Overview of NVCSantaCruz.org:
Jean Morrison, Kelly Bryson, Christine King, Rick Longinotti, and Kristin Masters share their diversity of experience and interests to offer NVC services, adaptable to your needs.
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• Stepping into our Power: A Bi-Coastal, NVC Queer (LGBT) Retreat February 26-March 2 |
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Creating peace,
one conversation at a time
Nonviolent Communication Santa Cruz provides opportunities to learn lifelong skills for communicating with compassion, fostering mutual respect, and resolving conflicts peacefully.
We support the mission of the international Center for Nonviolent Communication by offering a variety of services for individuals, couples, and groups to learn and practice Nonviolent Communication in the Monterey Bay and surrounding areas.
Why Nonviolent Communication?
We have all been in situations where misunderstanding occurred. Either we have felt misunderstood or the other person got the wrong impression. What went wrong?
We often leave these situations feeling mystified as to what happened. How were we so misunderstood? Why was the other person so stubborn? Why couldn’t they understand what I was trying to say? Learn more...
There is no instinct like that of the heart.
~Lord Byron
In this month of love, we invite you to follow your heart, open your mind, and connect through empathy. To that end, we have offerings this month for many aspects of loving with greater compassion:
• Are you feeling the loss of a loved one, a job, or something else? Check out Good Grief - Mourning our Losses and Embracing the Process.
• Are you new or returning to Nonviolent Communication? Bring your friends and family and come to our monthly Intro.
• Are you wanting a better basis for using NVC? Join Jean's Mindful Communication book study of Nonviolent Communication - The Language of Life or come to Kelly Bryson's Foundation Training in NVC.
• Are you seeking greater ease and empathy with parenting? Come to Kristin Masters' Circle of Life - Parenting with NVC.
• Are you a therapist, social worker, nurse, teacher, or other care-giving professional? Join Jean this month for NVC for the Helping Professions with Can You GROK It?!
• Do you want more love and compassion with your partner? Come to Rick and Aviva's NVC for Couples.
• Do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer? Check out Kristin's Stepping into Our Power - NVC Retreat preview for local queer community, and sign up for the full retreat at the end of this month!
• Are you ready to look ahead to plan for a great summer NVC retreat? Click here to find out more about: 5th Annual NVC Retreat and FUNfest - this year at Jikoji (means compassionate light!) off of Summit Rd., near Saratoga, CA.
wishing you and yours love and compassion!
<3, Laurie Brooks
NVCSC Director
p.s. Kudos to Jean and Christine for the release of their iPhone application, iGrok, available thru the iTunes App Store.











