Reimagine Communication
Starts 19 august
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Maybe you’ve noticed how some conversations go in circles, even with the best of intentions.
Maybe you’ve wondered: are we using the tools, or are the tools using us?
Is it possible that what once opened doors now, at times, holds us in place?
This program isn’t about refining the steps of NVC.
It’s about becoming more conscious of how we apply them — and what that reveals.
What shifts when we explore NVC not as a fixed method, but as a living practice — held within wider frames of development, power, embodiment, and collective intelligence?
Together, we’ll investigate these questions — and more — through experiential practices, dialogical inquiry, and deep reflection.
Not to find the “right” way to do NVC, but to expand our capacity to meet complexity with clarity, presence, and movement.
What is the program about?
By integrating NVC with developmental and integral practices, you’ll learn how to:
✔ Recognize how different developmental levels shape communication—and to adapt your NVC-skills accordingly.
✔ Identify developmental patterns and growth edges in your NVC practice.
✔ Navigate difficult conversations and conflicts by seeing perspectives and unmet needs at play.
✔ Develop a more embodied presence in your communication — where NVC becomes part of who you are, not just something you do.
✔ Balance being powerful with being vulnerable.
✔ How to grow into interdependency.
✔Deepen your compassion.
This program covers both vertical and horizontal development to support growth.
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a powerful method for creating connection and understanding. At the same time practitioners notice that NVC can be difficult to apply in complex real-life situations—when others aren't open to sharing needs, when conflicts get stuck, or when we get emotionally overwhelmed. We want to remedy this and work on how to use understanding of how adults develop over time can be a guiding tool for our compassionate attempts to communicate.
Who is this program for?
✅ You have an understanding of NVC and want put it into action.
✅ You want to be more successful and efficient in your way of bringing NVC to the world.
✅ You are an NVC trainer, coach, leader or facilitator who wants to keep deepening your understanding of how to support connection
✅ You are curious about how adult developmental theory and integral theory enriches NVC.
The practicalities
📆 Program duration: 19 August 2026- 14 April 2027
We meet as a large group 15 times for 3 hours.
Download .ics file to your callendar!
📍 Online. Leader-led sessions. Smaller groups for continous and deepened exploration.
👥 Smaller exploration groups 14 times (mostly online if the participants are not able to meet) Development exercises, reflective dialogues, and hands-on applications.
🎯 Individual application; literature, integral life practices. Designed workbook and more.
Course literature will be added in August.
Dates
18-21 CET (Stockholm), (translates to Istanbul 20-23, New York 12-15, LA 09-12.
19 August 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
26 August 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
Exploration group 2 September
9 September 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
Exploration group 16 September
30 September 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
Exploration group 7 October
21 October 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
Exploration group 28 October
4 November 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
Exploration group 11 November
Exploration group 18 November
2 December 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
9 December 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
16 December 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
Exploration group 6 January
20 January 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
27 January 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
Exploration group 3 February
Exploration group 10 February
Exploration group 17 February
24 February 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
Exploration group 3 March
Exploration group 10 March
Exploration group 17 March
31 March 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
Exploration group 7 April
14 April 18-21 CET (Stockholm)
Topics
We integrate the learning into a structured relationship project you’ll work on during the program. This helps you apply the topics in real situations, making the learning more practical, meaningful, and easier to carry forward into daily life.
Here is topics that we invite you to explore during the program:
The development of empathy ❤️
Empathy isn’t just about understanding others’ feelings — it’s about seeing the full humanity of someone, including their contradictions. It grows when we stay present not only with what’s easy, but also with discomfort — our own and others’. What shifts when empathy becomes an act of courage, not just kindness?
Use of power ⚡️
Power is always in play — not just in big institutions, but in everyday choices and relationships. The question isn’t whether we use power, but how. What would it mean to own your impact without falling into control or passivity?
Understanding hierarchies🪜
Hierarchies can be both helpful and suppressive. Understanding hierarchies means recognizing when they foster growth and when they hinder it. Being able to navigate a hierarchical landscape is both empowering and challenging, yet inevitable if you want to live in the world.
Pitfalls with the NVC- assumptions 🪤
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) can open up powerful conversations — but it can also become a subtle power move when used to control or “win” by appearing right. What happens when empathy becomes performance? Or when needs are used as fixed truths?
Emotions as constructions / classical view on emotions 🔧
We believe emotions are shaped by culture, language, and our biology. They give meaning to our connections with others and ourselves. Emotions help us learn and take care of our body budget. Sometimes it helps to zoom out and question the emotional categories we’ve inherited. What if feelings aren’t just messages from your true self, but stories shaped in context, useful and changeable if you want to live out your full potential?
Perspectives, use them or lose them 👓
Perspective-taking isn’t just a skill — it’s a practice. When we don’t stretch it, we lose it. Seeing through other lenses doesn’t mean giving up your own, but expanding your view. When was the last time you surprised yourself by stepping outside your own story?
Money/success/generosity 💶
What defines success: recognition, freedom, contribution? Money can reflect security, status, shame, or potential. Generosity may mean giving, but it also involves receiving. How do your beliefs about value shape how you show up in the world?
Understanding object/subject 🔬
We can observe what we’ve made into an object — but we’re blind to how it affects us. Thoughts we question become tools. Creating some kind of distance from what we are observing, whether concrete or subtle, helps us learn and be more agile.
Understanding projection 📽️
Sometimes what triggers us in others has more to do with ourselves than we first thought. Realizing this, it becomes clear that projection isn’t something to get rid of — it’s support to understanding more of ourselves. What are your projections trying to teach you about your own story? Can reflecting on them support your growth?
Vertical ↕️ and horizontal ↔️ growth
Growth isn't always synonymous with progress. Sometimes it means deepening, not just expanding. Horizontal growth adds skills and knowledge; vertical growth shifts the way we see and make meaning. Can you tell when you’re growing deeper or just adding more to what you know?
The development of gratitude 🙌
Gratitude isn't limited to being a feeling — it can be a perspective. It’s not about forced positivity, but about seeing clearly what you once overlooked. What becomes possible when gratitude isn’t a reaction, but a way of relating?
Self-talk and self-love 🥰
The way we speak to ourselves reflects the stories we live inside. Self-love doesn’t mean constant affirmation — it can also mean sitting with discomfort without turning away. What would change if you listened to your inner voice with curiosity, not judgment?
Responsibility vs Receiving support 😬
Responsibility doesn’t mean doing everything alone. Sometimes the most responsible thing is to say: I need help right now. How do you practice both carrying and being carried? How to be self-sustainable and lean into connection and community?
What you’ll walk away with
✔ A deeper understanding of human development and how it helps us meet people where they are.
✔ Tools to navigate emotionally charged or complex situations in a more efficient way
✔ Insight about your own growth and how it shapes your relationships.
✔ A deepened capacity to experience compassion - not just as a technique but as a way of life.
✔ Wider capacity for perspective-taking.
✔ Enhanced self-reflection and self-love.
✔ Having clearly identified pitfalls for NVC - practitioners
Pre register
3 steps to get started
✅ STEP ONE —Pre-register, even if you're unsure about attending but interested. No obligation required at this step.
✅ STEP TWO — After registering, you’ll receive instructions on how to complete your registration and payment.
Price: €2195
Summer Bird: 1995€ before 1 june
Early Bird 1795€ before 1 April
If you register ahead of time we give you discount as a thank you for helping us plan our time.
✅ STEP THREE — Once your payment is processed, you’ll receive login information and gain access to the program forum.
Cancellation Policy:
At step 2, you reserve a seat in the program. You may cancel your reservation to 30 days before the program start date with a fee of 50€. Cancellations made less than 30 days prior to the start date will incur a charge of 50% of the program fee.
Cancellations made after the program has started are non-refundable, as these funds cover the trainer team's salaries and administrative costs for the program duration.
Payment options
If you wish to pay in installments, we’re happy to support that.
Please email us at and let us know that you’d like to arrange a payment plan.
