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Welcome to Talk it Out Radio, your local, live, community call-in, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Mindfulness, and Social Justice Radio Show here on KPFA, 94.1 FM .
We believe that the best place to create a more equitable and compassionate world is to practice being the world we envision right here inside ourselves and with the people in front of us. We are dedicated to sharing practices and skills for effective and meaningful communication which includes deep listening, compassion, and collaboration. We are passionate about supporting dialogues across sensitive and important topics without doing harm to one another in the process. We integrate NVC with anti-racist and anti-oppression practices.
Our hosts Nancy Kahn, Timothy Regan and Fresh Lev White are NVC facilitators, Buddhist practitioners, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Justice (DEIBJ) coaches, consultants, strategists and/or mediators.
We welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, awareness, and effective communication with us. Our intention is to share tools, knowledge, and resources that empower all of us to effectively connect across differences and create understanding, so that we can all work together to create a more just experience for our own lives, our communities, and for the planet.
Wise speech is one of the 5 Buddhist Precepts and is one path of the 8 fold path. Often it seems one of the most difficult, particularly when addressing controversial topics. Host Marlena Willis shares how Nonviolent Communication can help us speak wisely. Marlena responds to callers on this and other topics. As this is … Continued
A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences.
…with a focus on the Q-anon experience with someone who has gone in and come out again Sarah Peyton shares her recent insightful and compassionate webinar with Talk It Out listeners on Sunday, May 30, 2021, from 7-8 pm. In this episode, Sarah brings brain science and compassion together to help us all understand the … Continued
A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences.
The voices of Asian American Buddhists are often not recognized or heard and assumptions about them do not acknowledge the diversity of thier lived experiences. Host Marlena Willis speaks with Chenxing Han, author of the book, Be The Refuge, Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists. Chenxing Han is a Bay Area–based writer who holds … Continued
Timothy Regan welcomes all the Talk It Out Radio hosts, to share with the world some wisdom and story about one nonviolent, peacemaking principle has helped us the most in our lives. Nancy Kahn, Marlena Willis, and the newest member of our team, Lev White, all participate.
Relationship and Communication Pitfalls: Can We Talk About Invisible Contracts and Deal Breakers? Have you dedicated time to self-reflect and examine your own communication patterns and relationship dynamics? Have you ever wondered why you communicate the way you do? Tonight’s show offers insights and a range of communication concepts and coaching tips to enrich emotional … Continued
Host Timothy Regan presents priciples, tips, and stories, all to help you speak up and interrupt someone else successfully. A successful interruption happens when you speak up to stop someone else speaking temoporarily, and it increases connection for everyone present. Intentions and needs are seen and honored, as well as those of anyone else in … Continued
Those with mental health issues are often defined by professionals, but radical mental health asks that those who are defined as mentally ill have voice and agency. Host Marlena Willis, who herself deals has mental diversity/disability, is in conversation with meditator, Emiko Yoshikami, and psychiatrist, Dr. Rahil Rojiani. Emiko yoshikami is a mixed-raced, mixed-Buddhist queer who … Continued
Join host Nancy Kahn to learn how to develop empathy in relationships and to hear how empathy impacts personal and work relationships. Empathy is a core practice in Nonviolent Communication and a skill that can be learned and improved the more we choose it! Nancy Kahn has more than 20 years of experience teaching empathy … Continued
