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Are you concerned that youth today are spending too much time on tech devices and not enough time developing their emotional, spiritual and physical capacities? Are you worried about how difficult it is for young people today to understand their needs and full range of choices available to meet needs in the moment? Do you feel some urgency about exposing young people to self-awareness practices that help them increase emotional intelligence? In this show we hear how the practices of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and Indigenous Mindfulness empower youth to slow down and connect to themselves more fully, understand their own feelings and needs, and experience a wider range of choices and strategies in any moment.  Host Nancy Kahn talks with Gerardo Omar Marín about the range of practices he personally uses and shares with youth across the nation, such as inner-resilience practices to recharge young people’s souls and bodies, stress-relief breathing techniques and meditation. Hear the powerful benefits of these

Practicing Nonviolent Communication (NVC) can contribute to deepening and enriching our friendships by supporting us in being more authentic with each other. Host Marlena Willis talks with Integrative Counselor, Suz Strasburger, about how to increase connection with our friends using the tools and principles of NVC, such as empathy, authenticity, and focusing on what we truly need, rather than what is “wrong” with ourselves or the other person. Marlena and Suz look at and celebrate Suz’s friendship with Nancy, whom Suz recently accompanied in her dying process. (This show is a tribute to Nancy, who was an avid practitioner of Nonviolent Communication.) Susan Strasburger, PhD (Suz) blends counseling and coaching in working with individuals, couples and organizations. She has a multidisciplinary approach which includes Nonviolent Communication, somatic counseling, mindfulness and meditation. The post Using Nonviolent Communication to Deepen Friendships appeared first on KPFA.

A lot of people don’t understand how to get along. People use force and power to get their needs met in ways that cause so much suffering. So many of us have forgotten that we all share power, and each of us needs acknowledgement and respect and inclusion. Nonviolent Communication and Mindfulness teachers Phoenix Soleil and Timothy Regan carve out some clarity about power, force, requests and demands, and the universal needs that bring us together in the end. Phoenix Soleil is a personal development connoisseur/nerd who values the power of dance, play and laughter to bring us alive. She helps people have an embodied experience of NVC concepts so that they can retain, integrate and use them in their day-to-day lives. She has trained individuals and groups all over the country in  Nonviolent Communication, meditation, theater improv, racial justice and meditation, including the Mind Body Awareness Project, East Bay Meditation Center, Kellogg Foundation and Google. She is a teacher and deep practitioner of the I

Host Nancy Kahn talks with special guest Kangs Trevens, an Oakland-based counselor and facilitator of Nonviolent Communication. Join us for a meaningful conversation about how the practice of Nonviolent Communication supports people in talking about gender and gender identity with more sensitivity and awareness. Kangs Trevens is a Nonviolent Communication trainer, mediator, activist, animal rights advocate and empathic counselor as well as a gender abolitionist. He has been learning, teaching and living the principles of Nonviolent Communication since 2008. He currently is part of the West Oakland Holistic Community Clinic which provides low cost donation based alternative healing once a month. He specializes in but is not limited to working with people from the Queer/LGBTIQQA community, with a focus on transgender sensitivity. He’s also passionate about providing care around diversity issues, underserved populations, politically radical folks, activists, highly sensitive people and animal liberationists, as

As Buddhism came to the west, U.S. feminists like Sandy Boucher have challenged some of its patriarchal traditions. Boucher is an internationally known Buddhist-feminist teacher, author and editor who has been active in the San Francisco Bay Area and Pacific Northwest for 35 years. She is the author of nine books exploring women’s experience and spiritual practice and was active in the Women’s Liberation Movement in the San Francisco Bay Area in the seventies, and helped to organize Women and Buddhism conferences in the eighties and nineties. Boucher has worked as editor on magazines such as Inquiring Mind, and the online magazine of the arts Persimmon Tree and was named an Outstanding Woman in Buddhism in 2006. Boucher has a love of language and teaches writing and coaches others on writing, offering workshops combining meditation and writing. Host Marlena Willis talks to Boucher about her Buddhist and feminist career, her life, how Buddhism helped her survive cancer and many other topics. The post 80 Years

Your host Timothy Regan and guest Sarah Peyton take you into how your brain works in relationship, with detailed attention to our capacity for empathy – what it is, and how to know it and grow it, through stories, demonstrations, and live calls. Sarah Peyton, international speaker and facilitator, has a passion for weaving together neuroscience knowledge and experiences of healing that unify people with their brains and bodies. Funny, touching, and filled with personal stories and up-to-date research on our nervous systems and how they interact with each other, her teaching changes lives and invites self-acceptance and self-compassion. Sarah offers healing experiences of hearing ourselves and others deeply. The post Your Brain on Empathy appeared first on KPFA.

Are you longing for inspiration and want to hear how one voice can contribute to change? Are you eager to learn practical skills in Nonviolent Communication that transform pain, anger, fear and frustration into vulnerable and empowered self expression? Do you want to build skills in communicating your truth without replicating forms of communication that separate us further and dehumanize others? Talk It-Out Radio host Nancy Kahn talks with a special guest, Amikaeyla Gaston, award-winning singer, activist and Executive Director/Founder of International Cultural Arts & Healing Sciences Institute (ICAHSI). Join us for an exciting conversation on the power of voice, and learn how the pathways of music, creativity, and courageous expression can be powerful instruments for healing and understanding across differences. Amikaeyla uses her voice around the world as a catalyst for those that are not often heard. You do not want to miss Amikaeyla’s voice! The post Pathways to Bringing Authentic Voice, Fueled with

In this time of many scary changes in the world, are you feeling powerless?  Would you like to be able to recognize the power you do have and be able to use it more wisely and compassionately?  How can we take leadership to create a world that works for everyone?  Host Marlena Willis talks with Miki Kashtan, cofounder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC), international teacher of Nonviolent Communication and the author of three books and an ongoing blog, on how we can use the skills of Nonviolent Communication to empower ourselves and then use that power in ways that empower others, even when we are not in formal positions of leading. The post Power and Leadership with Nonviolent Communication Teacher and Author, Miki Kashtan appeared first on KPFA.

Are you staying true to your own dream?  Do you want some powerful help to stay connected to yourself?  In this special KPFA fund-drive edition of Talk It Out Radio, we host Jyoti, a Minister of Earth-Based and Indigenous ways of prayer and healing. In her unique and beautiful voice, Jyoti will help us remember that we each have a sacred life, and that we can move with meaning, love, and service through this unprecedented time on Earth. She speaks from a life of direct relationship with the divine and with teachers and medicine people from across the world. Self-connection practices and healing prayers will be offered. Jyoti is one of the founders of Kayumari, a spiritual healing community located in the Sierra foothills of California, the North Bay of San Francisco, New York, Switzerland, Prague and the Brazillian Amazon. She is the Spiritual Director of the Center for Sacred Studies, a church dedicated to protecting and sustaining the spiritual practices of first-nation peoples around the world as they join

Have you ever told yourself that you don’t really have a choice about accessing and eating food that actually nourishes your body? Did you know that you personally can change your local food system? Learn how nonviolent communication can support your choices around good food and change your local food economy. Host Nancy Kahn talks with Theo Ferguson, founder of Healing Living Systems, a local leader and lifelong activist in the sustainability movement who has dedicated her life to raising awareness around individual choice in choosing good food for our bodies. For more than a decade, Theo has focused on advocacy and designing community food, farming, and finance infrastructure investments. We welcome you to call in with questions and comments during the second half of the show. The post Good food, my body, my life, my community–how NVC supports choice, interdependence, and awareness around food to grow our lives and community appeared first on KPFA.

Talk It Out Radio host Timothy Regan welcomes Gregory Rouillard, founder and leader of Family HEART Camp, a place where adults and children come together to learn relationship and communication skills in a unique community experience of Nonviolent Communication. We explore key principles of authentic and compassionate communication for the well-being of our children and families, especially necessary in these scary political times where children are affected by conflict and strong emotions. Hear stories of successes in family communication and community building, and receive a couple of practices that you can try with your own children. You are welcome to call in with your questions! Gregory Rouillard, a self-described “community impresario,” envisions a world where people live, work, and play in nurturing communities. He passionately cultivates authentic and compassionate multi-generational community for people of all ages through Family HEART Camp and other collaborative projects. He is thrilled to experien

This country just confirmed Donald Trump, a self proclaimed billionaire, as the 45th president of the United States. The media has also reported that President Trump’s cabinet picks have a combined wealth of more than $14  billion (CBS News). Yet in the bay area and beyond, we see what appears to be a growing number of visible homeless encampments along the freeways and streets. How often do you feel saddened and concerned by this? Do you wonder what role you can take in your community and workplace to address the severity of homelessness in your local neighborhoods? Do you sometimes find yourself numb or desensitized to people you see living on the street or asking for help, or feel helpless in being able to support change? We interview a local leader, Kristie Fairchild, who directs a community-based organization that addresses the needs of homeless people at the local level, a neighborhood model in San Francisco. We hear innovative practices and skills at both the personal  and organizational levels that in

This week we will be exploring how we can bring mindfulness into our lives–into the words we speak and the actions we take. Our guest will be Oren J. Sofer, a teacher of both mindfulness meditation and Nonviolent Communication. Because Oren is fluent in both of these skills, he brings unique insight and clarity to how to bring the practice of awareness into our relationships and our communication, so that instead of reacting, we can respond in a way that creates understanding. Co-hosts Marlena Willis and Nancy Kahn will be interviewing Oren Sofer and we will welcome call-ins in the second half of the show for questions and coaching. Oren is is a Collaborative Trainer at BayNVC, Senior Program Staff at Mindful Schools, the international leader of Mindfulness in Education, and author of the forthcoming book, Three Steps to Better Conversations: A Guide to Mindful Communication. Oren is also trained and certified in Somatic Experiencing, a form of trauma healing based in nervous system regulation. Oren holds a d

  This week we honor one of the greatest American philosophers, communicators and leaders of our country’s history. This Sunday evening, we invite you on a journey with us into practicing the assertive and active force of love, as taught and lived by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We welcome Kazu Haga, Coordinator and Trainer at East Point Peace Academy, and Melissa Crosby, activist, educator and poet, our local direct connection to the living lineage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s effective teachings. The Eastpoint Peace Academy is an organization dedicated to bringing about a culture of peace through training, education and the practice of nonviolence and conflict reconciliation. East Point is grounded in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and works with incarcerated populations, youth, activists and community leaders to bring about the framework for the future, the “Beloved Community.” Kazu, Melissa, and our hosts, Timothy Regan and Marlena Willis, will share practical approaches to raising our vo

Join us for the premier of Talk It Out Radio on KPFA this Sunday January 8th from 7-8pm. Talk it out Radio is dedicated to sharing the importance of mindfulness and nonviolent communication (NVC) and provides skills for effective and meaningful communication. This Sunday, meet our hosts, NVC and Buddhist practitioners Marlena Willis, Nancy Kahn and Timothy Regan as we share the importance of nonviolent communication in our own lives, our relationships and in creating community. We will focus on self-connection and share stories of great self-compassion and self-empathy and also talk with you. You exist, you matter, your own life is sacred. Please join us and call in to talk with us and practice mindfulness and nonviolent communication as we wake up “on the right side of the bed” to get started in our important work for 2017! The post KPFA’s New Show Talk-It-Out Radio Demonstrates the Practice of Nonviolent Communication appeared first on KPFA.

A collaboration between several Nonviolent Communication (NVC) trainers in the Bay Area. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – December 18, 2016 appeared first on KPFA.

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A collaboration between several Nonviolent Communication (NVC) trainers in the Bay Area. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – November 27, 2016 appeared first on KPFA.

A collaboration between several Nonviolent Communication (NVC) trainers in the Bay Area. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – November 20, 2016 appeared first on KPFA.