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"If you can get across to kids that you care, that it's important, that they're important, that solves most of the problem."Gina Simm, author of 'Heart to Heart, Three Systems for Staying Connected,' shares her journey of discovering Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and applying it in her classroom. She discusses the power of empathy cards for children and how they can facilitate communication and conflict resolution. Gina also introduces the concept of the Wheel of Choice, a system that provides children with various options for resolving conflicts. Her book 'Heart to Heart' includes 14 lessons that teach NVC principles and the use of the Wheel of Choice. In this conversation, Gina Simm and Nate Guadagni discuss the power of empathy and connection in resolving conflicts and meeting needs. They emphasize the importance of focusing on the intention to connect rather than solely on problem-solving. Gina offers workshops, coaching, and resources for parents and educators interested in implementing NVC in their lives.Website: https://www.teachingfromyourheart.org/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ginasimmcreatorFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/gina.simm.9About the Host:Nate Guadagni is an NVC based Life Coach with over 15 years of experience in coaching and group facilitation. He is also a Qigong teacher, the founder of Bo Yoga, an accessible yoga system and Balance for Life, a senior fitness program. Tools discussed in this episode:Heart to Heart Book & Empathy Cards for Kids1) DOWNLOAD the NVC Template Pack here:• The Magic Formula - 4 Step NVC Process• List of Basic Needs We All Have• Feelings When Your Needs Are Not Satisfied• Feelings When Your Needs Are SatisfiedAdditional Resources:Language of Life Community - Weekly Group ClassesFree Templates, Coaching, & Resources: Language of Life WebsiteNVC Teaching Videos - YouTubeApply to be a guest on the Podcast - Free NVC CoachingBooks and Trainings - CNVC Official WebsiteChapters00:00 Introduction and Background01:34 Discovering NVC and the Cherry Hill Co-Housing Community06:12 Using Empathy Cards in an Empathy Session09:12 The Power of Naming Feelings and Needs12:40 Facilitating Empathy Sessions with Children20:22 The Value of Posters and Storytelling24:26 The Three Systems in 'Heart to Heart'27:04 The Power of Empathy and Connection30:04 Using the Wheel of Choice33:14 Teaching Requests and Needs36:29 The Spiritual Aspect of NVC38:02 Transforming Relationships and Communities49:06 Workshops, Coaching, and ResourcesKey TakeawaysEmpathy cards for children can be a powerful tool for communication and conflict resolution.The Wheel of Choice provides children with various options for resolving conflicts.Teaching NVC principles and the use of the Wheel of Choice explicitly and integrating them into the daily schedule can create a child-centered environment for moving through conflict.The book 'Heart to Heart' includes 14 lessons that teach NVC principles and the use of the Wheel of Choice. Focusing on empathy and connection is more effective than solely problem-solving in resolving conflicts.The intention to connect is the ultimate goal in addressing problems with children.The Wheel of Choice is a powerful tool for empowering children to make choices and meet their needs.Explicitly teaching the concepts of requests and needs can enhance communication and understanding.Nonviolent Communication (NVC) has a spiritual aspect and can transform relationships and communities.Gina Simm offers workshops, coaching, and resources for parents and educators interested in implementing NVC.
Host, Nate Guadagni, welcomes Jerry Koch-Gonzalez, a certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and a consultant in Sociocracy. Jerry shares insights into Sociocracy, a governance system emphasizing egalitarian decision-making and continuous feedback. They explore how Sociocracy intertwines with NVC principles, discussing its implementation in various communities, including Jerry's own Cherry Hill Co-housing Community. The conversation delves into practical examples, highlighting the significance of trust, empathy, and effective communication in fostering collaborative environments. Listeners are encouraged to explore sociocracy and its potential to create more inclusive and participatory organizations. About the Host: Nate Guadagni is an NVC based Life Coach with over 15 years of experience in coaching and group facilitation. He is also a Qigong teacher, the founder of Bo Yoga, an accessible yoga system and Balance for Life, a senior fitness program. Jerry Koch-Gonzalez helps companies and organizations implement Sociocracy to create adaptive and effective organizations where all members' voices matter. He is a consultant and certified trainer in both Dynamic Governance/Sociocracy and Compassionate Communication (NonViolent Communication), with a focus on governance, decision making, communication skills, and conflict resolution. Tools discussed in this episode: 1) https://www.sociocracyforall.org/ 2) DOWNLOAD the NVC Template Pack here: • The Magic Formula - 4 Step NVC Process • List of Basic Needs We All Have • Feelings When Your Needs Are Not Satisfied • Feelings When Your Needs Are Satisfied Additional Resources: Language of Life Community - Weekly Group Classes Apply to be a guest on the Podcast - Free NVC Coaching Free Templates, Coaching, & Resources: BIO Language of Life Website NVC Teaching Videos - YouTube Books and Trainings - CNVC Official Website --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/language-of-life/message
Nate Guadagni welcomes guest speaker Catina Franklin Sweedy, who has over twenty years of experience in education as a private and classroom clarinet teacher, nature educator, and homeschooler. She is a staff member at the Embark Center, a democratic self-directed learning community for people ages 10-18 that embraces authentic real-life learning. They delve into the principles of NVC and how it integrates with self-directed, consent-based education at Embark. Katina shares her personal journey into this alternative education model, emphasizing the importance of choice, consent, and fostering genuine connections. The conversation explores the challenges and triumphs of implementing NVC and sociocracy within a learning environment, highlighting the transformative impact on both students and educators. About the Host: Nate Guadagni is an NVC based Life Coach with over 15 years of experience in coaching and group facilitation. He is also a Qigong teacher, the founder of Bo Yoga, an accessible yoga system and Balance for Life, a senior fitness program. Tools discussed in this episode: 1) Catina Franklin Sweedy's Embark Education Center 2) Sociocracy For All Link 3) DOWNLOAD the NVC Template Pack here: • The Magic Formula - 4 Step NVC Process • List of Basic Needs We All Have • Feelings When Your Needs Are Not Satisfied • Feelings When Your Needs Are Satisfied Additional Resources: Language of Life Community - Weekly Group Classes Apply to be a guest on the Podcast - Free NVC Coaching Free Templates, Coaching, & Resources: BIO Language of Life Website NVC Teaching Videos - YouTube Books and Trainings - CNVC Official Website --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/language-of-life/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/language-of-life/message
Host, Nate Guadagni, and guest, Misha Beverly, explore Chapter 3 of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg's NVC, focusing on the vital skill of observing without evaluating. This technique is believed to be one of the most vital forms of human intelligence. We share personal insights and practical examples, demonstrating how distinguishing between pure observations and evaluations can transform communication and relationships. We want you to gain valuable tools to improve empathy and connection within your interactions, with real-life applications and exercises from the book. About the Host: Nate Guadagni is an NVC based Life Coach with over 15 years of experience in coaching and group facilitation. He is also a Qigong teacher, the founder of Bo Yoga, an accessible yoga system and Balance for Life, a senior fitness program. Misha Beverly is a co-producer of this podcast, as well as a content creator, filmmaker, and costumer. She is passionate about learning NVC and how to be the change she wishes to see in the world through better communication. DOWNLOAD the NVC Template Pack here: • The Magic Formula - 4 Step NVC Process • List of Basic Needs We All Have • Feelings When Your Needs Are Not Satisfied • Feelings When Your Needs Are Satisfied Resources Language of Life Community - Weekly Group Classes Apply to be a guest on the Podcast - Free NVC Coaching Free Templates and Resources - LanguageOfLife.com NVC Teaching Videos - YouTube Books and Trainings - CNVC Official Website --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/language-of-life/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/language-of-life/message
Nate Guadagni welcomes special guest Jim Manske, author of Pathways to Nonviolent Communication, co-creator of PeaceWorks and an expert in Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Together, they delve into the transformative power of NVC and explore the Pathways to Liberation Matrix, a tool designed to assess and enhance one's proficiency in NVC skills. Jim shares the story behind the creation of the matrix, emphasizing its focus on self-assessment and personal growth rather than judgment. Through insightful anecdotes and practical examples, they illustrate how NVC fosters deeper connections, resolves conflicts, and cultivates empathy. Whether you're new to NVC or seeking to deepen your practice, this episode offers illuminating perspectives and practical guidance for living a more compassionate and fulfilling life. More about Jim - click here Jim and Jori's weekly NVC Group Pathways to Liberation Matrix - Self Assessment Order the book: Pathways to Liberation DOWNLOAD the NVC Template Pack here: • The Magic Formula - 4 Step NVC Process • List of Basic Needs We All Have • Feelings When Your Needs Are Not Satisfied • Feelings When Your Needs Are Satisfied Resources Language of Life Community - Weekly Group Classes Apply to be a guest on the Podcast - Free NVC Coaching Free Templates and Resources - LanguageOfLife.com NVC Teaching Videos - YouTube Books and Trainings - CNVC Official Website About the Host: Nate Guadagni is an NVC based Life Coach with over 15 years of experience in coaching and group facilitation. He is also a Qigong teacher, the founder of Bo Yoga, an accessible yoga system and Balance for Life, a senior fitness program. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/language-of-life/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/language-of-life/message
This week on the podcast, I am joined by Nate Guadagni. Nate is the founder of Bo Yoga®, an accessible blend of gentle yoga, qi gong (Chee Gong) and meditation. He is the inventor of the new Balance Bar prop; a flexible, padded lightweight staff which helps with balance, alignment and mobility making yoga safer and more approachable. Nate Guadagni has taught yoga, qi gong and meditation full time for over thirteen years and has managed six successful wellness centers in three major US cities. On top of that, Nate is a business badass, and on this episode we talk about the importance of having an email list and how to grow your email subscribers to 1,000 or more engaged people! On this episode, we talk about how to identify your target market, how to determine your irresistible gift for your audience, how to get people to sign up for your email list, creating great automated emails, how to choose an email software, and how to nurture your email list once people are on it. Nate shares how to decide how often to send email campaigns, what to include in your email newsletters, and much more. This episode is jam packed with information so make sure you have a pen and paper ready to take some notes! Enjoy! *This episode originally aired in April 2018
Cyndi Silva and Nate Guadagni Discuss Integrating and Teaching Yoga, Bo yoga and Qigong. Video version at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TINDcMCw0YI
Calm the Chaos/ Bonus Episode September 2020 Barbara Badolati Barbara Badolati has been featured in several publications, podcasts, TV and is a Ted Talk speaker. She is a business coach for coaches, a mindful meditation teacher for organizations and the creator of Be Well Retreats where she provides virtual retreats for her community. What You’ll Learn The next Be Well Retreat Schedule: BeWell Retreats presents The Miracle of the Mind, transform your story a virtual mini-retreat Saturday, September 26 12:00-4:00pm Eastern / 9:00am-1:00pm Pacific or whatever time zone you’re in anywhere in the world. Featured Presenters: Dani Green, Nate Guadagni and Barbara Badolati Feeling stuck or in a rut? Our lives play out from the stories we tell ourselves. What if you could use your thoughts and imagination to create a new story? One that your subconscious would agree to! This retreat allows you to try out self-hypnosis, qigong movement and a playful envisioning activity allowing you to change any area of your life you so desire. Includes a full Retreat Guide to use during and after the retreat. Early Bird special Sept 8-18 $49 includes the 15 page Retreat Guide or $79 for the Full Retreat Experience includes Friday evening Mix & Mingle, the Retreat and Retreat Guide plus our After Glow Gathering with $275 worth of Bonus Retreat gifts. Registration closes Friday, September 25 at noon Take advantage of the Early Bird prices by September 18! Resources Connect with Barbara here Connect with Deborah for Coaching here The mid life Quiz here Enjoy the show? Don’t miss an episode, follow the podcast on ITunes, I Heart Radio and Spotify Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast and share with a friend!
In today's podcast, my friend Nate Guadagni, who is also a Law of Attraction coach, and I have a discussion around WHY LoA is needed now more than ever. We talk about why a community of like-minded people is important and why we must prepare ourselves to be around negative people in order to not go down their rabbit trail. We touched on so many great topics in hopes of inspiring you to keep doing this work! To learn more about Nate, you can go to www.lawofattractionfreedom.com To join our Joy Chats, click HERE. To become a part of our FB community, click HERE. You can now find my guided meditations on Insight Timer. Click HERE to follow me there. To get your Free Discovery Session, go to www.michele-joy.com. You can also email me at michele@loamiraclemindset.com. Thanks for listening and Happy Manifesting!
In this episode I interview Nate Guadagni who is also a LoA coach. He is also a Balance and Fall Prevention Specialist, and Yoga teacher. We had a fantastic conversation about LoA and what we both do to teach and inspire others to live through the LoA. There is LOTS of good information in here, so check it out! To get the free template that Nate talked about on the podcast click HERE. To find out more about the Law of Attraction Club click HERE. Listeners of LOA in Action Podcast get a free session! Email Nate@Balanceforlife to get the link. To connect with me go to www.michele-joy.com. Or send me an email if you have any questions what-so-ever! michele@loamiraclemindset.com Happy Manifesting!!
This week on the podcast I am joined by Nate Guadagni from BoYoga. If you've been listening to the podcast for a while now, you'll remember Nate from a few months ago. We did an awesome episode on growing your business through your email list and how to get an email list of 1,000 people! In this episode, Nate and I talk about how to grow your yoga business through serving baby boomers or people in an older population. He shares how he's grown his business this way, ways that you can start diving into this market, how teaching an older population is different than a younger market, and much more. Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a digital presence, so OfferingTree created easy to use software that guides yoga teachers through the process in about 30 minutes. That’s right, you can have a website in 30 minutes! OfferingTree’s website tools allow teachers to put their schedule on their own branded website and allows their students to book classes and even pay online. Your OfferingTree website will have a whole host of other tools to help you be a successful teacher like newsletter and a blog, website traffic analytics, search engine optimization, client communication tools and more. OfferingTree really does make it simple to have a website and takes care of the tech side of teaching. So if you’ve been putting off creating a website because you think it will be a headache, you should really give them a try. To get started on your website today checkout offeringtree.com/mbom. Again, check out offeringtree.com/mbom to create your new website today.
This week on the podcast, I am joined by Nate Guadagni. Nate is the founder of Bo Yoga®, an accessible blend of gentle yoga, qi gong (Chee Gong) and meditation. He is the inventor of the new Balance Bar prop; a flexible, padded lightweight staff which helps with balance, alignment and mobility making yoga safer and more approachable. Nate Guadagni has taught yoga, qi gong and meditation full time for over thirteen years and has managed six successful wellness centers in three major US cities. On top of that, Nate is a business badass, and on this episode we talk about the importance of having an email list and how to grow your email subscribers to 1,000 or more engaged people! On this episode, we talk about how to identify your target market, how to determine your irresistible gift for your audience, how to get people to sign up for your email list, creating great automated emails, how to choose an email software, and how to nurture your email list once people are on it. Nate shares how to decide how often to send email campaigns, what to include in your email newsletters, and much more. This episode is jam packed with information so make sure you have a pen and paper ready to take some notes! Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by FavYogis! Here’s a business tool that’s really going to change the lives of yoga teachers. The FavYogis app puts control and freedom in your hands. You can update your class schedule, offer YOUR OWN classes ANYWHERE, ANYTIME; and GET PAID all from your phone! No more updating your schedule in multiple places and paying a ton of money each month for a software platform where students MIGHT stumble across your classes. Students simply open FavYogis and your schedule will be there. On top of being able to send students notifications about class updates, set prices and ticket availability, and auto-send reminders to your students, you can also post workshops and events that will allow you to reach organic traffic through the search feature that you may never have been able to reach through simply putting the events on your website. Head on over to the app store and download FavYogis for free! Use code MBOM and let them know that I sent you!