Making It Work: Business Wisdom from Successful NVC Trainers
What’s Working for Successful NVC Trainers (and How You Can Thrive Too)
A free online panel with seasoned NVC trainers and coaches who’ve built financially sustainable, values-aligned practices.
When
This 2-hour live event took place on
Thursday, January 22
Please register to receive the recording
(no charge).
11:30am–1:30pm Pacific Time (2 hours)
The session replay was included for live participants.
Grow your impact and your income — without selling out your values.
Join a heart-based conversation about what’s working in NVC-centered business today.
The Invitation
We brought together four practitioners who have each developed steady, meaningful livelihoods through NVC work — and who carry hard-won insights about what actually supports long-term success.
Our panelists have built sustainable, purpose-driven businesses — with their own blend of relationship, social change, spiritual, emotional, well-being, and financial success — while staying deeply aligned with NVC consciousness.
In this 2-hour online discussion, they’ll share what’s been most effective in their journeys — the turning points, mindset shifts, and practical business practices that helped them build thriving, easeful, values-aligned enterprises.
Whether you’re an NVC trainer (certified or not), a candidate for certification, or a social entrepreneur inspired by empathy-based business — you’re warmly invited.
Why We’re Hosting This
Because the world needs more thriving, well-resourced trainers and social entrepreneurs.
Supporting you to enjoy sustainability, creative freedom, and impact isn’t just “business support” — it’s movement-building.
When trainers and changemakers flourish, the work itself expands — reaching more people, transforming more systems, and making compassionate communication a viable way of life.
Imagine If…
✨ You walked away with just two practical ideas that could make your work more enjoyable and financially sustainable next year.
✨ You connected with a community of peers who share your heart and your entrepreneurial spirit.
✨ You heard how other NVC trainers built freedom and flow into their lives — and realized, “I can do this too.”
What would that mean for you?
You’ll Learn:
✅ The specific business structures and habits that keep successful trainers sustainable
✅ How they balance purpose, profit, and personal well-being
✅ The mindsets and marketing approaches that make growth authentic and joyful
✅ What not to waste energy on when you’re growing an empathy-based business
Overcoming Common Hesitations
“I feel discouraged — I’ve tried before and it didn’t take off.”
We’ve been there too. This conversation is meant to lift that weight by showing what’s possible, and how others turned their challenges into clarity and flow.
“I don’t want to feel salesy.”
Neither do we. You’ll hear stories of trainers who’ve grown their businesses through integrity, empathy, and genuine service — not pressure tactics.
“I don’t have time.”
You can listen while walking, cooking, or driving — and still gather insights that could save you months of trial and error.
Who It’s For
- NVC trainers, certified or not
- Candidates for certification
- Coaches, facilitators, and social entrepreneurs building empathy-based businesses
Who It’s Not For
If you already have a thriving NVC or coaching business, you’re still welcome — and we’d love for you to connect with us to share your success insights in future events.
Meet the Panelists
Jesse Wiens Chu
Jesse Wiens Chu is an artist, husband, father, and community leader devoted to practical peace.
He serves as Executive Director of Baba Tree International and is an Assessor-in-Training with the Center for Nonviolent Communication.
A graduate of Sounds True’s Inner MBA program, Jesse has studied conscious business and marketing with the creative team behind Jack Kornfield, Gabor Maté, Thomas Hübl, and Eckhart Tolle. His work bridges spirituality, communication, and leadership—helping people align their inner values with outer impact.
Jesse is also co-author of The Ongo Book: Everyday Nonviolence, a self-published bestseller with over 10,000 copies sold and translations by major publishers in four countries. Previously, he founded ZENVC, blending authentic Zen training with Nonviolent Communication.
He lives in Indonesia with his partner and Ongo Book co-author, Catherine Cadden, and their two children, where together they guide communities in living compassion, consciousness, and love in action.
Karin Hohenegger
Karin Hohenegger is a Mystic Business Mentor and Coach and Certified Trainer in Nonviolent Communication (CNVC), based in Austria, the heard of Europe, more precisely in the Tyrolean Alps.
With over 25 years of experience in marketing and leadership – including roles at Swarovski, in the travel industry, and the non-profit sector – she bridges strategic clarity with deep intuition.
Her work empowers coaches, trainers, and leaders to build soul-aligned businesses rooted in authenticity, love, and conscious communication.
Through her programs Soulbusiness Rising and Joyful Leadership, Karin guides people to lead from the heart and bring their true essence into business.
In her free time, she enjoys clowning and “diving deeper into the now.”
Website: Ganzheitliches Business Coaching – Mag.a Karin Hohenegger
Facebook: Facebook & https://www.facebook.com/HoheneggerK
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-hohenegger-leadership/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoheneggerkarin/
Marie R. Miyashiro
Author, International Keynote Speaker, Organizational Empathy Consultant
Marie works as …
… the author of the internationally published The Empathy Factor - Your Competitive Advantage for Personal, Team and Organizational Success, translated into 10 languages
... the co-author with Marshall Rosenberg, PhD of a chapter in The Change Handbook - The Definitive Resource for Today's Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems
… an emotional intelligence and empathy consultant who has worked with over 1,000 teams in 25 countries and scaled train-the-trainer empathy programs in over 60 countries
... the founder of the Giraffe Business School™ teaching NVC trainers how to grow client relationships that flourish into multi-year, USD $150,000-$250,000+/project engagements
… a coach to a team of international NVC trainers working with organizations
… the developer of the 3x3 Empathy Factors® Model and Program which has been in continuous training use by Global 400 companies since 2014
Marie enjoys life in Hawaii, a passionate meditator and golfer and summited Mount Kilimanjaro at the age of 62.
You can learn more about Marie and her work at empathyfactor.com.
John Kinyon
John has been an internationally renowned leader of Nonviolent Communication for over 25 years. He mentored closely with NVC creator, Marshall Rosenberg, for over a decade and was one of his most trusted students.
John has facilitated, trained, coached, and mediated with thousands of people and communities around the world. In the last decade, John has more deeply integrated mindfulness (dual & non-dual) and trauma-healing into his Mediate Your Life approach.
As conflict grows and intensifies in the world — from global to personal and organizational — the Mediate Your Life approach shows us a way to access the power of conflict and transform it into new possibilities and greater wellbeing.
About the Hosts
Rafa Kalapa (Alan Rafael Seid)
has been a CNVC Certified Trainer since 2003, has been studying business and marketing since 2006, and also works as a business coach for entrepreneurs.
You can learn more about him here.
