From Within to the World
Crafting flourishing Relationships

RELATIONSHIPS MATTER

How it works...

From our experience, access to rich, transformative knowledge and comprehensive tools together with the opportunity to practice and process your real-life situations in a supportive environment is what makes a real difference.

This course is for you if you:

✓ Want to change painful dynamics in your relationships

✓Sometimes feel lonely even in a crowd, and long for authentic connections

✓ Prefer to grow closer through conflict rather than drift apart

✓Want to express yourself fully and at the same time be mindful of others

✓ Wish to reshape your relationships in accordance with your true heart’s longing.

✓ Gain tools to strengthen existing relationships and skillfully invite new ones.

✓ Become better equipped to handle difficult and stressful conversations

✓ Learn to Work with difficult emotions to uncover the treasures behind them

✓ Gain more freedom to Create, rather the just react in challenging in

✓ Transform self-judgment into self-love and self-care.

In the course you will...

✓ Practice practical methods to turn conflict into a deep, even joyful, meeting place

I have never been so engaged with an online program like this. Deepest gratitude for the smooth run and the amazing speakers

- Denise (Netherlands)

"enourmosly life changing"

Christine - Germany

Since "Relationships Matter", we at the NVC Rising team have carefully curated,

a sequence of meaningful Master Workshops with beloved trainers-

all experts in their field, worldwide.

The program includes 5 learning units.

In each unit, you will have two incredible master workshops, with our visiting trainers,

and two Q&A+ deep practice workshops, with us, your NVC Rising host facilitators. Together the master classes and Q&A are designed for an enriching and comprehensive experience in each learning unit.

This program is as interactive as you choose to make it. On the one hand, you can sit back and take in the theory, AND in every single session, you will also have ample opportunities to bring your real-life situations and experience into the learning. Implementing change where it most matters.

Who are Your Trianers?

Karen Starz

Karen Starz: "Love Your Parts, They Love You ( Your Angry Parts as an example)"
"In this highly interactive workshop we will acknowledge the angry parts of us. Before transforming them to anything different, we will spend time hearing them, dancing with them and trusting that they have something important to say. There will be multiple breakouts in which you will practice with a partner. A fundamental knowledge of feelings/ needs vocabulary and NVC is helpful to experience the fullness of role-playing. If you are curious about what your anger has to say or why it seems to have a life of its own when you are trying so hard to be peaceful, this is the workshop for you. Or, if you are wanting to see change in the world and can't express yourself without being angry, this is also the workshop for you. If you are longing to be heard or to become comfortable with all of you, this is the workshop for you.

The takeaways are:
greater self-connection
awareness of how your different parts communicate and which one is loudest in you
what you value the most in life
greater comfortability with anger"
About Karen Starz: I am a CNVC certified trainer, President of Network for NVC (networkfornvc.org) a leader who models both success and failure with courage and integrity. My passion is in the exploration, discovery, and integration of processes which help humans live as they were meant to- in peace. I love working with communities to find the points of disconnection and bring them into connection through communication, spirituality, and continual learning opportunities. For me, slowing down and listening is the foundation for any work or creation. When we listen, we hear what people want the most and then we can direct them on how to live congruently. I teach online, in person and work with groups on long term commitments to change.

Yoram Mosenzon

Yoram Mosenzon : " The Power of Emapthy" .... I met NVC in 2001. While being a dancer and a choreographer, in 2008 I decided to stop all my artistic activities in order to have my time and energy fully be dedicated to teaching/living NVC. I teach regularly and nonstop Workshops as well as Year Long Courses nationally and internationally.
My focus lies on the Embodiment part of NVC- on Radical Honesty/Radical Empathy. My whole being is focused on my relation to people, while my teaching navigates in the subtle delicacy of figuring out ‘what (the fuck) is going on between and within people’ moment by moment by moment.

Liv Larsson

Liv Larsson: "Unmasking shame" " Shame is a door to vulnerability and compassion. Befriending shame is an investment. Not having to avoid shame means that you can say "yes" to your dreams, even if you are not perfect. Being friends with shame means you can let people closer to you, you will not die even if they see your flaws. This session is a taste of how to work with The Compass of Needs to become more friendly to yourself." Liv is the author of more than 20 books. She has been a Certified trainer for Center for Nonviolent Communication since 2002 and an educator since 1992. Liv is also a mediator mainly working with conflicts between the indigenous group in Scandinavia, the Same, and forest and mining industries. Also holds a masters degree in Literature and Creative writing
Giving trainings all over the world on different themes and to different audiences since twenty years. Embracing Shame, empathy, vulnerability and power is at the core of all Livs work. She is a mother, is passionate about cross-country skiing and loves to spend her time in nature and lives in the forest of northern Sweden
Find out about trainings with Liv: www.friareliv.com

Jürgen Engel

Jürgen Engel " The Living Energy of Need" "The profound depth and spiritual essence of NVC, along with the practice of Living Compassion as taught by Robert Gonzales: In this session, we will explore the energetic and spiritual depth of the concept of "needs" within Nonviolent Communication, delving into the actual, individual inner experiences we have when connecting with certain needs. Instead of focusing on whether needs are "met" or "unmet" and considering one more desirable than the other, we will explore a space beyond this binary, where we connect with the frequency or energy of the life force we call "needs."

Jürgen personaly met Marshall Rosenberg, The Founder of NVC in 2005 and Robert Gonzales in 2007 and has been on the path as an NVC learner and teacher ever since. Sharing the gifts of empathy, clarity and connection with a strong focus on Robert Gonzales' "Living Compassion" is what he loves doing most both in online and offline classes around the world.

Nadine Helm

Nadine Helm: "Preparing for authentic Dialogue" " Through working with challenges we experience in our family of origin, we will practice a process that can help us prepare ourselves before entering a challenging dialogue. It supports our own self-connection and clarity, allowing us to approach the dialogue from a need-connected place. It also helps us open our hearts to the other person and see their humanness. Before actually stepping into a dialogue, it lets us connect with our intention for mutual connection—which is a core principle of the consciousness of NVC. The process can also reveal when deeper healing is necessary before engaging in dialogue. It is a preparatory process aimed at increasing your need-connectedness regarding the triggering situation, preparing you for a potential dialogue, and offering clarity on how to best care for your needs." About Nadine Hlem: "I stumbled upon NVC in 2004. I will never forget how deeply moved and affected I was reading Marshall’s book. It felt like coming home.
Almost immediately NVC helped me build a bridge between my heart and the heart of others, overcome separation and give rise to compassion. It enabled me to access and live the love I carry in my heart, the love that was buried by bitterness, anger, frustration and powerlessness.
Robert Gonzales has been my main teacher since 2006. I’ve done his two-year course three times (participating once, assisting twice). He taught me how to deeply be with my own and others’ pain and to apply the powerful and concrete tools NVC offers to help transform the hardened knot of suffering into the vibrant living energy of life.
Holding a compassionate space for (self-) connection, empowerment, clarity, mutual care and healing is the most meaningful thing to me – I am honored to be offered a chance to share NVC with the global community of practitioners through NVC Rising.

Marie R. Miyashiro

Marie R. Miyashiro: "NVC in the workplace: The mindset shifts it takes to create impact." "Organizations are the single largest source of influence on the political, economic, and social conditions of our world. What could be possible if we brought NVC consciousness into more organizations, one team at a time?

When we ‘teach’ NVC through classic OFNR (Observation, Feeling, Need, Request) methods, possibilities can be limited. However, applying NVC in organizations through experiential learning, with a focus on the “We” interactions within the organization, opens up new possibilities. In this session, you’ll begin to understand"

About Marie R. Miyashiro: In 2023, Marie created The Giraffe Business School in collaboration with Empathic Way Europe to help NVC trainers to thrive. The Giraffe Business School participants learn from the 20+ years of experience with client case studies and Marie’s models, processes, mindsets and practices on how to bring NVC to organizations of all types from schools/universities, NGOs/nonprofits to government agencies, small businesses and multinational corporations in ways that make NVC sustainable for clients and for their NVC practice/business. She is currently mentoring in an 18-month program, 14 CNVC-certified and certification candidate trainers and graduates of The Giraffe Business School who live in Europe, Africa, India and North America.

Catherine Cooley

Catherine Cooley : "NVC in the workplace: The mindset shifts it takes to create impact." "Organizations are the single largest source of influence on the political, economic, and social conditions of our world. What could be possible if we brought NVC consciousness into more organizations, one team at a time?

When we ‘teach’ NVC through classic OFNR (Observation, Feeling, Need, Request) methods, possibilities can be limited. However, applying NVC in organizations through experiential learning, with a focus on the “We” interactions within the organization, opens up new possibilities. In this session, you’ll begin to understand"
About Catherine Cooley : I started my company Peaceabl nine years ago to offer my work as a communication coach, trainer, conflict mediator, facilitator, and speaker. I am a Certified Trainer through CNVC and lead ongoing NVC based communication, empathy, emotional self care and relationship repair groups for a mental health and recovery agency.

I serve individuals, families, organizations and small business teams and executives. Since enrolling in Marie Miyashiro’s Giraffe Business School in the spring of 2023, I have been pivoting my business to serve larger organizations and business teams.
I am getting certified and licensed to deliver Marie’s 3x3 Empathy Factors training. This has been a personal and professional transformation that I am excited to continue expanding and am inspired to share with the Global Rising community.

Corporations greatly influence world political, economic and social conditions. I am bringing NVC consciousness in a way that it can be embedded meaningfully in corporate and organizational cultures. I believe this is the greatest lever or ‘trim tab’ I have for making positive change with my life energy, and for developing as a human being, a professional, a world citizen and as a Spiritual Being.

I am a Certified Trainer with CNVC.

Tarek Maassarani

Tarek has been learning, teaching, and practicing Nonviolent Communication since 2006, integrating it into parenting, lawyering, cooperative housing, community organizing, dialogue, mediation, and training around the world.

He is passionate about orienting the inner self, communities, and institutions towards mutual liberation and transformation on the basis of self-reflection, empathy, critical awareness, and strategic nonviolence.

Tarek also contributes to capacity building, networking, and program development in support of restorative justice, primarily, in Washington DC.

Ceri Buckmaster

Ceri Buckmaster: "The dance between inner and outer work with NVC“ "Lover of cold water swimming and writing.Ceri Buckmaster is also a Certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication, mediator and group facilitator. She works in cooperative organizations, activist and community groups and with individuals.As well as Community building and Conflict Transformation with organisations, museums and galleries.
“My work facilitates clear and transparent interpersonal communication, greater understanding of trauma and the walking towards and holding of conflicts with presence and opening for transformation”.
Ceridwen supports people to build systems and skills for transforming conflict. She has been supporting the Conflict Transformation Weave in the UK since 2016. Her goal is to nurture into being supportive, aspiring communities through creative practices and nonviolence. She is fascinated by the question How do we Unite?
Visit her Website where we found the following quote, to connect with Ceri and be inspired.

Kathleen De Laet

I am an NVC-lover since 2007, i have two sons (11 & 20 years old), i write songs and sing them with my band and i've been working in adult education for 23 years, it's a thrill to me! I need depth and lightness so through the years, i have developed a style that focusses on creating both emotional safety and shared playfulness, a flow of love and care for every ones heart. What i need, is quality of connection. I am prepared to dive deep to find all of you and enjoy each other in that field beyond ideas of right and wrong. Hope to walk with you!

Sarah Peyton

Sarah Peyton, Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication, constellation facilitator and neuroscience educator, integrates brain science and the use of resonant language to heal trauma and nourish self-warmth with exquisite gentleness. She teaches and lectures internationally, and is the author of the book “Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations and Exercises to Engage Your Brain’s Capacity for Healing." She is currently at work on a second book, commissioned by W.W.Norton, on the relational neuroscience of the unconscious contracts that she will be offering in this session.

05 Nurturing impactful Change: Transforming patters in systemic and personal spaces.

04 Knowing where I’m heading: The relationships I’m choosing to live and love

03 Knowing where I come from (my family or origin and other relational inheritance)

02 Compassionate Self: My relationship with myself

01 Revisit the Basics - Including Self-paced immersion into our basic tool kit- Yours to keep.

Course Structure

For Full Curriculum and Schedule press here

Practical Information:

When? Our next course runs from November 16th, 2024, to April 6th, 2025.

Live sessions are held every other weekend, on Saturdays and Sundays at 6 PM CEST. Each session lasts around 2 to 2.5 hours.

Where? Join us wherever you are, via Zoom, from the comfort of your own home!

Did you miss a session? No worries—all sessions are recorded to catch up at your convenience or revisit key moments. One-on-one sessions are booked to fit your schedule.

Thriving relationships are the number one predictor of happiness, overall health, and longevity.

Harvard Study has found (see more at bottom of page)

More about us the Rising Team

Who are we? As a team, we first met through the Ecome Project, a peace center by the Dead Sea, where Palestinians and Israelis lived together and practiced NVC (Non-Violent, or Compassionate Communication skills). For us, this hands-on experience was the best “school” for conflict resolution, building trust, and resilient relationships across challenges.

There, we organized programs and retreats together and continuously did community organizing and deep reconciliation work.

Even though this was a secret “under the radar project. We had the great fortune of meeting and learning with so many of the world's finest NVC Trainers (and other methods) worldwide.

Then, one month after COVID-19, we went fully online with the “NVC Rising Initiative” designed to share these tools worldwide during the pandemic. Today we continue to develop online programs as well as build live face-to-face events again.

Our growing team now includes individuals from the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

If you choose the one-on-one mentoring option you will have the opportunity to personally work and dive deep with the team members of your choice.

"Thank you for all the ways you have crafted this course and held care for community building. I personally am transforming in ways I had never imagined. And a lot of that has to do with your responsiveness and the ways you all on the team have adjusted to support me along the way."

Jennifer - USA

How this course works...

Self-Paced Foundational Course

30-Day Self-Paced Foundational Course: Bite-sized videos and a self-guided process to practice between sessions (yours for life).

Live Masterclasses

10 Master Workshops: Learn from seasoned and renowned NVC trainers from around the world.

Deep Practice and Live Q&A Sessions

6 Deep Practice and Live Q&A Sessions: Share your questions and Gain insights from others’ experiences and journeys. Dive deep into small group work (optional) where you see how the NVC and other tools we learned are implemented and processed.

Personal Support (Optional)

The most common question we get is -"But how do you integrate and implement these skills and tools in my daily life?" Or"I am learning so much but I'm worried, when faced with actual real-time issues in my own life I won't manage to implement the learning in real time".
The one-on-one meetings with our team will focus on building your practice where it's most needed.
Together we will take the skills, tools, and theory into action that will deepen your relationship with more authenticity, and lasting connection.

Intimate learning groups (Optional)

Be part of a small and intimate group of practitioners that will meet every other week (8 meetings) - Learn in community and build trust, friendships and skills together.

Peer Support (Optional):Empathy Buddy match and pair up

Connect with others for "dates" of guided additional encouragement. To support each other by creating a deep space of non-judgmental listening and empathic presence for each other.

One on One Coaching With Our Team

Dive deep into a series of personal calls to ensure transformation regarding places in your life where you might feel stuck or can just use the extra focus. These can also be used for deep inquiry and questions around the learning.

These calls are included in the "Growth" Package, see below in the registration section.

What people say after participating in NVCRising programs

"There are tears of love and joy and mourning in my heart now. I've grown so much."

Martin (Denmark)

Choose Your Track

Which focus and practice groups would you be excited to join for the course? We encourage you to pick a track and support one another throughout the journey.

Parenting and Intimate Relationship

Discover the keys to authentic, honest, and meaningful family relationships that bring you closer together.

Social and System Change

Find your inner compass to transform powerlessness into resilience and create a meaningful impact.

Golden Age

Foster deeper, authentic connections and build lasting relationships in your later years.

What makes this course special?

LIVE SESSIONS + SMALL GROUPS

Supportive, intimate circles.
Build genuine connections through empathy and shared experiences.
Your empathy buddy supports your growth

CIRCLE OF SUPPORT

Caring assistants provide empathy and guidance
WhatsApp group for connection and support.
Private online platform with all resources & recordings

DIVERSITY

People from all over the world
Connect across ages and backgrounds.
Diverse trainers, unique viewpoints.

Basic

✓ Foundations Course

✓ Live Masterclasses

✓ Q&A Sessions & Deep Practice

✓ Empathy partners-pair up with a friend from class for empathic listening practice (optional)

one time payment of
$800
or
5 monthly payments of: $168

Foundation

✓ Everything in the Basic program

✓ Intimate Focus track of your choice

one time payment of
$1000
or
5 monthly payments of: $210

Growth

✓ Basics+Foundation

✓ Personal Coaching sessions

one time payment of
$1200
or
5 monthly payments of: $252

Book Your Spot

USD ($)EUR (€)

Thank you for all the ways you have crafted this course and held care for community building. I personally am transforming in ways I had never imagined. And a lot of that has to do with your responsiveness and the ways you all on the team have adjusted along the way.

Amy

And I feel I just really blossomed with it, beyond my wildest dreams

Jesse

”The content: OMG, I learned so much, am incredibly inspired from the workshops... When these two aspects come together, self reflection and social change, I'm just the happiest person in the world!”

Bernard

From Within to the World Crafting flourishing Relationships