Name: 11th Gathering - Humboldt Compassionate Communication
Start: 2025-02-08T17:45:00.000Z
End: 2025-02-09T23:15:00.000Z
Location: Blue Lake Community Resource Center

In each session, with Cecilia Kremer's guidance, we practice Compassionate (Non-Violent) Communication through a combination of teaching, journaling, experiential activities, role playing, group discussions and Q & A.

**\* Email Cecilia to get Zoom link: kremer.cecilia@gmail.com**

You will have the choice to engage in meaningful conversations on **how to create deep connections, express authentically, understand fully, navigate conflict and power struggles with creativity and compassion, establish boundaries and much more**.

Your learning is boosted through the experiences of others, and the collective wisdom that is built together. You will leave each session with the concrete experience that a real compassionate world is possible. And my hope is that you will carry that over & out into your work & life, creating a ripple effect.

**Join us and embrace Empathy as the foundational skill for emotional & relational intelligence, and** **visionary leadership.**

To become skillful is not just about knowing, but also incorporating knowledge into new behaviors. And the best way to achieve that is through practice in community.

Bay Area Compassionate Communication Community

Cecilia Kremer

Ellery Graves

The Empathy Empowered Practice

Online event

Join us for Humboldt County's 9th NVC Gathering

**Saturday Dec 7 and Sunday Dec 8**
Sessions will be
**10am-12:00pm and 1:15pm-3:15pm on each day**

Please RSVP and invite your friends?

**Tentative Schedule for Saturday**
**9:30am** \- Arrive / Mingle / Setup \- Connect early\!
**10am -** **Session 1**: "Foundations of Nonviolent Communication"
**10:45am - Session 2**: "Needs Consciousness" - Awareness of (and the willingness to honor) needs, the essential universal elemental qualities of life (like sustenance, love and meaning).

**12:15pm -** **Setup and Break for Lunch** (bring fruit, or a side to share? We'll provide a make-your-own sandwich bar. All welcome to join!)
**1:00pm -** Arrive for Session 3 - Connection Time
**1:15pm -** **Session 3**:
\- "Reconnecting to self and recovering from reactivity" \-
Reactivity is internal resistance to what is. Recovery is letting go of that resistance. Re-connecting to self is being with one's own experience with presence and compassion.
"Feelings Awareness" - Ability to identify and experience our physical sensations and emotions.

**3:15pm -** End and Cleanup

**Tentative Schedule for Sunday**
**9:30am -** Arrive / Mingle / Setup - Connect early!
**10am -** **Session 4**: "Request consciousness & making requests"
Willingness to ask for what one wants, with openness to any response; not attached to any particular outcome.

**12:15pm - Setup and Break for Lunch** (bring fruit, or a side to share? We'll provide a make-your-own sandwich bar. All welcome to join!)
**1:00pm -** Arrive for Session 5 - Connection Time
**1:15pm -** **Session 5**: "Mourning" Transforming the suffering of loss; letting go of resistance to what is, and being willing to allow our experience to unfold.
**3:15pm -** End & opportunities to help clean up

Each session will include instruction, small group discussion, and practical exercises using compassionate communication (a.k.a. Nonviolent Communication)

**Financial Accessibility** is important to us. We offer this training as a gift. (You can attend for free AND) We request $25-$75 per session to support our **Sustainability**. This covers our expenses for food, our time, training materials, travel, and accommodation.

Accepted payment methods:
Venmo - 408-359-7997 or @Eric-Huang-2100
Paypal - @EricH988
Zelle - 650-861-1630
Cash - on-site

Please RSVP and invite your friends --or better yet, your enemies 😅

**Physical accessibility:** The space we use has a wheelchair ramp and a wheelchair-accessible restroom. All activities will be do-able from a wheelchair or with limited mobility. We may be able to offer accommodations for those with vision difficulties upon advance request.

**Have questions?** Please email us at humboldtcompassion@gmail.com to make sure we see your message. or 408-359-7997 - WhatsApp, text or voice messages welcome...
Other possible topics for future sessions

* **Befriending your Inner Critic - Moving from Self-Judgment to Self-Compassion**
* **Moving from FOMO to JOMO - Moving from Fear of Missing Out to the Joy of Missing Out**
* **Transforming Shame to Life-Serving Needs**
* **Transforming Others Judgments into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**
* Building Resilience through Community and Empathy Exchange
* **Transforming Shame into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**

Topics will be one of these:

* **Compassionate Communication (NVC) Fundamentals - Needs, Feelings, Body Sensations**
With Conflict Improv Theater
* **Befriending your Inner Critic - Moving from Self-Judgment to Self-Compassion**
**\- Moving from FOMO to JOMO \- Moving from Fear of Missing Out to the Joy of Missing Out**
**\- Empowering Yourself with Specific\, Doable Requests**
**\- Transforming Others Judgments into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**
**\- Building Resilience with Self and Community and Coaching\, Parenting\, Leading and Community Building with the 5:1 Ratio**
**\- Transforming Shame into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**

**Sessions led by Certified Trainer Eric Huang**

Humboldt Compassionate Communication Community

Eric Huang

Melissa Newkirk

Natasha Samuelsen

9th Gathering - Humboldt Compassionate Communication arrive 945am

Blue Lake Community Resource Center

**A New Way Forward:
Bringing practice to post-election & holiday challenges**
Tuesday, December 10, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PDT
Join us in person at Groundfloor Oakland, 4055 Telegraph Ave in Oakland

Reflecting and connecting can spark clarity and inspire transformation in your relationships and society during these divided times. This relaxed, welcoming workshop offers practical tools:
Meditation and Emotional Clearing (45 minutes): Deepen your awareness with guided meditation, releasing stress and opening space for insight.
Practicing Active Hope (1 hour): Tap into resilience and inspiration using transformative practices from Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects.
Conflict Resolution Techniques (1 hour): Build empathy and navigate challenging conversations through Nonviolent Communication (NVC) tools.

Yo save your spot: email Minda at info@co-caring.org
Please let me know if you plan to bring and invite others.

A New Way Forward:
Bringing practice to post-election & holiday challenges

Groundfloor Oakland

Join us for Humboldt County's 10th NVC Gathering

**Saturday and Sunday**
Sessions will be
**10am-12:00pm and 1:15pm-3:15pm on each day**

Please RSVP and invite your friends?

**Tentative Schedule for Saturday**
**9:30am** \- Arrive / Mingle / Setup \- Connect early\!
**10am -** **Session 1**: “Dissolving Enemy Images” "Transcending one's perceptions that another deserves to be punished or harmed.

**12:15pm -** **Setup and Break for Lunch** (bring fruit, or a side to share? We'll provide a make-your-own sandwich bar. All welcome to join!)
**1:00pm -** Arrive for Session 2 - Connection Time
**1:15pm -** **Session 2**:
\- "Discernment Reconnecting to self and recovering from reactivity" \-

Clarity, insight, and wisdom in making life-serving distinctions and choices; recognizing one has choice.

"Living Interdependently" -Living from the knowledge that every individual is related to every other individual - every part of a system affects every other part.

**3:15pm -** End and Cleanup

**Tentative Schedule for Sunday**
**9:30am -** Arrive / Mingle / Setup - Connect early!
**10am -** **Session 3**: "Honest Self-expression"

Owning one's experience and having the willingness to express authentically without blame or criticism

**12:15pm - Setup and Break for Lunch** (bring fruit, or a side to share? We'll provide a make-your-own sandwich bar. All welcome to join!)
**1:00pm -** Arrive for Session 5 - Connection Time
**1:15pm -** **Session 5**: "Facilitating Connection" Facilitating empathy and honesty in dialogue with an intent to create connection.
**3:15pm -** End & opportunities to help clean up

Each session will include instruction, small group discussion, and practical exercises using compassionate communication (a.k.a. Nonviolent Communication)

**Financial Accessibility** is important to us. We offer this training as a gift. (You can attend for free AND) We request $25-$75 per session to support our **Sustainability**. This covers our expenses for food, our time, training materials, travel, and accommodation.

Accepted payment methods:
Venmo - 408-359-7997 or @Eric-Huang-2100
Paypal - @EricH988
Zelle - 650-861-1630
Cash - on-site

Please RSVP and invite your friends --or better yet, your enemies 😅

**Physical accessibility:** The space we use has a wheelchair ramp and a wheelchair-accessible restroom. All activities will be do-able from a wheelchair or with limited mobility. We may be able to offer accommodations for those with vision difficulties upon advance request.

**Have questions?** Please email us at humboldtcompassion@gmail.com to make sure we see your message. or 408-359-7997 - WhatsApp, text or voice messages welcome...
Other possible topics for future sessions

* **Befriending your Inner Critic - Moving from Self-Judgment to Self-Compassion**
* **Moving from FOMO to JOMO - Moving from Fear of Missing Out to the Joy of Missing Out**
* **Transforming Shame to Life-Serving Needs**
* **Transforming Others Judgments into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**
* Building Resilience through Community and Empathy Exchange
* **Transforming Shame into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**

Topics will be one of these:

* **Compassionate Communication (NVC) Fundamentals - Needs, Feelings, Body Sensations**
With Conflict Improv Theater
* **Befriending your Inner Critic - Moving from Self-Judgment to Self-Compassion**
**\- Moving from FOMO to JOMO \- Moving from Fear of Missing Out to the Joy of Missing Out**
**\- Empowering Yourself with Specific\, Doable Requests**
**\- Transforming Others Judgments into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**
**\- Building Resilience with Self and Community and Coaching\, Parenting\, Leading and Community Building with the 5:1 Ratio**
**\- Transforming Shame into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**

**Sessions led by Certified Trainer Eric Huang**

10th Gathering - Humboldt Compassionate Communication

Join us for Humboldt County's 11th NVC Gathering

**Saturday and Sunday**
Sessions will be
**10am-12:00pm and 1:15pm-3:15pm on each day**

Please RSVP and invite your friends?

**Tentative Schedule for Saturday**
**9:30am** \- Arrive / Mingle / Setup \- Connect early\!
**10am -** **Session 1**:

**12:15pm -** **Setup and Break for Lunch** (bring fruit, or a side to share? We'll provide a make-your-own sandwich bar. All welcome to join!)
**1:00pm -** Arrive for Session 2 - Connection Time
**1:15pm -** **Session 2**:

**3:15pm -** End and Cleanup

**Tentative Schedule for Sunday**
**9:30am -** Arrive / Mingle / Setup - Connect early!
**10am -** **Session 3**:
**12:15pm - Setup and Break for Lunch** (bring fruit, or a side to share? We'll provide a make-your-own sandwich bar. All welcome to join!)
**1:00pm -** Arrive for Session 5 - Connection Time
**1:15pm -** **Session 5**
**3:15pm -** End & opportunities to help clean up

Each session will include instruction, small group discussion, and practical exercises using compassionate communication (a.k.a. Nonviolent Communication)

**Financial Accessibility** is important to us. We offer this training as a gift. (You can attend for free AND) We request $25-$75 per session to support our **Sustainability**. This covers our expenses for food, our time, training materials, travel, and accommodation.

Accepted payment methods:
Venmo - 408-359-7997 or @Eric-Huang-2100
Paypal - @EricH988
Zelle - 650-861-1630
Cash - on-site

Please RSVP and invite your friends --or better yet, your enemies 😅

**Physical accessibility:** The space we use has a wheelchair ramp and a wheelchair-accessible restroom. All activities will be do-able from a wheelchair or with limited mobility. We may be able to offer accommodations for those with vision difficulties upon advance request.

**Have questions?** Please email us at humboldtcompassion@gmail.com to make sure we see your message. or 408-359-7997 - WhatsApp, text or voice messages welcome...
Other possible topics for future sessions

* **Befriending your Inner Critic - Moving from Self-Judgment to Self-Compassion**
* **Moving from FOMO to JOMO - Moving from Fear of Missing Out to the Joy of Missing Out**
* **Transforming Shame to Life-Serving Needs**
* **Transforming Others Judgments into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**
* Building Resilience through Community and Empathy Exchange
* **Transforming Shame into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**

Topics will be one of these:

* **Compassionate Communication (NVC) Fundamentals - Needs, Feelings, Body Sensations**
With Conflict Improv Theater
* **Befriending your Inner Critic - Moving from Self-Judgment to Self-Compassion**
**\- Moving from FOMO to JOMO \- Moving from Fear of Missing Out to the Joy of Missing Out**
**\- Empowering Yourself with Specific\, Doable Requests**
**\- Transforming Others Judgments into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**
**\- Building Resilience with Self and Community and Coaching\, Parenting\, Leading and Community Building with the 5:1 Ratio**
**\- Transforming Shame into Life Serving Needs and Strategies**

**Sessions led by Certified Trainer Eric Huang**

11th Gathering - Humboldt Compassionate Communication

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