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Join our Empathy Gym to be able to learn, practice, and level-up your empathy and expression skills with others like you.

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Do you want to go deeper into your empathy training?

Don’t presume you have mastered NVC concepts because they sound familiar or you have interacted with them in the past.

Becoming fluent with NVC concepts requires consistent practice and real-world application.

Investing in structured practice with any new thought or language pattern is the only way new behaviors will occur, especially when conflict is involved.

The Empathy Gym (EG) is a place where individuals come to build their ability and capacity to effectively use NVC concepts by doing reps, just like in a real gym.

You need reps to train your brain to instinctively communicate (with yourself and others) in everyday situations.

We often believe that when we intellectually understand a concept, we have mastered it and can use it whenever we need to. But the reality is that when faced with a challenging situation or difficult conflict, we completely forget these principles, no matter how thorough our comprehension is.

It is only through consistent repetition and application of new concepts that allows them to sink in deeply, beyond the surface level of the intellect. For NVC concepts to become our default communication style, we must be consistent and intentional in our practice.

Access to the Empathy Gym is only available to people who have completed the Intro Course.

Learn more about how the Intro Course will help you communicate more effectively and authentically with NVC principles.

If you have already completed the Intro Course and want to join the Empathy Gym, click here to get started.
Level-up Your Skills w/ Advanced Topics
Systematically level up your skills through deliberate, action-based practice so that you can be ready to teach or act in live settings.
Learn To Receive Empathy
Feel lighter after learning to trust, open up and be vulnerable with others about our struggles and insecurities.
Learn To Give Empathy
All your loved ones will thank you and you’ll thank yourself as you feel more connected to others than ever before, even in triggered situations.
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FAQs

Who's The Empathy Gym For?

First and foremost it’s for anyone that’s completed our Intro Training who wants to level up their empathy, connection, and communication skills. You’ll continue to learn but go deeper into topics, go deeper into NVC and continuously practice giving and receiving empathy and expression.

It’s also great for:

1. Advocacy Workers and RJ Practitioners looking to bring Nonviolent Communication into your community and help folks hear one another and connect.

2. School Administrators and Business Executives looking to decrease days lost related to instruction and production and who want to super charge your team and have a more connected, lighter workplace culture.

3. Aspiring Teachers, Trainers, and Coaches who are looking for a career with a greater sense of fulfillment and impact and want to make a career out of teaching the Bigbie Method.

When you sign up you will choose a practice group cohort which you will meet with at that time each week. We are currently at around 5-10 different times and are continuing to add more.
When you sign up for your membership, we will ask you to choose the specific Practice Group that you will join and attend at the same time each week. We have classes conducted at different times through out the week that you can choose from and we are adding more cohort times as we grow to be able to accommodate a variety of schedules.
Yes of course you can cancel anytime. If you pay monthly, we ask for a minimum of a three month commitment so that you can have the regular practice necessary to make your NVC skills come to life. That said, if you choose to cancel, your membership will be cancelled at the end of your three-month commitment.
This is the next step to becoming a Facilitator, through weekly deliberate practice. After completing the Intro Course and passing the Knowledge Assessment, you are at the Foundational Level (aka Baby Giraffe.) The next 3 levels are all completed within the Empathy Gym Practice Groups setting. Please check the Facilitator Path to learn more.
Now that you have been through the Intro course you can expect it to be similar to the live sessions you did throughout the course, but with more practice. We’ll start with a connected check-in and then we’ll move into celebrations and mournings. If there is a learning piece to the session, whether its a live example, review or theory, we will go over that and then we will break into dyads to give and receive empathy with a certain focus for that session. Then we’ll come back together, review, and, finally, work on a “live” situation with at least one participant.

We’ve structured the sessions with deliberate practice in mind so that your needs for growth, learning, and connection can all be fulfilled.
This is based on how often you attend sessions and how quickly you are able to grasp and implement the concepts learned. Not everyone will become a Facilitator, but for those who do, we anticipate the average time from this point (post Intro Training) to be 5-6 months to become certified and then another 9 months with your first client/contract you secured as you go through the Facilitator mentoring.
To become Certified in The Bigbie Method, individuals must graduate through Level 3 on the Facilitator Path page.

At that point you are Certified in The Bigbie Method. You have shown strength and implementation of a variety of communication skills and processes. Once Certified, you can explore the TBM Facilitator Track if you’d like.

Once you are on the Facilitator Track you can secure a contract with a school, business or organization. And then a Bigbie Method Expert will mentor you through the first 9-12 months of that contract. Once you have graduated through the mentorship you will officially be a Bigbie Method Facilitator.

The Certification and Facilitation tracks are designed in two separate manners because they involved a different set of skills for each.
We’d love to hear it. Email us at drb@thebigbiemethod.com

How You Can Join The Empathy Gym

1. Schedule a call

Select what works for you with the option to pay monthly or annually.

2. Choose a weekly meeting time
Choose from a number of weekly practice group cohorts and meet at the same time each week to establish consistency in your habits.
3. Show up ready to learn, practice, and connect

Attend your Practice Group session each week via Zoom in the comfort of your own setting.

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