bonnie"The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them."
-Ralph Nichols

  


About Us

Bonnie uses her awareness practice and understanding of empathic communication on a daily basis in a multitude of situations, notably as a mediator in the Boston courts helping people solve their small claim disputes, in teleclasses that she offers and in working with clients as a mediator and coach. She explores her interest in the intersection of awareness practice and NVC in her podcast "Speaking of Listening."

Background

  • Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) and an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. She founded and sold a successful small business with products in over 2000 stores and worked in nonprofits prior to that.
  • Bonnie has lived and worked in Kenya. She participated in study programs in Italy and Japan and has lived in Switzerland and has Swiss citizenship.
  • Mediator with Harvard Mediation Program (HMP). She mediates small claims & landlord-tenant cases.
  • Participant in 2 1/2 year-long Dedicated Practitioner Program (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) and NVC East Coast Mediation Program.
  • Has attended numerous silent meditation retreats (up to 2 months at a time), working with teachers James Baraz, Joseph Goldstein, Carol Wilson, Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein and others
  • Native English speaker; fluent in French, intermediate in Spanish

Bonnie became interested in non-violent communication in 2006 and read the book over the Thanksgiving holiday with her family in Florida. It immediately became useful, especially during that trip home.

In May of 2007 she attended a 3-day introduction with Marshall Rosenberg. She knew she was hooked when she saw how the inherently simple yet powerful language transforms, helps resolve conflicts and supports connection to ourselves and others.

She has since read extensively on the subject and attended numerous workshops, studying with certified trainers Jorge Rubio, Kelly Bryson, Susan Skye, Robert Gonzales, Wes Taylor, Gregg Kendrick, Myra Walden, Jim and Jori Manske, etc. She has assisted at the New York Intensive and Family Heart Camp residential programs.