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NVC in Education

NVC in Education

Are you a passionate teacher interested in introducing Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to your students?  Help us beta test Classroom Connections, a program designed to support young learners in developing emotional...

National Women Owned Business Day

National Women Owned Business Day

Did you know today is National Women-Owned Business Day?  We didn’t either, until we looked it up. We’re happy to celebrate the achievements and progress of women-owned businesses and help...

Encouraging Our Children’s Feelings

Encouraging Our Children’s Feelings

Being a parent is one of the best ways to learn about feelings and needs, right?!! Those of your children of course; and a lot more self-knowledge about your own...

GROK Team Updates

GROK Team Updates

Claire's UpdateMary's Update Recently, significant changes unfolded as three-year-old Charlie, his dad Fin, and I, both single parents, moved to Sacramento. As two single parents, Charlie’s dad Fin and I...

New KidsGROK is here!

New KidsGROK is here!

This has been a long time coming. You emailed us about which cards you wanted us to add… We debated which cards to delete… We brought Jean back in for...

MAY Submit Your Lesson Plans

MAY Submit Your Lesson Plans

We were so jazzed by all the feedback we got last month when we asked which classroom poster designs you liked. Thank you so much for taking the time to...

PAUSING in Paradise

PAUSING in Paradise

My sweetie and I just got back from a gorgeous Hawaiian vacation. Toddler in tow, our goal was to keep everything workable and simple on this trip. Eat, sleep, beach,...

Aspire to Inspire Before you Expire

Aspire to Inspire Before you Expire

This morning as I was drinking my tea, my son reached for the tea bag dangling out of my mug. It was then I noticed the following words on the...

An NVC Spin On Resolutions

An NVC Spin On Resolutions

I’ve always loved doing new year reflection rituals… But when I began to learn NVC, I wanted to shift my orientation to them just a bit. Why? I wanted to...