“If only she had cried … That would have changed the world.”
I spoke with my friend Kelly Bryson yesterday. He told me about a video in which a reporter was completely outraged about the actions of the American government. He said everything she exclaimed sounded right and convincing, at the same time the brutal violence of her language shook him and he spent the rest of the day depressed and desperate.
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Kelly Bryson MA, MFT is a licensed psychotherapist and authorized trainer for the international Center for Nonviolent Communication (a nonprofit organization). Kelly is presently residing in Köln , Germany.
What you find on this website
There’s a lot of great content here presented with Kelly’s inspiring humor, wit, and wisdom. Here are just a few of the things you’ll find:On this website you will find valuable information about Nonviolent Communication including:
•   a way to order helpful books & compact discs
•   info about presentations or trainings for your business, church or organization
•   a calendar of local classes and presentations
Below is Kelly’s blog where you’ll find outstanding articles, songs, videos, and interviews.
Thank you for supporting me and my work 🙂
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“Long before there were families, there were tribes” says Dieter Duhm in his book “The Sacred Matrix”. |
A group of us want to live together, probably in a house in Santa Cruz, and create a transparent, trusting, touching, transformational tribe where choice, awareness and self responsibility are valued as essential to each other’s growth.
Our home would be a soulful learning hub for teaching all sorts of “Tribal Technologies” like Nonviolent Communication, The Zegg Forum, Next Culture work, Improv, Dancing Free, Biodanza, Tantra, SoulFull Singing, Theater of the Oppressed, Qi Gong, etc – as well as your own individual gifts.
If you are interested, send a paragraph about yourself and your interest to kelly@languageofcompassion.com and we’ll begin the conversation. By the way, if you’d have a hard time hearing a no – declining your request to come – we ask that you don’t apply at this time.
This house/center would most likely be for from 4 to 22 people. Â We will make our center sustainable by living new culture values and practices and offering our learning, healing energy, workshops, classes, individual sessions, etc. Â Some of us are healers/teachers, others are computer promotional wizards, and behind the scenes people. Â The intent is that we create our own field of support and consciousness and then invite others to step in to learn and grow with us.
Part of our process is finding a space in which to live. We’re looking for a large house or even a complex within Santa Cruz or Live Oak – or something nearby if it’s really awesome. Let us know if you know of a possibility, we would be most grateful for your networking support. Please send any leads you may have to Kelly.
We are inspired by the Zegg and Tamara Communities of Europe.
– Jeremy, Kate, Kelly & others who have contributed to this dream.
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Quote from the book “The Sacred Matrix” by Dieter Duhm on community spaces: We need a new concept of love, of universal, personal and sexual love.  We need a new freedom and a new order for our relationships, as well as new courage that liberates us from the lies that our culture is based on.  We also need an inner understanding about how to attain and retain joy.  “It is your spiritual duty to be happy,” said the Native American grandfather to his granddaughter Dhyani Ywahoo.  Joy is a high value in the cosmic hierarchy.  A new world that is worth living in will emerge from joy, not from fear.  We are therefore called upon to create both internal and external life spaces where life can flow freely without being blocked by fear and distrust.
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Be part of an evolutionary tribe – time with Kelly & attendance of events. Potential growth and learning, speaking NVC in a team, doing/practicing Zegg forum & other modalities in a community based organization.
Possible team roles include:
• Social Media Coordinator - Want to spread word about transformative ideas & intriguing events? Have a knack for getting words on the page? Chat with Jeremy & flesh out outreach ideas to raise awareness of local opportunities for community & spread transformational ideas about meaning & passion for the life that we’re here to lead…
• Kelly is looking for an email ‘weeder’ – someone to review his inbox, sort and reply to simple inquiries & bring relevant messages to his attention. This can be done in trade for participation in event/workshops or private sessions.
Please email Jeremy if you’re interested in any of these opportunity or have other ideas and skills you’d like to contribute.
The NVC INTERVIEW
• Questions: What led you to non-violent communication? Have you had a key experience on your way?
What led me to NVC was my own violent childhood and attempting to heal the scars. In that attempt I was completing a Masters in Humanistic psychology when a group from our program was invited to attend a Humanistic Educators Conference where Marshall Rosenberg was presenting. He invited a couple from the audience to work on stage with him and in a matter of 10 minutes had resolved a conflict the couple had been working on for years. I was hooked.
• What exactly inspires you about non-violent communication? Continue reading
The ‘New Earth’ will come about through small groups of people coming together and dropping their egos.Â
As the new consciousness emerges, some people will feel called upon to form groups that reflect the enlightened consciousness. These groups will not be collective egos. The individuals who make up these groups will have no need to define their identity through them. They no longer look to any form to define who they are. Even if the members that make up those groups are not totally free of ego yet, there will be enough awareness in them to recognize the ego in themselves or in others as soon as it appears. However, constant alertness is required since the ego will try to take over and reassert itself in any way it can. Dissolving the human ego by bringing it into the light of awareness – this will be one of the main purposes of these groups, whether they be enlightened businesses, charitable organizations, schools, or communities of people living together. Enlightened collectives will fulfill an important function in the arising of the new consciousness. Just as egoic collectives pull you into unconsciousness and suffering, the enlightened collective can be a vortex for consciousness that will accelerate the planetary shift.
Eckhart Tolle, pages 126-127 from A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
