This page is your gateway into the writing I've done in support of my workshops and individual facilitation/coaching. It also provides links to some other resources I have found useful and recommend to others. It will be expanding rapidly in the next few months, so check back for more soon!
Articles and workshop handouts can be read on line here or downloaded as pdfs. You are invited to share them with others, but please pass them on complete with my name, copyright and contact information. Thanks.
Links to Other Resources
Below you will find links to some resources I often share with clients and workshop participants.
Voice Dialogue
“Voice Dialogue is an elegant psycho-spiritual process that helps us become more aware individuals and freer from negative self (and other) judgments. For our relationships, it helps us to learn from and accept each other, as we are. It opens up our capacity to be energetically more open and connected while at the same time, have a clear sense of our individual nature. Philosophically, Voice Dialogue has natural affinity with both Jungian, Gestalt and Archetypal psychology and in a secular way, with Buddhism.”
J’aime Ona Pangaia, from her website
I often use Voice Dialogue tools and framings in my coaching. My Voice Dialogue teacher, J’aime Ona Pangaia, is located her in Portland, and teaches all over the world. Her website, www.voicedialoguework.com, lists local trainings and includes many useful articles and other resources.
Hal and Sidra Stone developed voice dialogue, teach classes and teacher trainings, and have produced many books, CDs and videos about voice dialogue. You’ll find information on their offerings at Voice Dialogue International – www.delos-inc.com.
Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication
“Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is based on the principles of nonviolence-- the natural state of compassion when no violence is present in the heart.
“NVC begins by assuming that we are all compassionate by nature and that violent strategies—whether verbal or physical—are learned behaviors taught and supported by the prevailing culture. NVC also assumes that we all share the same, basic human needs, and that each of our actions are a strategy to meet one or more of these needs.
“People who practice NVC have found greater authenticity in their communication, increased understanding, deepening connection and conflict resolution.”
From the CNVC Website
I am a student of Nonviolent Communication, and often use NVC principles and tools in my coaching. The websites below are great places to explore NVC in more depth.
www.wiseheartpdx.org - The website of Lashelle Lowe-Chardé, who teaches nonviolent communication workshops for couples and for women, and provides coaching for couples in using nonviolent communication. LaShelle has a wonderful weekly emailed “Connection Gem of the Week,” and provides excellent free resources on this website.
www.orncc.net - The Oregon Network for Compassionate Communication. This website includes information on NVC trainings, groups and other resources.
www.cnvc.org - The Center for Nonviolent Communication. This is the website of Marshall Rosenburg, the creator of Nonviolent Communication, and includes many great resources whether you are exploring NVC for the first time, thinking of becoming a certified NVC trainer, or wanting to find ways to support NVC work around the world.
More resources coming soon.
