Interview with Kathleen
Watch TEDx interview Kathleen Macferran backstage
Finding True North
Are you looking for True North during these times of unprecedented change? Is your inner landscape searching for solid ground? With so much change in my inner and outer worlds, I’m surviving by taking time to listen to my heart and from that place walking with integrity to the best …
Carrying on Marshall Rosenberg’s Legacy
I’ve been wondering what I could possibly write that would give a glimpse into the gratitude in my heart for Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication. I can’t find words to convey the strength of life stirring in me in the midst of sadness, gratitude and awe. Because of my time with …
The Art of Listening at TEDx Rainier
“Listening is at the core of everything I do. Relationships, work, social change, learning, peace, balance…..In this talk, I share some of the stories that have made my life so rich.” Watch the video below of Kathleen’s Second TEDx talk, “The Art of Listening.” This took place November 22, 2014 …
The Dance of a Connected Conversation
If communication is a dance, have you ever had the sense that you were talking with someone but: Your toes were getting squashed under their heels. Their posture was stiff and inflexible. They were getting scandalously close to your wobbly bits? (Gasp!). You just weren’t connected. Maybe it was like …
Do I make a Difference? Shifting Anxiety to Choice
I woke up feeling vulnerable and anxious and decided to embrace and open to the sensations that were there. A flood of memories came back—years and years of teaching, conducting, parenting and the wondering if it had made any difference at all. “Are people’s lives any different? Are the horrors …
How To Break Down Your Needs Around Money
One of my first “ah-ha” experiences while learning Nonviolent Communication was when I understood the differentiation between universal needs and strategies to meet needs. There are multiple strategies to meet any particular need. Desperation tends to emerge when we confuse strategies and needs, when only one strategy is seen or …
3 Steps To Free Ourselves From Our Inner Prisons
Though I frequently walk in and out of WA State prisons, I find myself trapped in my internal prison much more often than I enjoy. It’s one I carry around with me and enter easily. Getting out can be an arduous process. The prison is my mind, specifically the part that …