I met Jason at a school that I frequently substitute at. He teaches middle school Language Arts. I guess they call it Language and literature now. I knew, from the moment that I met Jason there was a level of awareness there. Each morning we would have a brief check in and a couple conversations went longer than expected and left me thinking, yup he gets it! Jason has been a Pastor, a Chaplin, Director of Volunteers for Hospice and now a full time Middle School Teacher. He knew of NVC and with the conversations I have with him I noticed, sometimes people already speak with the idea of feelings, needs and body sensations with out labeling it as NVC or Nonviolent Communication. It is my greatest honor to get to chat with Jason on this episode and learn a little more about him and how we integrate empathy and compassion in our lives and in the world around us.

Resource:

Very cute video that Jason references in this episode. Sometimes there is nothing to fix, its to be heard and understood that the pain is real in this moment for them. Until we are ready to acknowledge that there is something there then we can attend to the wound and begin to heal.

It's Not About the Nail - Video

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I had a lovely time having Bryn as my co-host on this episode. Our topic we discussed was about Stimulus VS Cause. According to Marshalls book Nonviolent Communication. “What others do or say may be the stimulus of our feelings, not the cause.” There is a root to our feelings and that root is the cause. One way I like to think of this as, unprocessed trauma (cause) we might have experienced which has lead to these deep rooted feelings. In Marshall’s book he talks about how there are 4 ways we can receive a hard to hear message:

1. Take it personally by hearing blame then blaming ourselves
2. Blame others
3. Sense of own feelings & needs
4. Sense of others’ feelings & needs

Mindful meditation helps us find that pause between stimulus and response. Viktor Frankl was born 1905, he is an Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor. His famous quote is, “Between stimulus and response lies a space. In that space lie our freedom and power to choose a response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.”

Finding the pause, giving compassion (if needed) & getting curious when we are escalated will help us in regulating and finding the root of the stimulus.

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I know I haven’t dropped an episode for months. I have been living life to the best of my ability, reading, working and soaking in the time we have on this physical world. I am continuing to record episodes. Thank you for your grace and understanding. Take care of your heart.

I got the honor of speaking with Morris again. The last time we had him on my podcast was episode 28 back in 2021. Morris has flourished and continued to spread his love, passion and strength into his communities. He has a memoir that has been released called “Reflections of a Troubled Black Man.” In the last two years of speaking with Morris his journey is sky rocketing. He even was able to create a friendship with Dr. Virgil A. Wood and carry on his legacy for this beautiful work of love and peace in all communities. The core of Morris’s philosophy is deeply rooted in Social Emotional Learning, Contemplative Education, and Restorative Practices.
Morris H Ervin, Jr. is an educator, entertainer, motivational speaker, and Youth Development Professional committed to helping the youth, families, communities, and institutions “turn fear into strength, and pain into passion.”

Resources:

1) Book “Reflections of a Troubled Black Man.” By: Morris H Ervin, Jr.
2) Book By: Virgil A. Wood
3) NVC Journal with NVC Chart By: Kady
4) NVC Reflection Journal By: Kady
5) Video: Dr. Masaru Emoto

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