• Compassionate Connecting

    Guiding Toward Connection

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    Practical Skills to Organize Your Life on Sat June 10 at 10 AM PDT (Online)

    Transform Trigger-Bullets into Bouquets 

    FREE Workshop July 22, 2023

    FREE interactive workshop introducing self-empathy from Nonviolent Communication (NVC) applied to triggered situations. Click here to register.

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    Would you like freedom from reactivity to imaginary bullets?

    Join us on this 10-week journey to choicefulness Starting Tue July 25, 2023 @11am PST. Click on pic to register for series.

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    A Taste of Connection

    FREE Workshop Aug 5, 2023

    Click here to Register. Once you taste connection, you'll want more

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    Conversational Connection

    10 week Series starts

    THU Aug 10, 2023

    Practical Skills for Communicating Compassionately - click pic to register. for series. Click here for first FREE session!

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    Wild Heart

    10-week Series (Coming 2024)

    Click here to Register for a Nature-based Journey to the Connected Self You Always Wanted -- extending NVC through Wild Mind by Bill Plotkin. Click here to register for first FREE session.

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  • Connection is a symphony of mutual understanding

    A shared appreciation of the harmonies co-created between two or more souls

    cooperation, collaboration and celebration

    Why Connection?

    • because we have a longing for connection - to know that we’ve been gotten, and we get the heart of what is being expressed
    • to find emotional liberation supporting the discovery, connection to and expression of our authentic self — freeing ourselves from violent reactivity and appeasement to an egocentric culture
    • to re-discover our innate participation, dependence and belonging to an evolving world in desperate need of eco-awakening, fully accepting our Earth-rooted humanity
    • to discover, cultivate and contribute our unique gifts to our communities and our shared ecology
    • to fully engage in the connecting conversation of life that arose in the dream of the Earth, remembering our individually unique place in the emergent universe
    • to share the stories worth remembering
    Photo by Adrea Dore'

    What landscapes of practice are inherited in this work? (Photo by Adrea Doré)

    • The offerings are based on Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by Marshall Rosenberg and nature-connected wholeness practices of Wild Mind by Bill Plotkin
    • NVC and Wild Mind are complementary practices that support different facets of connection within ourselves, with others and the more-than-human world 🌎
    • "Nonviolent Communication - A Language of Life" was authored by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD who founded the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC.org)
    • "Wild Mind - Field Guide to the Human Psyche" was authored by Bill Plotkin, PhD who founded the Animas Valley Institute (Animas.org)

  • "Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a way to focus our attention in ways that support compassionate giving and receiving."

    Marshall Rosenberg

    “We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.”

    Thomas Berry, from "The Great Work - Our Way Into The Future"

    "Our untapped inner resources are essential to the flowering of our greatest potentials, to the actualization of our true selves, and to the embodiment of the life of our very souls."

    Bill Plotking, from "Wild Mind - Field Guide to the Human Psyche"

    "From now on, I choose to empathically connect with others so that I can fully respect the unique and holy experience to be found in each person every moment."

    Marshall Rosenberg, excerpt from the poem "From Now On"

  • Contexts of Connection

     

    Nature Connection

    Nature Connection

    Self-Connection

    Self-Connection

    Self-Healing thru Wholeness

    Self-Healing thru Wholeness

    Interpersonal Connection

    Interpersonal Connection

    Transpersonal Connection

    Transpersonal Connection

  • Workshops

    Online and in the Silicon Valley Area

  • Bio

     James Prieto

    Author, Certified NVC Trainer, Personal Development Guide

    James Prieto is a nature enthusiast, author, Certified Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Trainer, apprentice in the Animas Wild Mind Training Program (WMTP). James guides individuals toward connection through personal development coaching, by facilitating NVC workshops, along with “Wild NVC” and “Wholistic NVC” nature-based offerings which integrate with Wild Mind. He’s passionate about the intersection of Animas Valley inspired work with NVC as a way to contribute to Earth elder Joanna Macy’s “Great Turning” and Thomas Berry’s “Great Work.”

     

    James started his career in electrical and computer engineering, satellite communications, and Agile development. After several decades in the technology industry, he unplugged to contribute to the world he'd like to live in. Click here for an extended bio.

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  • "From now on, I choose to have my actions flow from connection with nature and to direct my attention where it supports this flow."

    Marshall Rosenberg, excerpt from the poem "From Now On"

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