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Section 1 - Foundations
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Fusion of Jung's Cognitive Functions with Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
Describes how their works are related and how each community of practice can benefit from the other.
Collaborative Empathic Discovery with the NVC Wheel of Knowing
Describes how the NVC Wheel of Knowing can be used for Collaborative Empathic Discovery - i.e. NVC Self-Connection, Empathic Listening, Honest Self-Empression, etc.
Extending the NVC Wheel of Knowing with Plotkin's Wild Mind
Describes an outline of how the NVC Wheel of Knowing is extended by including various aspect of the Wild Mind model, including a nature-based 7 directional model of the psyche, archetypes of wholeness, archetype-influenced qualifiers to each window of knowing, subpersonalities and fragments associated with each direction.
Section 2 - Exploring the Depths of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
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Your Heart is a Symphony Orchestra of Feelings and Needs
Describes feelings and needs using the metaphor of a symphony orchestra.
Needs are Natural
Describes how needs are the life energy in us seeking fulfillment.
Feelings Flow Naturally From the Satisfaction Level of Needs
Describes how the satisfcation level of our needs causes our feelings.
"Inscendence" as a Human Need
Describes my discovery of "Inscendence" by Thomas Berry as a universal human need.
Transcendence and Inscendence are Opposite Poles of the Same Tree
Describes using a tree as a metaphor for describing how transcendence and inscendence are related.
Section 3 - Deepening the Practice with Wild Mind
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Exploring Shadow - what we can't see about ourselves that causes trouble while hidding some gold
Describes "shadow" from Jung's and Plotkin's perspective, how you might identify shadow, and how you can work with it.
Deep Connection - extending connection to the more-than-human world
Describes how connection with nature is an essential part of living.
Deep Connection (Part 2): Earth-Rooted Universal Human Needs
Describes how self-empathy opens you to the world!
Section 4 - Collaborative Empathic Discovery
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Am I Willing?
Describes the importance of taking personal responsibility by being truthful to myself and others
Internal Requests for Connection
Describes exemplar requests of oneself for connection to self, and to life.
Self-Empathy
Describes the focus on the Perspective of Oneself: what’s alive in me? — i.e. how it’s going and why, what might make life wonderful?
5-Steps to Empathic Listening - beyond active listening to curiosity of needs/values
Describes how to go about listening with empathy.
