NVC Deep Dive -Why Self-Empathy is such an Empowered act with Ceri Buckmaster

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Meet Ceri Buckmaster, one of the lead trainers at Rising for Life Global NVC Convention - May 2025, Spain.

Together we will explore what self-empathy is within an NVC frame and why it is an empowered and empowering practice.

About this free event:

We will explore what self-empathy is within an NVC frame and why it is an empowered and empowering practice.

We will explore resistance to self-empathy, such as when blaming the other seems to be the only option to us or when we fear ‘letting the other person off the hook’ for their ‘bad behaviour.’ We will explore how judgments are sometimes imperceptible, lightning-quick slivers of thoughts that close us down, throw us out of balance, or put us in a bad mood. Sometimes, judgments are thunderous assaults that are loud, fiery, and strident. They might turn into a kind of vow to ‘Never again ask so-and-so to help, as s/he/they are so unreliable.’ Judgments often condemn the other person as bad or as displaying inexcusable behaviour.

Self-empathy:

• offers a way out of despair and hopelessness.

• stops us from reproducing the actions of withdrawal, dismissal, shutdown, or punishment that might push you and the other into polarized corners.

• can support stopping the cycle of violence.

• can support building lasting peace.

• can lighten the load you are carrying.

• can help you regain your own connection to your own pain and needs.

• can shift implicit bias. Implicit bias operates beneath the radar of human consciousness, and it drives us to tend to favor and trust people who are similar to us.

• can help us connect to our vulnerability and deep hurt, sadness, and grief. Our well-being depends on giving the right quality of attention to these feelings and experiences.

Self-empathy is an empowered act in times of trouble because it focuses on you.