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Past Events

  • Heart to Heart Parenting: 9-week online class (7:30-9pm Eastern)
    Heart to Heart Parenting: 9-week online class (7:30-9pm Eastern)
    Tue, Oct 01
    Online - Link provided upon registration
    Oct 01, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Online - Link provided upon registration
    Tuesdays, 7:30-9pm Eastern. This class brings a holistic approach to understanding children’s behavior and gives you the tools and awareness to address situations with far more clarity and effectiveness. This program is based on Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication (NVC).
  • Make Your Own Empathy Doll:  Creating a Culture of Empathy
    Make Your Own Empathy Doll:  Creating a Culture of Empathy
    Sun, Sep 15
    Columbia
    Sep 15, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Do you have trouble being kind to yourself or understanding why you do what you do? Developing a practice of self-empathy can help with that. The empathy doll or buddy will encourage gentleness and comfort as you connect with your self or with a child.
  • Regulating Your Nervous System
    Regulating Your Nervous System
    Sun, Aug 18
    Columbia
    Aug 18, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    offered by Hally Childs “Intensity Practice”, which I learned in the Mediate Your Life program taught by John Kinyon and Ike Lasater, is my favorite tool for bringing NVC into my everyday life.
  • Uncertainty!
    Uncertainty!
    Sun, Jul 21
    Unrecorded Hybrid /Columbia, MD
    Jul 21, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Unrecorded Hybrid /Columbia, MD, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Julie Ericksen, Certified CNVC Trainer, will explore the role of “uncertainty” as it relates to our practice of nonviolent communication (NVC), as well as sharing research related to the value of uncertainty in building resilience, creating possibility and expanding our world view.
  • Hearing the Feelings and Needs Behind a "No"
    Hearing the Feelings and Needs Behind a "No"
    Sun, Jun 23
    Columbia
    Jun 23, 2024, 1:00 PM – 1:05 PM
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Learn to translate a "No" into what a person is saying Yes to!
  • How Do We Interrupt and Create Connection?
    How Do We Interrupt and Create Connection?
    Sun, May 19
    Columbia
    May 19, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Can I speak truth without trauma? If I am not engaged, when do I stop? Join us In Person or request zoom!
  • Intro to Heart-to-Heart Parenting
    Intro to Heart-to-Heart Parenting
    Thu, Apr 18
    Zoom link shared after RSVP
    Apr 18, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Zoom link shared after RSVP
    Are you the parent you want to be?
  • IN-PERSON EMPATHY with Barbra and Hally
    IN-PERSON EMPATHY with Barbra and Hally
    Sun, Apr 14
    Columbia
    Apr 14, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Back to the Roots! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS We'll start by reviewing some basics that may be supportive reminders or refreshers. then we will practice practice practice.
  • "You Make Me Feel...."
    "You Make Me Feel...."
    Sun, Mar 17
    Columbia
    Mar 17, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Taking back our power and communicating from Wholeness (online or in-person)
  • The Aliveness of Death:  Using NVC to Talk About Our Lives
    The Aliveness of Death:  Using NVC to Talk About Our Lives
    Sun, Feb 18
    Columbia
    Feb 18, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Fun, Enlivening, and Transformative way of being with a potentially uncomfortable subject!
  • Empathy for Mortals - In-person event has passed
    Empathy for Mortals - In-person event has passed
    Sun, Jan 21
    9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Jan 21, 2024, 1:00 PM
    9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Consider joining a practice group! Being present to yourself and identifying what the other person’s feelings and needs are in the moment, is a super human skill. And doable!
  • Transforming Conflict by Examining Stories
    Transforming Conflict by Examining Stories
    Sun, Dec 17
    Columbia
    Dec 17, 2023, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Conflicts are an inevitable part of life, but understanding our own stories can lead to transformative resolutions. Led by Mr. Jackson Lima.
  • Transforming Conflicts by Examining Our Stories
    Transforming Conflicts by Examining Our Stories
    Mon, Nov 20
    Columbia
    Nov 20, 2023, 8:33 AM – 8:38 AM EST
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Conflicts are an inevitable part of life, but understanding our own stories can lead to transformative resolutions. Led by Mr. Jackson Lima.
  • Empathy and Holding Space
    Empathy and Holding Space
    Sun, Oct 22
    Columbia
    Oct 22, 2023, 1:00 PM – Oct 23, 2023, 3:00 PM
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Holding space is a conscious act of being fully present, and identifying what the other person’s feelings and needs are in the moment.
  • The Yoga of NVC:  Embodied Empathy
    The Yoga of NVC:  Embodied Empathy
    Sun, Sep 17
    Columbia and online!
    Sep 17, 2023, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Columbia and online!, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    NVC invites us to the present moment with body awareness. We are able to start to stretch, loosen up, and relax into the world, like yoga! Quentin and Barbra invite you to this hybrid event- live in Columbia or on Zoom. Every participant registered will get a copy of the recording.
  • The Illusion of Conflicting Needs
    The Illusion of Conflicting Needs
    Sun, Aug 20
    Columbia
    Aug 20, 2023, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Columbia, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    Should I stay or should I go? Join us In Person or Zoom! Session recorded for attendees.
  • Nonviolent Communications Practice at UUCF
    Nonviolent Communications Practice at UUCF
    Sun, Jul 30
    UU Church of Frederick
    Jul 30, 2023, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    UU Church of Frederick, 4880 Elmer Derr Rd, Frederick, MD 21703, USA
    Nonviolent Communication (NVC/compassionate communications) is a set of principles that invites us to reframe how we interact with others by observing without judgment, revealing our feelings and values, and requesting an action that would help meet everyone's needs.
  • Heart to Heart Parenting
    Heart to Heart Parenting
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Jul 27
    Zoom link sent upon registration.
    Jul 27, 2023, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Zoom link sent upon registration.
    9 consecutive weeks on Thursdays, June 1 – July 27, 2023 7pm – 8:30pm US Eastern Time
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