Melanie Sears

Melanie Sears has been a trainer for the Center of Nonviolent Communications since 1991. She trains businesses, hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, individuals, couples and parents in the process of Nonviolent Communication. Melanie has also worked as a R.N. for twenty six years. She has worked in all areas of the hospital, home care and hospice and has been an administrator and a consultant. She has two grown children. Melanie presents Nonviolent Communication at conventions, at universities, and at churches. She has been interviewed on the radio and is a published author. Her presentations have been described as exciting, inspiring, educational, and transformative. Melanie says, "Everything is about communications. Any problem can be resolved within minuets when negative energy is transformed into caring connections."

Nonviolent Communications clarifies what our conditioning is and offers tools to assist us to communicate in an authentic, life-connected manner instead of in the way that we were taught to communicate. Communications is so intricately woven into our conditioning that when we change our communications we free ourselves of dysfunctional conditioned responses. This allows us to open to our authentic selves and brings us into a positive energy flow. The NVC tools are effective in any situation whether personal or professional. They work well in mediation, in conflict resolution and in creating soul satisfying intimacy.

Some parents that learn NVC say that it saved their relationship with their children. One parent said, “Instead of raising my children the way I was raised, I was able to raise them in a loving way that was congruent with my inner values.” Couples that have divorced or separated will often learn how to connect with each other after learning NVC. I have seen many couples get back together after learning these tools. Whether or not couples get back together, their relationships become more harmonious and they are able to work out their differences. Nonviolent Communication is a powerful process for healing emotional pain and for developing self empowerment. It dissolves blocks that prevent us from being all that we are. Used as a tool for social change, NVC creates a safe space so that everyone’s views can be heard. Social Change begins on the inside. Once we become the change we want to see, we become powerful change agents. To become ‘the change,’ requires that we become congruent with whom we are and live according to our values. NVC helps you with that process. NVC is a way to learn leadership skills. I applied NVC to an international leadership test given by a large institution. I scored 98%. This was the highest score in the institution.

Internal and external communication creates the world that we experience. When we become conscious of our communication and develop choice in how we think and react, then we change our world. Nonviolent Communications creates evolution of consciousness.