**Episode Summary** In Episode 253, Dr. B takes some time to share about a recent incident where she was both reactive and responsive. Then she draws some parallels to NVC processes and being responsive. Her hope is that in sharing

**Episode Summary** In this episode, Dr. B and Ryan give some examples of how evaluations play out in politics and dream about another way – using NVC! Join us here to envision a different way of moving in our political

**Episode Summary** A few weeks ago, Dr. B shared about a being heard from a friend, with different political views, about a heated political topic. That interaction was set up to be completely one-sided, in that only Dr. B was

**Episode Summary** Is it possible to live in a world where we don’t look at or label things as good/bad, right/wrong? How and why would this serve us in humanity in any way? Dr. B and Ryan discuss this and

Episode Summary If connection is the “energy that exists within and among people when they experience being seen, heard, and valued without judgment,” that begs the question: What is judgment? Dr. B and Ryan take some time here to highlight

Episode Summary Have you ever tried to use the NVC process – bringing to bear your observations, feelings, needs and request and, still, fall short of the connections for which you are striving? In Episode 248, Dr. B and Ryan

Episode Summary In her new partnership with FSU, Dr. B has been in some discussions about developing an AI bot for NVC. Is it possible? What would it be like? What purpose could it serve? Could this possibly replace human

Episode Summary This episode is both a real-time example of Ryan giving Dr. B some empathy on a recent trigger and also some musings on the possibility of arranging conversations where people with different political stances can hear one another.

Episode Summary For those of you interested in ancient wisdom and philosophy and it’s connection to NVC, Episode 245 might be a special treat for you. Dr. Jeremiah Murphy, Ryan Bonhardt and Dr. B take on Stoicism – what is

Episode Summary This is a random conversation amongst friends partly about pickleball, the emotions that occur in competition and how to use them productively. But it’s also an example of how to use NVC while just having a casual, fun

Episode Summary How simple… presence, understanding, needs guesses – that’s NVC empathy. When people receive it, all kinds of miraculous things can occur and yet, it’s the thing we tend not to do in all kinds of communications. In Episode

Episode Summary Episode 242 is about a recent interaction that Dr. B had while stuck on a plane for 3.5 hours. The interaction did not include empathy and that had Dr. B thinking about what it would have been like

Episode Summary Recently Dr. B came across this process called Havening… which is essentially learning how to be your own “safe haven.” She has been merging it with the NVC self-empathy process and really enjoying the results. Listen in to

Episode Summary In Episode 240, we continue on with our conflict between a trans person and the folks backing and/or making a law in Florida where people must use the bathroom of their gender identified at birth. Specifically, Ryan and

Episode Summary Recently a trans person was arrested in Florida for using the ladies bathroom. We have thoughts there is a lot of emotion around this topic – for people for the new bathroom law and for those against it.