin grew in self acceptance\, and confidence in relating to others. Currently\, he is a coach aspiring to transform the workplace with NVC. He dreams of spreading NVC someday to Chinese speaking communities around the world. \nEmail: kevin@begleitung.me  Website: begleitung.me \n  \n  \nWhat is the tuition for this course?\n  \nThe requested tuition is $180 USD per participant for the 8 week series. You will also need to buy a copy of Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication\, A Language of Life. \n  \nHouston NVC supports all economic levels as we understand people come from different countries and different economic circumstances. We do not turn away participants due to financial need. \n  \nPlease contact Mark (drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com) to make a request for tuition assistance or a payment plan\, as needed. \nClick here to register
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/fundamentals-of-nonviolent-communication-nvc-8-week-series/2022-01-09/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Mark Friedman%2C CNVC Certification Candidate":MAILTO:drmarkafriedman@richardroman.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220108T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220108T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211023T122453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211023T122453Z
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SUMMARY:NVC Toolkit for Social Media - Karen Starz\, CNVC Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Are you scared and nervous to post on social media? Do you want some ways to bring back the joy of connecting this way? Join us for a pilot program in January. 6-weeks to a better social media experience using NVC as our guide to navigate the choppy waters. Led by Karen Starz\, CNVC certified trainer. This will be fun\, interactive and exploratory. \nHere are some of the things we focus on in our six week project: \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat impact can compassionate communication have on social media awareness?\nHow do you practice kindness through online platforms?\nHow do you care for yourself and balance social media and life?\nCreating agreements on social media.\nHow to “not take it personally.”\nKeeping access doable in your life\nHow much is too vulnerable?\nTransparency\, privacy\, and vulnerability.\nWhat is accountability anyway?\nHow labels separate us.\nHow do we shift the herd?\nModeling through social media presence.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe requested amount is $180 for the six-week series if you register before Dec. 18 and $240 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-toolkit-for-social-media-karen-starz-cnvc-trainer/2022-01-08/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Karen-Starz-sq.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220108T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220108T103000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20210503T233759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T211803Z
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SUMMARY:Empathy Circle - Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Empathy\, also called “Attuned Listening”\, is both a gift to you and a gift to others. Empathy enlarges our understanding of ourselves and others and awakens compassion where judgment and separation once existed. I cannot imagine the needed world transformation happening without more of us developing our capacity for giving and receiving empathy. \nSo please join me\, Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, and others in a community of practice on Zoom every Saturday\, 9 am to 10:30 am Central Time (Texas\, USA).  \nInvite your friends to join you. Periodic donations are appreciated on a gift economy basis. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/empathy-circle-bren-hardt/2022-01-08/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hardt.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220107T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220107T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20211023T030850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211203T060946Z
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SUMMARY:Mediation: A Facilitated Conversation with Karen Starz & Michael Dillo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next series of mediation with Michael Dillo and Karen Starz! \n“All it takes is a lot of patience\, the willingness to establish a human connection\, the intention to follow NVC principles until you reach a resolution\, and trust that the process will work.” -Marshall Rosenberg\, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life \nFor six weeks we will explore mediation in community from the perspective of a Nonviolent Communication consciousness. We will focus on how to navigate those courageous conversations with an open heart. Guiding us through this journey are two CNVC Certified Trainers\, Karen Starz and Michael Dillo\, who have a passion to connect people in a human way so that they can enjoy contributing to each other’s wellbeing. \nIn this process\, when connection is valued rather than details\, solutions tend to come easily. Learn how to connect using observations\, feelings\, needs\, and (doable) requests. Walk away with the confidence that connection is always available and accessible with patience. \nThis is not your typical legal mediation style. Come with an open mind and a willingness to share and practice. We will be using real-life experiences as role-play. Tools will be offered in presentations from Karen\, Michael & video-clips from Marshall B. Rosenberg. Participants will be able to practice individually in smaller groups in break out rooms. \nWe will be meeting remotely via Zoom on Fridays from Jan 7\, 2022 to February 11\, 2022\, from 10am to 12 pm Central/Houston Time. \nKaren Starz\, CNVC Certified Trainer\nSee more at karenstarz.com\n \nKaren is a consultant\, coach\, speaker\, and facilitator. The connection with Marshall Rosenberg’s work and NVC came naturally and peaked further\, ongoing exploration into the foundations of NVC. Her background spans many areas\, from interpersonal relationships\, to businesses\, schools\, and non-profit organizations. Other services she provides include mediation\, conflict resolution\, and curriculum writing. Her approach to NVC is based on embodying the whole of nonviolent consciousness to create an automatic\, empathic\, somatic response and awareness. Karen aims to bring social change through learning\, and is particularly interested in the spiritual connection that NVC fosters. One way she embodies this aim by contributing as President of Houston NVC. \nMichael Dillo\, Assessor and CNVC Certified Trainer\n \nMichael in his “first” life was a professor for civil engineering. In his PhD thesis he specialized in underground constructions and tunneling in rock\, what paved his way from his home country Germany to Switzerland in the early 1990’s. As much as he enjoyed living in this beautiful country\, he started to feel increasingly dissatisfied with his job as an engineer and was disheartened dealing with technical questions all day. He struggled with with fear of change and a lot of messages like: I “have” to pay for my family\, I “have” to finance my house\, my insurances\, my car\, the vacation… \nIn 1997 he was inspired to attend a workshop with Marshall B. Rosenberg to find some answers to his questions and fears. During the first three day-seminar\, he received some fundamental life-changing answers. However\, it took him quite a while to understand the difference between intellectually understanding NVC and internalizing it. For many years he began to connect with feelings and needs as he had never done in life before – he began to empathize with himself and others. \nIn 2002 trust in himself had grown so much that he was able to quit his engineering profession without feelings of fear or guilt. Again and again\, he was fascinated by and grateful for the experience that things\, people\, inspiration\, and even money come “by chance“. He has been a CNVC Certified Trainer since 2004 and started to work worldwide. In 2013 he was asked to join the CNVC Assessors Team of the German-speaking part of Switzerland and the CALF Team in the USA. He is passionate about supporting certification candidates on their path to deeply integrating NVC while heading for certification. \nSee more at www.frei-raeume.ch \nThe requested amount is $240 for the six-week series if you register before Nov. 1st and $300 if you register after. \nRegister here
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/mediate-your-holidays-with-karen-starz-michael-dillo/2022-01-07/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220102T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220102T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20210921T030247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210921T033728Z
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SUMMARY:NVC and Habits: A 12-Week Journey - Karen Starz\, MA\, MAEC\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 12-week supported journey through creating more life-serving habits. Increase self-awareness and explore your habits within the context of Nonviolent Communication. The exploration of habits will take place in a community of trust and includes the opportunity to select a package that offers one on one sessions with Karen Starz\, MA\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, as additional support outside of the group coursework.\n\nExpect to consciously integrate the work for two hours a week outside of the class sessions. The “work” however\, will aim to be fun\, relaxing\, playful\, energizing\, and full of curiosity around your own belief systems and thoughts. I choose to call it growth work and not homework! The aim is not to change habits although\, that will be a byproduct of the course. The aim is deep self-connection and connection to divine beloved energy.\n\nWe will meet together live\, in weekly group sessions beginning October 3rd\, 2021 from 6-8 pm Central Standard Time (CST).\n\n​We will not be meeting on the Sundays of Nov. 28th or Dec. 26th.\n\nWho is this program for?\nThis is open to anyone who would like to learn and have support while exploring habits and patterns that are no longer serving them.\nThese habits could be internal patterns\, such as thoughts or defense mechanisms\, or external behaviors like substance-related habits (this program could also be a meaningful companion to a 12-step or other recovery program).​\n\nLearn More & Register
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-and-habits-a-12-week-journey-karen-starz-ma-maec-cnvc-certified-trainer/2022-01-02/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Karen-Starz-sq.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220101T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220101T103000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20210503T233759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T211803Z
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SUMMARY:Empathy Circle - Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Empathy\, also called “Attuned Listening”\, is both a gift to you and a gift to others. Empathy enlarges our understanding of ourselves and others and awakens compassion where judgment and separation once existed. I cannot imagine the needed world transformation happening without more of us developing our capacity for giving and receiving empathy. \nSo please join me\, Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, and others in a community of practice on Zoom every Saturday\, 9 am to 10:30 am Central Time (Texas\, USA).  \nInvite your friends to join you. Periodic donations are appreciated on a gift economy basis. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/empathy-circle-bren-hardt/2022-01-01/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://powerofcompassion.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hardt.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211225T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211225T103000
DTSTAMP:20260421T152128
CREATED:20210503T233759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T211803Z
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SUMMARY:Empathy Circle - Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Empathy\, also called “Attuned Listening”\, is both a gift to you and a gift to others. Empathy enlarges our understanding of ourselves and others and awakens compassion where judgment and separation once existed. I cannot imagine the needed world transformation happening without more of us developing our capacity for giving and receiving empathy. \nSo please join me\, Bren Hardt\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, and others in a community of practice on Zoom every Saturday\, 9 am to 10:30 am Central Time (Texas\, USA).  \nInvite your friends to join you. Periodic donations are appreciated on a gift economy basis. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/empathy-circle-bren-hardt/2021-12-25/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:NVC and Habits: A 12-Week Journey - Karen Starz\, MA\, MAEC\, CNVC Certified Trainer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 12-week supported journey through creating more life-serving habits. Increase self-awareness and explore your habits within the context of Nonviolent Communication. The exploration of habits will take place in a community of trust and includes the opportunity to select a package that offers one on one sessions with Karen Starz\, MA\, CNVC Certified Trainer\, as additional support outside of the group coursework.\n\nExpect to consciously integrate the work for two hours a week outside of the class sessions. The “work” however\, will aim to be fun\, relaxing\, playful\, energizing\, and full of curiosity around your own belief systems and thoughts. I choose to call it growth work and not homework! The aim is not to change habits although\, that will be a byproduct of the course. The aim is deep self-connection and connection to divine beloved energy.\n\nWe will meet together live\, in weekly group sessions beginning October 3rd\, 2021 from 6-8 pm Central Standard Time (CST).\n\n​We will not be meeting on the Sundays of Nov. 28th or Dec. 26th.\n\nWho is this program for?\nThis is open to anyone who would like to learn and have support while exploring habits and patterns that are no longer serving them.\nThese habits could be internal patterns\, such as thoughts or defense mechanisms\, or external behaviors like substance-related habits (this program could also be a meaningful companion to a 12-step or other recovery program).​\n\nLearn More & Register
URL:https://powerofcompassion.org/event/nvc-and-habits-a-12-week-journey-karen-starz-ma-maec-cnvc-certified-trainer/2021-12-19/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Starz%2C MA%2C MAEC%2C CNVC Certified Trainer":MAILTO:starz.organizer@gmail.com
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