I came to the program with a lot of pain in my heart.

Particularly in my relationship with my children, due to the huge power differential, it was easy for me to slip into authoritarian ways of being, which I deeply longed to step away from.

In the PPLP community, I was held with deep care. I gained tools to apply the concepts not only in my daily interactions with my children, but with other family and friends, and professionally as well. I have truly grown my capacity for self-compassion, which I believe is an essential quality for parents, given the lack of support we experience. I highly recommend this program for anyone yearning for greater ease and connection in their relationships with the young people in their lives.

Participating actively in the program brought NVC in a much stronger way into my consciousness through the wealth of practice exercises; weekly connections with trainers, assistants, or empathy buddies; and the exchange of ideas with other participants and assistants through the io forum. For starters, it gave me a fundamentally different view on situations where I fall short of my own expectations and on greeting a need or meeting it internally.  The PPLP is an invitation.  I highly recommend it. 

I experience much more confidence, trust and peace than ever before and my children have responded by being ever more happy, self reliant and empowered. The way they now contribute to family life touches me and continually surprises me. I am loving sharing this with other parents and educators..so very enriching and nurturing for me to be able to contribute with such life changing work.

I feel so much more comfortable sharing Parenting from Your Heart with others now and the curriculum has been very helpful to guide me. The journals brought this learning to a great depth and the reading materials have contributed greatly to my understanding, learning and clarity.