Books
Choosing A Path
366 daily excursions with Nonviolent Communication, by Katarina Hoffmann and Liv Larsson.
If you are longing for a change in or a deepening of your communication with family and friends, this beautiful book might be the answer. Liv and Katarina, both certified CNVC trainers, have been working for many years with these texts, to make them inspirational, moving, sometimes humorous and always memorable and worth considering. For every day of the year there is a quotation from Marshall B. Rosenberg’s writings, a one page text, and an invitation to think about something in connection with the text.
Original title: VägvalPublished languages: Swedish
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A Helping Hand
Mediation with Nonviolent Communication
Published in 8 language, this book has been a support for people all over the world in handling conflicts. The book gives one all the basic tools that are needed in a mediation situation, as well as inspiration, clarification and real life examples. It addresses everything from mediation between children to mediation in a global setting.
Original title: Skapa möten och kontakt genom medlingPublished languages: English, Swedish, Polish, German, Finnish, French, Korean and Dutch.
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Anger shame and guilt
Reclaiming power and choice
This is my best book! I share my opinion with you since I have seen how ‘Anger, Shame and Guilt’ has changed peoples’ lives. By using the ‘Compass of Needs’, decision making becomes easier and your life more empowered. Many of us spend a lot of time and energy trying to avoid anger, shame and guilt. With the help of the user friendly exercises in the book you can make these emotions your friends rather than your enemies.
Original title: Ilska, skuld, och skam - tre sidor av samma myntPublished languages: Swedish, german and english
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Gratitude
I heard too many people say that they are not getting any happier learning about communication, NVC or conflict resolution. And I realized that most of them had forgotten to make sure to strengthen their gratitude muscles!!!
Here is good news! You can create your own happiness gym and really get happier. 52 weeks of simple and powerful exercises to build your own happiness. With the approach of Nonviolent Communication you can deepen your sense of gratitude and learn how to spread this to others around you.
Original title: Tack! - Tacksamhet, uppskattning och lycka som livsstilPublished languages: Swedish and Polish
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Caring for Connection
Be Professional – stay Human
If you want to have more fun at work – focus on relationships!
Mastering the art of Connection is one of the greatest advantages you can develop in business life. Finding a new customer will costs you six times more than keeping an old one. And having good relationships at work helps people enjoy their job more. In a simple way this book shows how the principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) can be used to
- prepare yourself for challenging situations
- make face to face meetings, as well as communication through the phone or email, enjoyable and efficient
- create trust
- really see people beyond roles and labels
- contribute to meeting people’s needs.
Published languages: Swedish
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Relationships
Freedom without Distance, Belonging without Control
Do you long to see your intimate relationships blossom?
The most important of all the questions in this book might be the one about how you want your relationships to be. If your answer to that question is clear, it will be much easier to know how to act and what to request of the other person in the relationship.
Imagine that you are well prepared to go on an important mission in Paris. You have rented a Vespa, learnt some key phrases in French, you’re in time and you have a city map in your hand. But whatever you do everything seems to go wrong. However fast you drive, you still do not arrive at your destination. But you have learnt that it is important to have a positive attitude so you smile, shake off your frustration and try to find it again. After a few hours, you discover that the map you have in your hand is a map of London … Not Paris.
The same is true in relationships. All tools in the world becomes redundant if you do not know what you want to use them for. Your positive attitude wi
Published languages: Swedish, Polish and English
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42 Key Differentiations in Nonviolent Communication
Co- authored with Katarina Hoffmann. Illustrated by Wilhelm Nilsson
42 Keys to find new ways to communicate.
“I finally got what NVC and connection is about - when I saw the images! Thanks”. – Course participant
Every key has a short text, an example from life and a beautiful and often humorous illustration. A difficult subject becomes easy through comparing it with something else. The difference creates clarity .
Original title: 42 Nyckelskillnader - för djupare förståelse av Nonviolent CommunicationPublished languages: Swedish and german
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Small book about feelings
This book gives you a chance to really start communicating with your children about emotions,cooperation, communication, and how everyone can get their needs met. It is an excellent support to strengthen children’s social and emotional skills. The book is intended to be read, but also to be written and drawn in.
The book has been translated – but not published – into English and French.
Original title: Lilla KänslobokenPublished languages: Swedish and Estonian
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The story about the dragon who lost his fire
Readers have described this book as “warm, simple, deep, heart breaking and simply hopeful.” It is a fairytale for children as well as for adults. The story is followed by a chapter that could be used in a group of kids to talk about communication, the value of listening and empathy. In 2012 a Norwegian theatre group will make a play based on this book.
Co- authored with Neo Rung. Illustrated by Maria Tison
The book has been translated – but not published – into English, French and Norwegian
Published languages: Swedish and norwegian
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Walk your talk
Leading workshops in Nonviolent Communication
- 30 years of leadership on 256 pages
- How FIRO group theory and NVC blend into a practical way of leading groups
- How to meet individuals and keep awareness of the maturation of the group
- Exercises, leadership tips, inner and outer preparation before leading a group, handling performance anxiety and much more.
Published languages: Swedish
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