Compassionate Communication creates connection, collaboration, and peace among families, neighbors, organizations, and within ourselves. Participate in practice groups or individual coaching sessions, in person and online, with experienced trainer Terry LePage. Interactive, practical, and transformative. Email Terry@opendoorcommunication.org or subscribe to the newsletter at right to request a class, practice group, or coaching session. She would love to offer low-cost training for you or your group, business, or nonprofit.

What is Compassionate Communication?

Compassionate Communication, also known as Nonviolent Communication, is a simple set of steps and principles that help people connect and enjoy working and playing together.  

Terry LePage has coached and trained hundreds of people in Compassionate Communication since 2007. She creates dynamic interactive learning with simple principles and real world examples– including yours.

Compassionate Communication was created by Marshall Rosenberg, a psychologist who worked in the civil rights movement and in peacekeeping efforts across the globe.  Many people find it transforms both their thinking and their relationships.  Some situations where Compassionate Communication include:

• Couples and families

• Workplace relationships

• Churches and volunteer organizations

• Among neighbors and friends

• For inner peace and clarity

• For optimal negotiation and problem solving

MORE NVC RESOURCES

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life,second edition, by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Puddledancer Press, third edition, 2015.  The basics of Nonviolent Communication in an easy and clear format.

DVD: The Basics of Nonviolent Communication: An Introductory Training by Marshall Rosenberg.Center for Nonviolent Communication, 2001. This is a 3.5-hour 2-DVD summary of a live workshop.  It is the best way I have found to share NVC with people. (Available at http://www.cnvc.org)
 
Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing and Compassionby Mary MacKenzie. Puddledancer Press, 2005.  A CC meditation-a-day book.
 
More books on Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication are available from Puddledancer Press, the specialty publisher of NVC materials at http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com.  They have some great package deals. CDs and tools can also be found at: https://cnvc-bookstore.myshopify.com/collections
 
Compassionate Communication resources online
              The International Center for Nonviolent Communicationlists certified trainers and events around the world. http://www.cnvc.org. Online classes and other resources are available at http://www.nvctraining.org. Look for videos of Marshall Rosenberg on Youtube too!
  
Nonviolent Parenting and Education information:
 
Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids: Seven Keys to Turn Family Conflict into Cooperation by Sura Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson. Puddledancer Press, 2006.