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Connecting with Children

8 evenings of learning together to connect from our values.


Parenting is beautiful — and it can be challenging!

Do you find yourself in power struggles?

  • Using treats or rewards even when you don’t really want to?

  • Shouting at your child despite promising yourself you never would again?

  • And sometimes wondering: What’s wrong with me? Am I the worst parent ever?
     

You are not alone. This course offers a warm, supportive environment where you can connect with other parents, share experiences, step out of the loop of self-judgments and explore a compassionate way of relating. You’ll gain skills to parent from your values — and to return to them with compassion, again and again.
 

What is NVC?

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a simple, powerful, and practical tool that helps us:

  • See what blocks connection in communication

  • Learn how to relate from our values rather than from demand and threats

  • Transform power struggles into cooperation and understanding, based on intrinsic motivation
     

You will learn how to:

  • Transform anger into connection - from both sides

  • The power of empathy: to truly hear and see what your child is expressing

  • Speak from self-connection so your child can truly hear and understand you.

  • Care for yourself while caring for your family

  • Stand clearly for your boundaries without threats or punishments

  • …and much more
     

Beyond parenting

The tools you’ll learn aren’t just for your children — they ripple into all your relationships. Communicating with your partner, colleagues, friends, or even yourself becomes easier, more compassionate, and more effective.


Learning style

NVC is not just theory. You will work with your own real-life examples in an interactive and safe environment. Through demonstrations, role-plays, and live practice, you’ll discover that NVC is not just a method, but a way of being — something you can slowly embody in your own authentic way.


A nourishing rhythm

To make this course truly supportive, you don’t have to cook or rush dinner. Each evening, we pause for a simple, nourishing meal: homemade soup, fresh bread, and vegetarian and vegan spreads & snacks.


Practicalities
Course Dates:

8 Monday evenings, 27 October – 15 December 2025


Register by sending an email to marijeroos8@gmail.com

Time:

17:15 Doors open | 17:30 Start | 19:00 – 19:20 🥣 Soup & Snacks | 20:30 End

Location:

Common Ground, Zeeburgerdijk

Contribution:
€340 – €680 (sliding scale according to income & free will)
Includes simple nutritious dinner (vegetarian/vegan options).

After registration you are asked to pay 110 € prepayment.
The remaining course fee you are asked to pay within one week after completing the course. We suggest paying at the end so you can contribute with a clear sense of what you have received. In this way, your payment can be connected more to gratitude than to obligation. Of course, if you prefer to pay earlier, you are very welcome to do so.

Child-free environment to support focus, relaxation, and learning.

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About the trainer

"I started my NVC journey in 2014 and keep falling in love with these simple yet powerful tools. Again and again, I witness how they help me live and relate from authenticity, love, and compassion — with my children, myself, my partner, and everyone around me. I wish every parent could experience this clarity, and every child could grow up with the presence, authenticity and clarity that NVC brings.

My path began in 2009 with Yoga and Meditation, which helped me reconnect with my body and its inner wisdom. Meeting NVC in 2014 was life-changing: I realized that life is not about being good or feeling good, but about listening to my feelings as an inner navigation system. They are there to care for me, to guide me. When I listen to my body, follow her wisdom, and take full responsibility for what happens in my life, I suffer far less, experience way more meaning and deeper connections.

This awareness has reshaped my relationship with myself, and from there, my relationships with those closest to me. It continues to inspire me daily. I feel deeply honored to guide parents in this practice and to witness transformation, empathy, and connection bloom in their lives."
Marije Roos

Regestration

Registration Form

Contribution:

€340 – €680 (sliding scale according to income & free will)

Includes simple nutritious dinner (vegetarian/vegan options).


After registration you are asked to pay 110 € prepayment.


The remaining course fee you are asked to pay within one week after completing the course. We suggest paying at the end so you can contribute with a clear sense of what you have received.

In this way, your payment can be connected more to gratitude than to obligation. Of course, if you prefer to pay earlier, you are very welcome to do so.

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