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Elaine Shpungin, Ph.D. is a student and practitioner of Non Violent Communication (NVC) and Restorative Circles (RC).
She is currently exploring restorative and non-violent approaches to conflict and ways to meaningfully share power in family, organizational and community systems.
You can read her essays and stories about these experiments with conflict, love and connection at ImproveCommunication.net and TalkingToStrangers.me
Monday, February 6, 2012 The Fight Room (1 comments)
What if every school had a fight room? What would happen there might just surprise you.
Saturday, March 5, 2011 The Restorative Revolution
Not a solution to everything. Not panacea, utopia, peace and love for all. But a fundamental shift in the collective understanding of what might be possible.
Saturday, December 11, 2010 Five WikiLeaks Myths and their Disturbing Truth (31 comments)
What is most disturbing is not Assange's actions, or even the unethical and untruthful actions revealed about our government by some of the leaked cables (although these are very sad to me), but the actions and words of our political leaders (like Joe Lieberman) and major organizations (like Amazon and Visa/Mastercard) which have summarily decided on Assange's guilt without evidence or a due process.
Friday, December 10, 2010 The Most Important Thing to Know About Conflict (2 comments)
There is something my parents and teachers never told me about conflict.
To increase safety, move towards it.
Monday, December 28, 2009 Avatar: Tantalizing Possibilities Laced With Disappointment (4 comments)
Avatar promises a world that functions as a modern neurological metaphor for the delicate interconnectedness and balance of Earth's ecology. Unfortunately, the metaphor does not hold up to scrutiny, leaving us with magical realism and tribal wisdom instead of eco-science insights.
