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Communicate with honesty. Listen with empathy. Transform your relationships.
An 8-week live online journey into Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
Discover a practical way to navigate difficult conversations, express yourself with clarity, and build deeper connections — at home, at work, and within yourself.
Through live practice, personal feedback, and a supportive small group, you'll learn skills that help you listen deeply, understand others, and create more authentic relationships.
✓ 8 live Zoom sessions
✓ Small group (max. 16 participants)
✓ Practical exercises and real-life practice
✓ Personal feedback and guidance
✓ Empathy duets and practice pods between sessions⭐ Bonus for the first 10 participants: a complimentary 45-minute personal coaching session with Hans
Learning Nonviolent Communication
Most of us learned to communicate unconsciously—from our parents, teachers, and culture. Yet so much of our everyday speech (and self-talk) is filled with judgment, blame, and “right–wrong” thinking. This language, though well-intentioned, so often leads to disconnection.
NVC invites us to bring mindfulness into our communication—to speak and listen from the heart. It’s a practice of transforming habitual reactions into responses grounded in empathy and authenticity.
In this course, you’ll learn how to:
Listen empathically to yourself and others
See conflict as a portal to deeper connection
Diffuse triggers using the four-step NVC model
Transform your relationships with clear and effective communication
Cultivate compassion and self-acceptance
Through experiential exercises, real-life examples, and guided reflection, you’ll begin to embody a new way of relating—one that fosters trust, honesty, and genuine connection.
What you'll experience
8 live Zoom sessions
Eight interactive sessions where you'll learn the foundations of NVC, practice together, and explore how to apply the skills in real-life situations.Small group (max. 16 participants)
A safe and personal learning environment where everyone has space to participate, practice, and receive individual attention.Practical exercises and real-life practice
Move beyond theory. You'll practice listening, expressing yourself clearly, and navigating challenging conversations.Personal feedback and guidance
Receive supportive feedback to deepen your understanding and develop your own authentic communication style.Empathy duets and practice pods
Experience what it feels like to be deeply heard, and continue practicing between sessions with a small peer group.
Meet Hans
Hans brings together over two decades of exploring what helps people communicate with greater honesty, presence, and compassion.
His work is rooted in Nonviolent Communication and enriched by philosophy, years of yoga teaching, contemplative practice, nondual meditation, shamanic traditions, and Aletheia Transformational Coaching. Together, these influences create a learning experience that is both deeply practical and profoundly human.
As a trained NVC conflict mediator, Hans helps people navigate difficult conversations with clarity, empathy, and authenticity.
He lives in the Netherlands with his wife and two children.
Reviews from former participants
Practical
Dates: 7 Thursdays: 8, 15, 22 October, 5, 12, 19, 26 November 2026
1 of the sessions will be on a Friday instead of the Thursday. This is on Friday 30 October
Times: 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Amsterdam).
After you register, you'll receive an Add to Calendar invitation (.ics). Your calendar will automatically display each session in your local time zone, including any daylight saving time changes.
Language: English (Dutch translation available)
Contribution
To make this course accessible to different circumstances, you are invited to choose the contribution level that best fits your situation.
Reduced contribution — €100
A limited number of reduced contribution places are available. Requests are considered individually, based on personal circumstances and the number of registrations at each contribution level.Standard contribution — €250
The regular contribution for the 8-week NVC journey.Supporter contribution — €400
For those who are able and willing to contribute more, helping make the course accessible to others.If your situation is more complex than the options above can reflect, you’re always vey welcome to reach out. We can pretty much always find a way 💛
All contribution levels include the same course experience.
terms: see terms & conditions
