Muhammad Mahdi Karim
Dialogue Skills
@StreetGiraffe
Our free, monthly & experimental ‘dialogue lab’ tele-practice group (w/ iGiraffe) has an affiliated Street Giraffes blog — which also serves as a cache of heuristic materials for further, self-discovered, self-appropriated exploration. The intention of both the blog and group format is to blend complementary modalities, such as interweaving Focusing and Mindfulness, towards the end of each having an opportunity to carve out their own, individuated path (as an NVC practitioner).
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‘An NVC practice as dustpan & brush…’
– Kit Miller
(Composting from the grist of our everyday lives)
Muhammad Mahdi Karim
Supported Conversations
@MediateOnesLife
Along with facilitating the tele-practice group, and for about the same length of time (since 2011), I’ve been an apprentice of NVC Mediation and would welcome any inquiries as to how it might be supportive to you.
John Kinyon and Ike Lasater pioneered this mediation branch of NVC, something they’ve characterized (on their blog and elsewhere) as learning how to Mediate Your Life, and includes exploration of both internal and external conflicts. (I truly don’t think I would have learned NVC without it.)
(Beneath courtesy of the work of NVC Mediation pioneers John Kinyon & Ike Lasater, Founders – Mediate Your Life)
John Kinyon, “Three chairs can change your life…”
François Barraud – La Tailleuse de Soupe
Taking the Third Chair – Mediate Your Life
Excerpt (via John Kinyon): “Three chairs can change your life. In the world of professional dispute resolution, the three chairs represent two disputants and a mediator. In our Mediate Your Life training, you learn to ‘take the third chair.’ From this perspective, you perceive a different reality. You become more centered and effective in responding to life’s challenges and conflicts…. Seeing the situation from the third chair can be very difficult. Although obvious and simple at one level, the shift in perspective is a radical one that goes deeper and deeper. I have at times found it quite challenging — and also extremely valuable — to live this out in my own life…” (continues)
See also: The Self-Connection Process and “Taking the 3rd Chair” in Difficult Conversations – by John Kinyon
5 Steps of NVC-Mediation – by Ike Lasater
Essay by Ike Lasater:
What is NVC Mediation? A Powerful Model for Healing and Reconciling Conflict
Lasater, “To be a human being is to regularly be in conflict with oneself and others…” (continues)
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