Advanced Course

Course is written in Amsterdam time zone: During summer time it is called CEST. During winter time it is CET: You can check your own time zone here

❀ ONLINE in English:

(1) NVC & IFS (Internal Family Systems): Tuesday evenings, with Daisy:

Details about the trainer: Daisy, Bonno

→  The course will be held online with Zoom. Online sessions will be recorded and made available for participants to view (not to download) until 3 weeks after the course is over.

In this Advanced Course, we will deepen our practice of Nonviolent Communication while bringing in the perspective and practices of Internal Family Systems (IFS).

NVC has taught me a different way of relating to myself and others: moving away from right and wrong, blame and judgment, and towards feelings, needs, compassion and connection. IFS has added another layer to this journey by helping me understand the different parts within us: the parts that protect us, the parts that carry pain, and the parts that sometimes take over when we feel triggered, afraid or disconnected.

For me, NVC and IFS complement each other beautifully. Both invite us to meet what is alive within us with curiosity rather than judgment. Together, they offer a deeper understanding of our inner world while supporting us to stay connected with others, especially when relationships become challenging.

In this course, we will explore both our inner and relational worlds. We will practice listening to our parts, connecting with needs, entering deepering into giraffe consciousness (Self-energy), and bringing this awareness into empathy, honest expression, dialogue and conflict.

I’d be delighted to explore this with you.

The Advanced Course is not a completely pre-designed course. I shape the sessions based on what is alive in the group, my inspiration, and requests from participants. This means that every Advanced Course can take a slightly different journey.

We will address topics such as:

❀ The Inner System & Parts – exploring the different parts within us and the roles they play.
❀ Working with Protective Parts – getting curious about the parts that step in to protect us and understanding their intentions and needs.
❀ Working with Vulnerable & Burdened Parts – gently meeting the parts of us that carry pain, fear, shame or old beliefs.
❀ Mourning – making space for grief and unmet needs, and exploring mourning as a pathway towards acceptance and connection
❀ Self-Energy, Giraffe & Jackal – exploring the relationship between IFS Self-energy and the NVC concepts of Giraffe and Jackal
❀ Healing Dialogue – clearing up the mess after conflict. How to reconnect after pain, loss of trust or tension?
❀ Transforming Enemy Images – moving beyond judgment and reconnecting with the humanity and needs underneath our stories about others.
❀ Parts & the Body – noticing how our parts show up in the body and using bodily awareness as a doorway to deeper self-connection.
❀ Parts & Their Needs – exploring the relationship between our parts and needs, and listening more deeply to what different parts of us are longing for
❀ Self-Connection & Self-Care – developing ways to stay connected with yourself and respond compassionately to what is alive within you
❀ Full Dialogue – practicing the movement between self-connection, honest expression and empathic listening in real conversations.
❀ Refining Empathy Skills – deepening our capacity to listen beyond words while remaining aware of our own inner responses
❀ And much more…

In this course we will go deeper into the subtleties of embodying NVC in different corners of our lives, and we will grow together as a community of (baby) Giraffes. We will be supporting each other to deepen into the NVC paradigm both inside and outside of class.

NVC is a paradigm shift. It’s a completely new and different way of thinking from the one I learned growing up. I was educated to think in terms of right and wrong – NVC replaces this with a Needs connected way of understanding my relationship with myself and others.
It’s a subtle shift, and yet a huge shift in my whole being! Each little step I take towards embodying NVC in my life brings me to a new realm of possibilities for Empathy and connection with myself and others.

I can think of no other skill more worthwhile to learn than how to be with myself and others compassionately.

I’d be delighted if you join us.

The Advanced course is not a pre-designed course. I design it session by session based on my inspiration and requests from participants. For this reason, every Advanced Course addresses different topics.

We will address topics such as:
❀ Transforming Enemy Images
❀ Being the Only Giraffe in the Dialogue
❀ The Art of Requesting – if you don’t ask, nothing will happen… Stand up for your needs!
❀ The Dynamics of Anger – how to express and listen to anger in a way that brings connection and cooperation
❀ Transforming Core Beliefs
❀ Fear Process
❀ Practicing Full Dialogue and Connecting in Conflicts
❀ The Art of Mourning
❀ Dependence-Independence-Interdependence
❀ Refining Empathy skills
❀ The boomerang effect of judgment
❀ Holding the delicate dynamics of demand energy to liberate us both
❀ Healing the Pain Between Us – how to transform hurt into connection/cooperation
❀ Empathy in the Body
❀ Street Giraffe
❀ Freeing from Stories – rejection stories, desperation stories and self-criticism
❀ Healing the dynamics between men and women
❀ Clearing up the Mess Dialogues
❀ What is love?
❀ The healing power of fantasy
❀ Core dynamics in Intimate Relationships
❀ Appreciation practices
❀ And much more…

You will be invited to work on examples from your own life in an interactive and safe learning environment. We will practice Nonviolent Communication through demonstrations, role-play and exercises in order to integrate NVC values and language more into our daily lives.
The way we teach is: 30% Theory and 70% of Practice/Demonstration/Learning from LIVE situations that are happening in the here and now. Our focus is very much on the Embodied aspect of ‘Nonviolent Communication’, so be ready to dive.

Assistants: We will have assistants accompanying us during this course. They’ve already completed the Basic, Intermediate, Advanced and Year Courses with us and some are engaged in their steps toward teaching/sharing NVC.
For the ‘Living Compassion’ course, they have done Living Compassion work either with Nadine or with Robert Gonzales.

The course is open to you if you’ve completed a minimum of 60 hours of NVC training, or have completed Connecting2life’s Basic and Intermediate Courses.
In case of doubt, write us at:  info@connecting2life.net

Course is written in Amsterdam time zone: During summer time it is called CEST. During winter time it is CET: You can check your own time zone here

❀ ONLINE in English:

(1) NVC & IFS: Tuesday evenings, with Daisy:

Details about the trainer: Daisy, Bonno

→  The course will be held online with Zoom. Online sessions will be recorded and made available for participants to view (not to download) until 3 weeks after the course is over.

For the online courses, the max number of participants is 35.

For these 10-session course, the fee is a choice between €270 – €540, depending on your income and free will.

→  The choice of fees depends on your income and free will. The idea behind a sliding scale is that we all have different current financial situations, and we like to be flexible so that your financial contribution fits your financial situation as well as your personal wish to support us.

→ When paid by a business, it is the highest fee on the scale

→  Invoices are Vrijgesteld (VAT free).

❤ Regarding Money
We wouldn’t want money to prevent anyone from learning NVC! We see money as a strategy to care for the sustainability of our giving. It’s important for us to have a sense of mutual contribution. ‘Receiving’ supports us in meeting our practical stability (money), as well as supports us emotionally to be in balance and keep our hearts open to more giving. While we stand firmly for our need of mutual contribution, we’re flexible about possible strategies on how to meet this need. Money is our preferred strategy, as it’s easy for us to transfer it to the exact things that contribute to us. That being said, if the amount we ask would prevent you from joining, we can offer the following:
1. If you’re coming from a country where the income/currency is lower than the prices in euros, we’re open to finding a price that makes sense and keeps hearts open.
2. If you’re currently having a challenging period financially, you can pay us at a later date when your finances are better. Sometimes people even pay us a few years later.
3. We’re open to brainstorming other ways you can contribute to us, though it’s not always easy to find things that both you would enjoy contributing and that would actually be contributing to us.

At the end of each session, you will receive:
– A written summary of the session
– A Zoom recording of the session to view (not for download), available until 3 weeks after the course is over.

To book your place, simply follow the 3 steps below.

Important:  If you encounter any difficulties while making your payment, please take a screenshot of the error and send it to us at info@connecting2life.net  We’ve recently experienced a few payment issues and are still trying to identify the cause. Your screenshot would be a great help in resolving the problem. Thank you!

1. Read the Terms & Conditions (Many of us never read ‘Terms & Conditions’… and, we would recommend you to read this one to be sure we’re together and on the same page).
2. Fill in the form below.
3. Complete the €90 non-refundable prepayment (To see the complete course fee click on the tab ‘Practical information’).

Regarding the remainder of the payment:  We ask that you pay the remainder of the course fees during the final week of the course, between the second-to-last session and the last session. We prefer that the final payment is made toward the end of the course because we like people to know what they are paying for. We do this because we wish for your payment to be more connected to gratitude than to a sense of duty. If you prefer to pay earlier, that is also welcome.

‘The regret Period’:  We process a refund for your prepayment only if the cancellation occurs within 14 days from the date you made the prepayment, and if your cancellation request is made at least 5 days before the course officially begins.

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