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Healthy Relationships

I believe many of us desire healthy, engaged, dynamic, alive, and supportive relationships. I know that I do. I’ve noticed that when I have a strong sense of self and can name what I want and need, things tend to go better in my relationships. And yet, I still do those all too human things,...

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Meet My Friend Steve

Have you ever met one of those people that lives for the good of the whole? Someone that does everything with the collective in mind? It’s actually very rare. And I can only think of a couple of people in my life that fit this description. And for sure, that’s my friend Steve Torma.For his...

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Looking forward to Compassion Camp 2021 with Steve & Terrie at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from Video: Steve: Hi folks! This is Steve Torma from Asheville, North Carolina and Earthaven Ecovillage. Terrie: I’m Terrie LeWine and I’m from Philadelphia and I’m at Earthaven Ecovillage. Steve: So, here we are today, spring equinox. We’re sitting here with our...

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Laura, a Compassion Camp at Earthaven Ecovillage Participant in 2019, Impact Statement

Transcript from video: Laura: Hi, I’m Laura. I just want to speak about my experience at compassion camp 2019 because I’m definitely going back to 2020! It far exceeded all my expectations. It was amazing; learning, food, we did dancing, and singing, we had a fire at night. Singing around...

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“I couldn’t do anything wrong” Compassion Camp at Earthaven Ecovillage with Alan Muskat

Transcript from video: Alan: I’m Alan Muskat and I’ve been to the first two Compassion Camps. I can’t wait for the next because I haven’t experienced anything like it-  besides going to the actual international NVC training when, for days at a time, I felt completely accepted...

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Compassion Camp 2021 using NVC with Steve Torma at Earthaven Ecovillage

(Transcript from video) Steve: Hey, folks..I really want to invite you to join us for compassion camp this summer, July 15 through 18  2021 at Earthaven Ecovillage. If you haven’t heard of compassion camp before this is our third time doing it and it has some features to it that i just absolutely...

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Celebrating the 2nd Annual Compassion Camp at Earthaven

  Over 100 people passionate about living and promoting compassionate consciousness gathered in August to learn, play, and celebrate together. It was a wonderful weekend full of life… smiles, tears, dancing, deep connections, new friendships, and wonderment filled the village. If you weren’t...

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Steve Torma on the Value of Compassion

  Steve Torma laughs when he remembers his first exposure to nonviolent communication (NVC), the system of compassionate human relations developed by psychologist Marshall Rosenberg. As a fresh-faced 25-year-old at the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida, he attended exactly one afternoon...

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