Bonnie Mioduchoski 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 conflict coach. She explores her interest in the intersection of awareness practice and NVC in her podcast “Speaking of Listening” and in her blog by the same name.

Background

• Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) and an undergraduate degree in Anthropology
• Bonnie has lived and worked in Kenya. She and a friend in her study program hitchiked from Lamu, Kenya to Cape Town, South Africa and back in 1993. She participated in student programs in Dorf Tirol, Italy in the home of famous poet Ezra Pound and as an ambassador of the Japan America Student Conference in Japan. She has lived in Switzerland and has Swiss citizenship.
• Worked for several years in non-profit organizations
• Founded and ran a small wholesale business which had products in over 2000 boutiques across the U.S. She sold her company in 2005 to pursue other interests
• 2007 Graduate of the Harvard Mediation Program (HMP). Mediates, trains and coaches through HMP. She mediates Small-claims cases in Malden Court and Landlord-tenant cases in Chelsea
• Graduate of Dedicated Practitioner Program (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
• 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 three more workshops, one with Kelly Bryson who authored “Don’t be Nice, Be Real,” a 9-day international intensive training with Marshall Rosenberg and 5 other gifted trainers and “Living Energy of Needs” with Susan Skye, Robert Gonzales, Wes Taylor and Gregg Kendrick. Bonnie worked with an NVC coach for one-on-one mentoring and skill-building and has regular practice with an empathy buddy. Bonnie continues to build her skill through ongoing practice and trainings. During the summer of 2009 Bonnie was an assistant at the New York Intensive – a week-long residential training in NVC. She also was an assistant in the children’s program at the Family Heart Camp in Northern Virginia.

Bonnie invites you to contact her to discuss how she may help you put NVC and mindfulness work into practice in your life. Bonnie values accessibility and especially wants this work to reach individuals who have more limited means and is receptive to different types of financial arrangements and offers scholarships.

Bonnie offers a complimentary initial consultation. For more information or to arrange an appointment please email her.