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I remember the moment. August 27, 2000. Kelly Bryson was standing in front of the spiritual center where I was a minister. I looked at my watch, thinking "Oh, gag me with a spoon! I'm now going to waste two hours of my life watching a… more
Mair Alight
"Dear Marshall, when I first met you in 1998 I was a shy and insecure person, finding it difficult to engage in open conversations. I could handle speaking with 1-2 other people at a time.Now thanks to what I learned from you I am giving… more
Kirsten Kristensen
I first met Marshall at Stadtschlaining in Austria at an event called 'Compair' which was about comparing and cross-fertilising different peace-making methods. Marshall had me in tears within minutes as something deep inside of me saw this… more
Stefan Wisbauer
I got to experience Marshall's deep empathy work for the first time at the December 2007 IIT in Albuquerque NM. After 6 days, I noticed some old pain was stimulated by something Valentina had said. I talked to her about it, and we agreed… more
James Prieto
"Dear Marshall,
Yes, the first homemade video I watched of you giving a workshop woke me up to the possibility of a better way to communicate.
Yes, the book you published in 1999, made me cry and laugh because I connected with the dream of… more
Eliane Geren
I am so very grateful to Marshall for the gifts of NVC.
Nonviolent Communication or Compassionate Communication, came into my life in 2002 and I still marvel with gratitude that it found its way across the seas to a town on the east coast… more
Paulette Bray-Narai
Dear Marshall, when I first met you in 1998 I was a shy and insecure person, finding it difficult to engage in open conversations. I could handle speaking with 1-2 other people at a time. 
Now thanks to what I learned from you I am giving… more
Kirsten Kristensen
Using the consciousness and tools you have synthesized, I now have peace in my heart, peace of mind, peace in my body and peace in relationships.  I have so much appreciation for being able to experience life and others using NVC!  Thank… more
Taylor
Marshall, Your work has been a major influence in changing my ability to navigate my life. It has increased my ability to be more gentle with myself and with others. It has inspired me to stretch, to create materials and experiment with… more
Roz Adams
"Dear Marshall,There's a different quality in each breath I take since the NVC paradigm reframed my world. I wish I could find the words to describe it-- something about more alive and awake, more fluid and full, certainly more grateful… more
kathleen
Dear Marshall
You visit more than 15 years ago to the land of midnight sun - in the north of Sweden made such a change in my life. I have been able to forward the gift many times. At the moment I'm giving it handling the century long… more
Liv Larsson
"When I married into an already made family of 5 children, ages 6-16, and their natural mother was not happy. Soon after 9/11/2001 I moved out, thinking that I just didn't want to live with people that would not have cared if I had been in… more
Alicia Nowicki