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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.
At this time of year, each day there is more light. Though hardly noticeable, gradually we have longer days. So with any changes we make. Often whether making change in the structures of our society or in our personal lives, we need to start small. Host Marlena Willis explores how working with small changes can … Continued
At this time of year, each day there is more light. Though hardly noticeable, gradually we have longer days. So with any changes we make. Often whether making change in the structures of our society or in our personal lives, we need to start small. Host Marlena Willis explores how working with small changes can … Continued
Host Timothy Regan welcomes 3 friendly and inspiring activist leaders from the Oakland Peace Center. [ oaklandpeacecenter.org ] They share their insightful definitions of Peace, and how they came to their inspiring work. This episode contains inspiring history and stories about people just like you creating compassion in action, and empowering themselves and whole groups … Continued
The Art of Mindful Communication: Living Your Values In these extraordinarily polarized times, what would it be like if people could truly hear others and speak their minds in a clear, kind way, without becoming defensive or going on the attack? Join Talk It Out Radio’s host and Oren Jay Sofer, meditation teacher and communication … Continued
Capitalism is fueled by greed. The heart practices taught by the Buddha which include loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity, offer a path to building resources and resilient alternatives to capitalism. Host Marlena Willis talks with East Bay Meditation Center teachers JD Doyle and Rene Rivera who have been exploring and teaching about how Buddhist … Continued
Host Timothy Regan shares and demonstrates the 4 key principles at the heart of Nonviolent Communication, through stories from his own interactions during Thanksgiving week, when relationships become more important and challenging as well. Callers also share their stories and insights from the Thanksgving week in the practice of human relationship.
Communicating Across Sensitive Topics in Primary Partnerships Host Nancy Kahn facilitates a candid discussion between a couple who have been together for more than 20 years as they work through sharing sensitive feedback related to living together. Listen in to this interactive conversation between a long-term couple who receive coaching and support to help … 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.
Host Timothy Regan welcomes Certified Nonviolent Communication Trainer and Organizational Consultant Roxy Manning, Ph.D. We explore detailed wisdom and actions that each of us can draw upon when observing or participating in the aggressions of daily life. We define aggression and microaggression, and then place ourselves in 3 roles: the observer, the actor, and the … Continued
Host Nancy Kahn talks with special guest, Kangs Trevens, an Oakland-based counselor and facilitator of Trauma-Informed Nonviolent Communication about de-escalation and grounding skills that every person could benefit from. Join us to learn essential skills that support safety and contribute to reducing harm during difficult and overwhelming human interactions without the default being calling law enforcement. … Continued
