Five Finds of the Fortnight: Edition 1

Handpicked resources on Nonviolent Communication, empathy and collaboration

January 29, 2021

Hello!Welcome to the first edition of Five Finds of the Fortnight.I’m a Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. I live in Bangalore, India, and offer online & offline workshops, groups and one-on-one work on Nonviolent Communication.In this newsletter, I'll be sharing articles, videos, social media and other online resources on NVC, empathy, collaboration and other related topics that I come across in my daily reading. In every edition, I'll also include information about NVC events that are coming up.Thank you for signing up for this newsletter. If you like it, reply to me to let me know; and if there are specific topics you would like to hear more about, I'd love to know about that as well so I can include those in future editions.Warm regards,Ranjitha Jeurkar

1. Quote of the fortnight

“The objective of Nonviolent Communication is not to change people and their behavior in order to get our way: it is to establish relationships based on honesty and empathy, which will eventually fulfill everyone’s needs.”

~ Marshall Rosenberg

2. Image of the fortnight

3. Article of the fortnight

Over the last decade, gratitude has been promoted as a practice for personal wellbeing. And yet, there's no denying that gratitude is also about relationships, and our communities. Michal Zechariah writes about the interpersonal significance of gratitude, the challenges and opportunities that such an awareness can bring us.

4. Video of the fortnight

Self-compassion can be challenging when we have a a hyper-critical voice in our head that makes it painful for us to encounter parts of ourselves, work on our healing and growth.

How can we cultivate more self compassion? In this video, Yvette Erasmus, PsyD, offers some suggestions on how to begin cultivating more self-compassion.

5. Upcoming event: The 2021 online NVC Conference

The 14th Annual NVC Conference, hosted by the NVC Academy, is coming up in February. It features 10 trainers from across the world, exciting sessions in English and Spanish (with simultaneous translation to English). You can get your ticket before Jan 31 for a price of USD 125; prices go up to USD 150 from Feb 1.

If you live in the Indian subcontinent and would like a discount to attend, reply to this email to receive an India-specific discount code.