I was born in 1966 in Hungary. I am now living in Budapest. My work takes me to different countries where I get the opportunity to offer trainings in Nonviolent Communication (NVC). NVC is a process I discovered in 1996. Ever since I have been committed to using this approach in every aspect of my life: handling conflicts in my family in an honest and loving way, working effectively and in a compassionate manner, taking full responsibility for my actions and thoughts, taking meaningful actions and contributing to the best of my ability to social change.

In 1999 I became an authorized trainer of the International Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) and started to work as a full time NVC trainer. I worked closely with Marshall Rosenberg, the founder of CNVC, for 5 years, on a couple of hundred trainings.

Since 2000, I have served as Eastern European project coordinator of CNVC. In this role, my task is to support the creation and strengthening of Eastern European NVC teams and to train the local NVC trainers.

I have worked in 28 countries, for various companies, open groups, in orphanages, universities, schools, prisons, hospitals, "train the trainer" programs, spiritual communities. The countries where I have offered trainings are Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, India, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States of America.

Before I discovered NVC and decided to become a trainer, I worked for 10 years in the for-profit business sector. Part of me really loves the energy of the business sector because of its effectiveness and pro-action approach. I left it because I was starving for connection with different kinds of people as well. Also, I was really missing the heart to heart connection. I am convinced now that we can build a successful business and stay human as well. And we can change our prejudices toward this sector.

My heart really goes out to orphanages. In my experience, orphans are perhaps one of the most vulnerable groups in most of the Eastern European countries. Although on a material level they are really cared for, most of them experienced a great amount of aggression despite their young age, so helping them to verbalize their feelings in a non critical way and to learn how to hear what is in the other person’s heart can be a great support. For 3 years I offered trainings for the teachers in the Hungarian child welfare system and I did some work with them in Romania and Estonia as well.

I have worked with Social Assistance students in Hungary and Moldova, and in the Military University in Hungary. I love the enthusiasm of university students, their courage to question everything and their openness to experiencing deep connection.

I have worked in different schools in Hungary, (Budapest, Kelebia, Tompa), Tbilisi Georgia, Chisinau, Moldova, Zenica, Bosnia. I really respect the teachers and I believe their task is an incredibly difficult one. Most of them have grown up with a hierarchical education and they “compete” with television and computer games. I am convinced NVC can help them share their values and motivate their students to learn and turn schools into places of joyful learning.

I worked in 3 Hungarian prisons and also with some prison officers in Moldova. I was positively surprised with both organizations. Even though the structures in these environments are oppressive, I loved seeing some of the people believing in and committing to build partnerships with their inmates so everyone’s life can be easier.
I have developed long term programs in Hungary, England, Poland, Moldova, where some of the participants started not just living but also teaching NVC.

Most of my trainings have been for open groups, where participants choose to devote their free time and own money. Participants are of a wide variety. I really love their commitment and strong motivation, but I am facing a lot of difficulty organizing such groups.

In the near future I hope to do more social change related work. So far some of the Greenpeace branches were for me the closest I got to an organization which would directly like to stimulate radical positive changes.

But the dearest dream of mine is to learn how spread NVC in Media, to learn the skills how to do fund raising for my projects.

I have degrees in teaching economics and business from the Budapest Business College, and I am also trained as a graphologist.