NVC Sound Bytes

Hear Marshall B. Rosenberg speak on many Nonviolent Communication topics. These files typically download to your computer and then play. This may take up to several minutes. You may use them for your own listening pleasure.

We are grateful to Eric Altshuler, who has spent many hours preparing these sound bytes as well as 5 CDs available in our bookstore (see resources, above) with recordings of Marshall at an International Intensive Training.

"I would like to hear if these audio clips have provided; inspiration, confusion, learning, fear, delight, wonderment, anger, frustration, joy, you name it. As this type of feed back inspires me to do more of this kind of work." —Eric Altshuler in San Francisco CA, email Eric

We are also requesting sound bytes from other CNVC certified trainers around the world and in other languages.

Sound Bytes of the Past

Click on any of the links below to listen to previous sound bytes. They will open in a new window or tab.

11/2003: (641Kb) download: searching for everyone’s need
10/2003: ( 99Kb) download: jackal postal delivery
09/2003: (195Kb) download: how we experience needs
08/2003: (302Kb) download: how the past affects
07/2003: (336Kb) download: how Marshall sees our needs
06/2003: (509Kb) download: bullshit in giraffe
05/2003: (100Kb) download: beauty behind the judgment
04/2003: (326Kb) download: act self-fully
03/2003: (671Kb) download: needs as a gift example
02/2003: (379Kb) download: when your needs are heard
01/2003: ( 60Kb) download: what is a need?
12/2002: (232Kb) download: the more ugly sounding ...
11/2002: (402Kb) download: self full motivation
10/2002: (302Kb) download: how the past effects
10/04/02: (183Kb) download: a need to Marshall
09/27/02: (263Kb) download: when you hear a demand
09/20/02: (508Kb) download: see your gift in their eyes
09/13/02: (641Kb) download: no but your needs matter
09/06/02: ( 99Kb) download: greatest menace on earth
08/30/02: (509Kb) download: bullshit in giraffe
08/23/02: (100Kb) download: beauty behind the judgment
08/16/02: (326Kb) download: act self-fully
08/09/02: (135Kb) download: what a request contains
08/02/02: (383Kb) download: do as I’ve requested only
07/28/02: ( 40Kb) download: to think you know what’s right
07/21/02: (231Kb) download: the cause of male-itis
07/14/02: ( 99Kb) download: never let someone say what you are
07/07/02: (378Kb) download: never hear a jackal’s thoughts
06/26/02: ( 86Kb) download: if you hear any rejection . . .
06/19/02: (281Kb) download: gratitude tells us . . .
06/12/02: ( 32Kb) download: a “no” is a need and request
06/05/02: (120Kb) download: a “no” is a gift
05/31/02: (110Kb) download: role play request example
05/24/02: (297Kb) download: “yes that isn’t so” detector
05/17/02: (177Kb) download: we have a choice
05/10/02: ( 90Kb) download: to think in enemy images
05/03/02: (230Kb) download: love as a need
04/26/02: (290Kb) download: need focus
04/19/02: ( 47Kb) download: the need behind the “no”
04/12/02: (180Kb) download: focus on needs
04/05/02: (167Kb) download: every diagnosis of others
03/29/02: (272Kb) download: different needs, is never
03/22/02: (135Kb) download: what a request contains
03/15/02: (282Kb) download: the cost of hearing rejection
03/08/02: ( 60Kb) download: connected at heart level
03/01/02: (187Kb) download: thoughts that imply wrong
02/22/02: (189Kb) download: strategies differ, not needs
02/15/02: (282Kb) download: the cost of hearing rejection
01/04/02: (203Kb) download: a need contains no reference to a specific person]
12/28/01: (173Kb) download: all humans have same needs
12/21/01: (184Kb) download: a hug is a mug when . . .
12/14/01: ( 69Kb) download: needs can be met many ways
12/07/01: (287Kb) download: we have choice and power
11/30/01: ( 96Kb) download: what you say is NOT empathy!
11/23/01: (160Kb) download: false needs/pseudo needs vs. the real stuff
11/16/01: (209Kb) download: the difference between mourning & apology
11/09/01: (221Kb) download: mixing up needs and preferences
11/02/01: (171Kb) download: we never do anything wrong
10/26/01: (207Kb) download: when no request is made
10/19/01: ( 47Kb) download: we never know what we want
10/12/01: (144Kb) download: most important need of all

Note: Marshall sometimes uses “Giraffe” as a metaphor for life-serving consciousness and language and “Jackal” (or “wolf” or “snake”) as a metaphor for life-alienated consciousness and language. Note: CNVC’s use of the image and term “Giraffe” is in no way connected to The Giraffe Project, a completely separate non-profit organization producing its own training and educational materials.