
Learning Resources

Books by John

Guided Meditations by John

Videos by John
John's Worksheets & Handouts
Empathic Conversation Structure (see video also)
Feeling vs. Faux Feelings Worksheet
The Four Communication Choices
Connection and Solution Requests
Triad Model of Conversation & Consciousness
Intensity Exercise with Practice Partner
6 Minute Exercise with Elements of Empathy
Need Behind the No Process_dyad practice
Conflict to Connection Conversation Maps
Steps of the Conflict to Connection Maps
3Chairs Process for Difficult Conversations
Other Resources, Websites & Apps
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Resources
- Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC). Founder Marshall Rosenberg's foundation book, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
- Puddledancer Press - NVC books and learning materials
- NVC Academy - online NVC library and courses
- Sarah Peyton- NVC, interpersonal neurobiology, and trauma work. Book by Sarah, Your Resonant Self
- Robert Gonzales - NVC and spirituality
- Zenvc and Ongo book - NVC, Zen mindfulness, and community practice
- Oren Sofer - NVC and mindfulness/meditation practice
- Thom Bond - online Compassion Course
- David Weinstock - NVC and somatic practice
- Bay Area NVC organization (BayNVC) - NVC and community, diversity, and social engagement and change
- Ike Lasater - NVC & Organizations. Books by Ike:
- Words That Work in Business, 2nd edition with expanded material
- Collaborating in the Workplace
- Newt Bailey - NVC & Organizations, Communicationjojo.com
Waking Up Course - mindfulness meditation app by Sam Harris, incorporates nondual awareness practice, interviews of a breadth and diversity of mindfulness teachers, and much more
Loch Kelly -- mindfulness and nondual awareness teacher
Henry Shukman -- Zen mindfulness
The Headless Way - a unique, Western-based way of accessing and practicing nondual awareness, originated by Douglas Harding, who wrote the book On Having No Head. In this tradition I recommend Richard Lang.
Insight Timer - meditation and relaxation app, thousands of meditation teachers, lots of free material as well as paid
Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach - heart, compassion, and acceptance-based guided mindfulness meditations, practices, writings, and more
Pema Chodron - Buddhist mindfulness and working with adversity
David Treleaven - Meditation and trauma
Willoughby Britton and Jared Lindahl - Support for psychological distress from meditation
Eckhart Tolle. Spiritual teacher. Books: A New Earth, Stillness Speaks, The Power of Now. See YouTube videos.
Rupert Spira - nonduality spiritual teacher
Kristin Neff - mindful self-compassion
Internal Family Systems - Richard Schwartz
David Whyte - poet, author, speaker, the conversational nature of reality, poetry and organizations
Francis Weller - soul and grief work, community building
Joanna Macy - deep ecology, social activism, grief work
Lynne Twist - Soul of Money Institute and Pachamama Alliance (partnership between environmental-social activism and indigenous community and wisdom)
Brother David Steindl-Rast - gratefulness and social change
Richard Rohr - Franciscan priest, author, speaker. Offers a universal and deep interpretation of christianity, science and spirituality, and transformation. Two most recent books: The Universal Christ and The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation
Nassim Haramein - unity science, Resonance Science Foundation, video - Connected Universe [LINK]